London's Hampstead Theatre is to present the world premieres of Howard Brenton's Lawrence After Arabia (which follows the announcement that Chichester Festival Theatre is to revive R…
While the West End's Guys and Dolls readies for a transfer (and many new cast members, as revealed here) to the Phoenix Theatre, Gordon Greenberg's production will simultaneously e…
While the West End's Guys and Dolls readies for a transfer (and many new cast members, as revealed here) to the Phoenix Theatre, Richard Greenberg's production will simultaneously …
While the West End's Guys and Dolls readies for a transfer (and many new cast members, as revealed here) to the Phoenix Theatre, Richard Greenberg's production will simultaneously …
I don’t think I love a theatre anywhere in London more than the Union, a scruffy little fringe space underneath a railway
It's safe to say that an interview with Simon McBurney, like an evening at one of his shows, is a challenging experience.
Hugh Bonneville, best known nowadays for playing Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham, in TV's 'Downton Abbey,' is to return to the stage to star in Ibsen's An Enemy of t…
Hugh Bonneville, best known nowadays for playing Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham, in TV's "Downton Abbey," is to return to the stage to star in Ibsen's An Enemy of the…
I’m playing a bit of catch up regionally myself this week, going to Theatr Clwyd where Tamara Harvey, who I shall be
The War of the Worlds, a much-traveled stage version of Jeff Wayne's album of the same name that has played regular arena tours around the U.K. and the world for eight years, is finally…
The War of the Worlds, a much-traveled stage version of Jeff Wayne's album of the same name that has played regular arena tours around the U.K. and the world for eight years, is fina…
Joe DiPietro and David Bryan's The Toxic Avenger, a stage musical version of the 1984 film of the same name that was first seen at George Street Playhouse in New Jersey in 2008 prior to…
Joe DiPietro and David Bryan's The Toxic Avenger, a stage musical version of the 1984 film of the same name that was first seen at George Street Playhouse in New Jersey in 2008 prior to …
I’ve already written about the lack of female representation in musical theatre, at least at the composing end. Right now there are
The current West End production of Guys and Dolls, running at the Savoy Theatre through March 12, has announced casting for when it resumes performances at the Phoenix Theatre March 19, whil…
I’ve previously discussed the under-representation of female writers of musicals on Broadway. But it’s not just musicals. Last week, we welcomed a
Tracie Bennett, Tony-nominated for the Best Leading Actress in a Play Tony Award for playing Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow on Broadway in 2012, reprises her role in the West End tra…
A Broadway comedy and two British created musicals arrive in the West End this week – one from last summer’s season at Bath’s Theatre Royal, the other after a long stage li…
The Broadway comedy Hand to God, which recently closed at the Booth Theatre after a run of nine months and 337 performances, opens officially at the West End's Vaudeville Theatre Feb. 15…
Tracy Letts's play Bug is to revived at London's Found111, beginning performances March 24 prior to an official opening March 29, for a run through May 7. It will star James Norton, …
Strictly Ballroom—the Musical, a stage version of the 1992 Australian film of the same title by Baz Luhrmann, is heading to the U.K. stage, to premiere at West Yorkshire Playhouse …
A new British production of Kern and Hammerstein's Broadway classic Show Boat first seen at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre last Christmas is to transfer to the West End's New Londo…
The script for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II, which tells the eighth in the series of "Harry Potter" stories and is written by original creator J.K. Rowlin…
The West End transfer of Motown the Musical begins performances Feb. 11 prior to an official opening March 8 at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
They always say that the only things you can’t avoid are death and taxes (though Amazon, Google et al are doing a