Gemma Sutton played Julie Jordan in a radical off-West End production in 2014 of Carousel and has the distinction of having played both June and then Louise opposite Imelda Staunton in 2016 …
New ''Threepenny Opera'' on London stage delivers on promise of Brecht and Weill's classic.
Simon Harrison has a wealth of classical credits to his name but is putting his Shakespeare pedigree to one side to co-star alongside Daniel Weyman in the U.K. stage premiere of Sideways at …
Jenna Russell has a 2006 Olivier Award and a 2008 Tony nomination for her performance as Dot/Marie in Sunday in the Park with George, but the musical theater regular has since shifted to the…
Three plays explore foundering relationships and generational change.
The Mischief Theatre Company has now had three West End shows, starting with the ongoing and Olivier-winning The Play That Goes Wrong, then Peter Pan Goes Wrong and now The Comedy about a Ba…
Jersey Boys has set up shop as a West End long-runner. The Olivier Award-winning musical all about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is now on its second London theater, the Piccadilly, and…
Matt Wolf assesses Hamilton's record-breaking 16 nominations as Broadway braces for the Tony Awards
Londoner Sam Mackay might seem an unexpected choice to inherit Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway role of the bodega-owning Usnavi for the British premiere of In the Heights, but Mackay ear…
Londoner Sam Mackay might seem an unexpected choice to inherit Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway role of the bodega-owning Usnavi for the British premiere of In the Heights, but Mackay ear…
The Cotton Blossom looks mighty fine in its latest London iteration, Daniel Evans's winning Sheffield Theatre revival of Show Boat joining the ongoing runs of Guys and Dolls and Funny Girl t…
The South African director Yael Farber revives Lorraine Hansberry's ambitious "Les Blancs," and two plays at the Royal Court Jerwood Theater.
Gina Beck has taken over leading roles in Wicked (as Glinda in the West End and also the U.S. tour) and The Phantom of the Opera (as Christine), but at long last the performer is opening a L…
The surprise Pulitzer win by the Broadway musical Next to Normal has New York abuzz. Does that bode well for a West End run?Next to Normal has won the Pulitzer prize for drama, the first tim…
Richard Kind’s stage credits range from The Producers and The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife to a 2013 Tony nomination for the Clifford Odets play The Big Knife, and now the ever-b…
Contemporary London life in all its forbidding, faceless swirl makes for a visually busy evening at Boy, the Leo Butler play that finally isn't as fully arresting as one keeps wanting it to …
A bounty of Shakespeare at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London offers a rare opportunity to compare and contrast the works.
Tamzin Outhwaite is a major TV name in Britain, where her West End credits include Di and Viv and Rose and the title role in Sweet Charity, but the actress is returning to her roots by co-st…
With a cast led by British duo Ben Whishaw and the mighty Sophie Okonedo, this is a topical take on the Arthur Miller classic.
A Broadway legend recreates her stage role as a screen legend of a bygone era in the same month that sees a fresh West End revival of what is widely considered the first great Broadway music…
On the London stage, unexpected laughs in some unfunny comedies.
Uzo Aduba is a two-time Emmy winner for her performance as Suzanne (a.k.a. "Crazy Eyes") in the prison drama Orange is the New Black and revealed her gifts as a belter as Glinda in…
Irish actress Denise Gough has gone from comparative unknown to West End star on the back of her acclaimed performance as Emma, an actress battling addiction in Duncan Macmillan’s Peop…
On the London stage, "Welcome Home, Captain Fox!," "The Maids" and "The Patriotic Traitor."
Cedric Neal’s Broadway credits include After Midnight and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, but the Texas-born performer is now U.K.-based, to the benefit of audiences that can see …