A Chorus Line is back on the London boards for its first West End revival in almost four decades. In an Anglo-American cast of hard-working hoofers, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, 31 in May, sta…
Stephen Sondheim is two weeks away from his 83rd birthday on the windy, rain-tossed March day when I visit Broadway's reigning king of music and lyrics at his Manhattan home. He hasn't stepp…
English song-and-dance man Gavin Lee, 41, has spent much of the past decade playing Bert in Mary Poppins on both sides of the Atlantic, nabbing Olivier and Tony nods along the way. Now, he&r…
A supporting cast offers many gifts to be savored in "The Audience" and "The Winslow Boy.''
London’s spring season is in full swing, with plenty of great shows to choose from. If you can’t get a ticket to see Helen Mirren play the Queen or the hit play The Curious Incid…
Gavin Creel is currently on a third go-round as a West End leading man, following Mary Poppins and Hair, with a knockout turn as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon, which opens March 21 at th…
Three plays in London: William Boyd's "Longing" doesn't make sense, and two other shows provide grim worldviews.
It’s been nearly seven years since Rufus Sewell created the role of a Czech grad student in Tom Stoppard’s Rock ‘n’ Roll, a performance that earned him an Olivier Awa…
It’s been more than a decade since Kristin Chenoweth last sang before a London audience, though she performed two years ago at a private dinner hosted by the Obamas in the presence of …
"A Chorus Line" and "Trelawny of the Wells" come to London.
March brings the advent of spring after a frigid London winter, and what better time for the city’s theater to spring into overdrive? This month’s London Datebook finds two thesp…
At 41, the much-laureled actress figured she was more or less sidelined from Shakespeare until she became age-appropriate for Cleopatra. What to do in the meantime? Direct "Macbeth."
Sherie Rene Scott has garnered multiple Tony nods in shows ranging from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels to her career-defining Everyday Rapture. But only now is this Broadway favorite making her Lon…
Discovering "Dear World" 44 years after Broadway, as well as two obscurities from 1931.
London stage star Lia Williams is taking on a thrillingly difficult challenge: alternating the lead roles of Kate and Anna with Kristin Scott Thomas in Ian Rickson’s superb revival of …
When's the last time you encountered a play with a hissable anti-hero and a young heroine who radiates charity, decency, and all things good? Those polarities are on full-throttle view in&nb…
After starring on the West End in Chicago, West Side Story and Sister Act, Debbie Kurup is all but stealing the London premiere production of The Bodyguard from the formidable Heather Headle…
“What should I see in London?” We are asked that question daily by friends headed to the theater capital for a visit—and even by locals. The good news is that there is neve…
Betty Buckley has graced the London stage periodically for more than 40 years, and the Broadway diva, now 65, returns this season to play Countess Aurelia in Jerry Herman’s little-seen…
"No Quarter,'' written by Polly Stenham, concludes with some hope for the next generation, while "Hansel and Gretel'' shows the director Katie Mitchell's playful side.
Gillian Bevan has spent 25 years on and off the West End, appearing largely in musicals (Follies, The Boys From Syracuse, Road Show), as well as three years in playwright/director Alan Ayckb…
Few productions give the sound designer absolute pride of place, but such is the presumably inevitable nature of a play called The Silence of the Sea that what isn't voiced counts every bit …
The IHT's London theater critic takes a look at what's in store this season: Kristin Scott Thomas, Rufus Sewell, Helen Mirren, "Othello" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
The sleeper musical success Let It Be finishes its initial West End run on January 19 at the Prince of Wales Theatre before resuming performances on February 1 across town at the Savoy, with…
The much-discussed Spice Girls tribute musical arrives on stage with much froth. At the National, two Alan Bennett one-acts are much needed grace notes.