5,590 stories by "Mark Shenton"
It's that time of year when Broadway's critics are at their busiest (and, some might say, their most cranky). On consecutive nights,
In the wake of last Sunday’s failure by the Oliviers to include Peter Hall in its In Memoriam sequence, not only have
It’s no longer just the elephant in the room but a blazing three-alarm signal: how today do we to read the apparent
Mark Medoff’s Children of a Lesser God premiered on Broadway 38 years ago. It still holds up very well. The play is
In the end, there were no major upsets at the 2018 Olivier Awards, presented on April 8 at the Royal Albert Hall.
The American high school system has spawned any number of hit musicals, from Grease and Hairspray to High School Musical and last
Going to the theatre is primarily about the show you see in front of you; but it’s far from the entirety of
Theatre, to paraphrase Hamilton, is first and foremost about being in the room where it happens. If for Hamlet the readiness is
As Trump continues to band the term “fake news” at every media outlet except Fox News, we are more in need of
Edward Albee won his third Pulitzer prize for this 1991 play. Belatedly it now makes its Broadway debut a year and a
In what now feels like the far-off days of David Cameron being prime minister, he once channelled Michael Winner during a House
Second Stage has just become the latest Off-Broadway company to establish a full-time Broadway home, while still maintaining two other addresses. It
After a sell-out run at the National Theatre in London, where it became the fastest selling show in the venue's history, Marianne
The Encores! series of concert performances that bring neglected Broadway shows back into the spotlight for just seven shows each is celebrating
Broadway can’t be faulted for its timing. Despite spring officially beginning, it has been in the grip of a snowstorm this week,
Premiering in Denver last summer, in a 2,800 seat performing arts centre, Disney's Frozen " the musical adaptation of the hit film
Christopher Oram landed a huge gig when Disney brought him on to design the theatre adaptation of the highest-grossing animation ever. Mark
Every industry has its power brokers and theatre is no exception. Every year, The Stage 100 lists British theatre's most influential people.
Earlier this week, I listed my 13 favourite theatre stars who work in mainly in plays. Now it’s the turn of my
A West End fixture at the Cambridge Theatre, Matilda now embarks on its first UK national tour. It remains every bit as
We hear a lot about star and stunt casting, and how names are needed to help sell a show. But there is
After a regular role on Coronation Street, Richard Fleeshman embarked on a stage career. He tells Mark Shenton why, after deciding to
“Bones aren’t sexy! Flesh is fabulous!” declares a character early on in Fat Friends – The Musical, a new stage musical spin-off
The musical, as a form distinct from operetta, reached its golden age on Broadway between the 1940s and the 1970s. But it
This year’s nominees for the Olivier Awards reaffirm that the biggest show of the year was, inevitably, Hamilton. The musical could now
