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London's premiere theatrical honors will be simulcast live in New York April 3, with a later rebroadcast for all international viewers on YouTube.
New productions of Richard III and Hamlet will be complemented by two world premieres in new season.
Sometimes I feel like I’m 250 years old "Â and not just when I’m watching Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Recently I not
Glenn is ready for another close-up as she reprises her Tony-winning performance for the first time in London
Few theatre people seem as simultaneously successful and contented as Don Black. He is one of the nicest men I know; if
Although the point of award ceremonies is to attempt to bestow some kind of objective honour upon artistic endeavours, the fact is
The West End has revivals of Ayckbourn, Pinter and Lloyd Webber, meaning it’s business very much as it has been since the
Just a few weeks ago I named the London Coliseum as one of my favourite theatrical venues in the country. And yes,
After re-visiting The Book of Mormon, it makes it into this week's Top Ten; so does People, Places and Things, newly transferred from the National to the West End. Plus, this week's openings…
On April 3, the 2016 Olivier Awards are being presented at the Royal Opera House, an event that has only increased in
A weekly look at some of the things that have made headlines in London and the rest of the U.K. theatre over the last week " and what's coming soon.
Paul Taylor-Mills turns just 28 this year, but the fresh-faced, tanned and trendily dressed producer already has a show that is in
Presenters will include Amber Riley, soon to star in Dreamgirls, and Uzo Aduba, currently in The Maids.
With this week foreshortened by a day and next week not starting till Tuesday, it has had an inevitable impact on the
The critics don’t necessarily go along first. By the time The Book of Mormon opened in the West End in 2013, there
One-person shows are an Edinburgh Fringe default: since shows cost so much to take to Edinburgh, and the main reason a lot
After three one-star shows in a row last week, there's a guaranteed hit opening this week when People, Places and Things transfers from the National.
Work is seen in 140 countries as Hamlet goes on world tour.
No sooner did I write a column about the pain of giving one-star reviews, having reviewed two turkeys in quick succession, than
This past week's scoop in London and U.K. theatre"and what's coming soon.
I am often outspoken in my opinions on venues I like and dislike. Since such a large part of my working and
The French farce makes its London bow today,
The star of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho was the late actor Anthony Perkins, who died of an Aids-related illness in 1992. There's a
Two major openings in the West End " one from the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, the other from the National Theatre "
The British Library has digitized a play that Shakespeare show-doctored.
