86 stories from arts.guardian.co.uk
As Antony Sher gets ready to play a tortured genius, he looks back on the disordered lives of our top thespians
'Actors already in theatre wouldn't dream of putting themselves on Any Dream Will Do'
He has won over audiences with his pitch-perfect turns as Tony Blair, Kenneth Williams and David Frost. Now he is up for a Bafta. Michael Sheen talks to Ravi Somaiya about his chameleon act
Throughout his 60-year career, Peter Brook has injected spiritual and political passion into British drama. Now he brings an acclaimed play about apartheid to London
East End boy Henry Goodman tells Caroline Westbrook about his latest West End role: Tevye the milkman
British dramatists have taken centre stage on Broadway, as their US counterparts struggle to get their voices heard or abandon the theatre for TV and film work. Damian Fowler looks at the ob…
Jenny Seagrove has had her share of knocks. But, finds Stephen Moss, with a West End return imminent and a film about Iraq in the pipeline, she's now entering her 'golden years'
Yasmina Reza, author of hit play Art, pulled off a scoop with access to Nicolas Sarkozy's campaign for the French presidency - and plans to reveal all
At its 1955 premiere, Inherit the Wind was seen as an attack on McCarthy. Now it's back - and this time it's viewed as an attack on Bush. Mark Lawson reports from Broadway
The battle for primetime weekend TV has a surprise winner: Andrew Lloyd Webber. He tells Gareth McLean about his fall-out with America and how to save the West End
Christopher Hampton's star is brighter than ever - but he hasn't lost his famous irony. The playwright talks to Michael Billington about Rimbaud, Billie Piper and Hollywood
As The Lady from Dubuque, forgotten for nearly 30 years, comes to the London stage, playwright Edward Albee talks to Carol Rocamora about death, the ups and downs of a long career, and how h…
The salvage of the ever-costlier 2012 Olympics should not come at the expense of British arts
Mark Rylance has won rave reviews for his role in Boeing Boeing, but after a decade at Shakespeare's Globe the actor feels more welcome in America, he tells Charlotte Higgins
When it comes to playing tortured heroines, the ethereally beautiful Jessica Lange has no equal.
New York audience finds sustenance in a play about Iraq, patriotism, and the Anglo-American cultural divide
Four years after being sensationally fired from The Producers, Henry Goodman is back in musicals. He talks to Lyn Gardner
Neve Campbell shot to fame as a terrorised teenager. Maddy Costa hears how she graduated to playing a ballsy woman in the West End
How does an actor juggle playing two very different roles at once? Patrick Stewart, Simon Russell Beale and Tamsin Greig tell Hilary Whitney how they pull it off
As an expectant Broadway awaits, Hare talks exclusively about anxiety, politics and why New York audiences are the best in the world
Why spend £35 a ticket on this when you can rent a DVD for far less and leave your seat to make a cup of tea during the smoochy boring bits?
Irony has its place but it's not quite enough to sustain a whole evening. With hand on heart, I'd much rather watch Lerner and Loewe's Camelot than Eric Idle's smart-arsed Spamalot.
