It’s been 35 years since Tom Conti won a Tony Award for his career-defining performance in Whose Life Is It Anyway?, followed five years later by his Oscar-nominated star turn in Reube…
It’s been a quarter of a century since Miss Saigon first opened on the West End, starring Lea Salonga, Jonathan Pryce and an unknown Filipino man named Jon Jon Briones in the ensemble.…
Two major musical revivals—a modern British classic and an enduring American one—would already mark out May as a big month for London theater. Add in star turns by two Tony-nomin…
Comment: Brits are on the sidelines in the Tony Awards nominations, finds Matt Wolf
Personal and public lives are exposed in the London plays "Privacy" and "Handbagged."
"I don't think it makes a good play, but it's a remarkable one," Sean O'Casey famously remarked of The Silver Tassie, his late-1920s drama about the depredations of war, and how simultaneous…
Leigh Zimmerman is known for her leggy allure on both sides of the Atlantic, having starred on either the West End or on Broadway (and sometimes both) in Chicago, The Producers and The Will …
Leigh Zimmerman is known for her leggy allure on both sides of the Atlantic, having starred in either the West End or on Broadway (and sometimes both) in Chicago, The Producers and The Will …
What is it with the London theatre and this particular Arthur Miller play? In 1987, Michael Gambon reached a career-best peak playing the Italian-American longshoreman, Eddie Carbone, in a d…
From "King Charles III" to a Noel Coward revival, new productions in London dissect the vagaries of class.
Stage debuts don’t come much more striking than that of 19-year-old Scotsman Martin Quinn, who plays the put-upon Oskar in Let the Right One In. Helmed by Tony winner John Tiffany…
Gavin Creel licked his trophy in delight, Zrinka CviteÅ¡ić spoke of making Croatian history, and Sharon D Clarke let out an exultant "wow" from the podium that was surely heard well be…
Broadway adaptation of Woody Allen film is hard-edged and charmless
Samantha Bond was a Tony nominee for Amy’s View, played Moneypenny in the Bond (no relation) films, and appeared in Downton Abbey as Lady Rosamund—but only now is the 52-year-old…
TV stars shines in poignant new Broadway play
Denzil Washington shrugs off his 59 years to play a young chauffeur in the stirring A Raisin in the Sun, says Matt Wolf
London theater is busier than ever with a major reopening of a West End playhouse jostling for attention with eagerly awaited revivals (from the likes of Shakespeare, Sean O’Casey, and…
The actress brings a new vigor to Madame Arcati in "Blithe Spirit," while "Fatal Attraction" suffers from stilted language and holes in the plot.
Clare Higgins needs no introduction as one of Britain’s finest actresses, having won three Olivier Awards, as well as a 2003 Tony nod for her Broadway debut in Nicholas Wright's Vi…
John Lloyd Young needs no introduction as the defining Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, the international musical smash hit in which he has been starring off and on for almost nine years. He wo…
Three plays explore the travails of a former, a current and a yet-to-be couple: "Good People," "The One" and "Variation on a Theme."
Charles Edwards has quietly but firmly asserted himself as one of the finest English actors of his generation, moving from London and Broadway runs in The 39 Steps, to National Theatre stint…
It's tempting with this show less to write a review per se than to simply pile on the puns, but that would be to piss on - sorry, I meant do a disservice to - both the musical that is U…
While Richard Fleeshman still considers himself new to the musical theater scene, the 24-year-old actor is racking up quite a list of credits, including Legally Blonde in the West End, and t…
"Versailles" explores loss during World War I, while despair and frustration are the main themes in "A Taste of Honey" and "The Full Monty."