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I go to a lot of first nights. While it’s true that more producers are following the New York model of admitting
Martin McDonagh's latest play, Hangmen, his first to be staged on a London stage in over a decade, begins performances Dec. 1 at the West End's Wyndham's Theatre, prior to an off…
Audra McDonald, who previously played an intimate concert run as part of the Divas at the Donmar season in London in 1999, is to return to the U.K for her first solo concert since then. She …
Though this column is a free forum for me to opine about the theatre world, I’m trying to bring more structure to
Imelda Staunton concluded her sell-out run as Rose in Gypsy at the West End's Savoy Theatre Nov. 28 to a series of standing ovations, including mid-performance at the end of '…
Andrew Scott, soon to appear on the London stage in the U.K premiere of Richard Greenberg's The Dazzle, is reported to be in "advanced discussions" to play Hamlet at London'…
I’m back on home turf for my latest top venue. Previous picks on my doorstep include Southwark Playhouse and the Menier Chocolate
It’s a week of big openings " including the first of the inevitable pantos " but it is two revivals of Broadway
I love the theatre, so it stands to reason I like shows about the theatre. Over the years a whole bunch of
Great theatre directors may, ultimately, be born, not made; but great shows are always made, not born. And there’s inevitably a process
The world premiere of Wallace Shawn's Evening at the Talk House, with a cast that features the playwright as well as Broadway actor Josh Hamilton, takes place at the National's Dorfm…
Full casting has been announced for the West End premiere of Disney's Aladdin, beginning performances at the Prince Edward Theatre May 27, 2016 prior to an official opening June 15. The …
Last week I had a(nother) hip replacement " almost three years to the day I had my left hip replaced, I now
Kinky Boots and The Motherf**ker with the Hat,, both by American authors and previously seen on Broadway, were among top winners Nov. 22 of the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
London hits transfer to New York, and I come back from NYC to a hip replacement.
The British musical revolution of the 1980s and beyond had a number of major players associated with it, including composer Andrew Lloyd
There’s just a week left to catch the best musical revival in London, with one of the finest, fiercest performances I’ve ever
The new London production of Funny Girl begins an already sold-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory Nov. 20 prior to an official opening Dec. 2, for a run through March 5.
I’ll be seeing the inside of a different kind of theatre again this week " an operating theatre, where I’ll be for
London's Barbican Centre is to present a film season featuring the RSC on screen as part of the Shakespeare400 Celebrations in 2016, marking the 400th year of Shakespeare's death.
It used to be that selling out meant that a production had sold every last seat " and maybe standing room, too,
The Royal Shakespeare Company has gone through some big crises during its lifetime, but it is now in a buoyant place. During
A new U.K. national tour of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Chicago, which will begin performances at Oxford's New Theatre Feb. 12, 2016, is to feature John Partridge as Billy Flynn, Hayl…
Broadway has just got one more thing to be miserable about: while Les Miserables continues its popular way at the Imperial Theatre,
Critics don’t usually go to early previews, and we certainly don’t review them. (In New York " and increasingly in London "
