Mendes's stars struggle to find the right tone
The self-conscious shockers that characterised theatre in the late 20th century are fading fast from the mind. But, says Johann Hari, Tom Stoppard's magisterial 'Arcadia' has only grown in p…
Singer, businesswoman, philanthropist - and now Broadway impresario. It's time to claim the country star as a feminist icon, argues Joan Smith
The British-Iranian comedian Omid Djalili is a strange choice to take over from Rowan Atkinson in the West End production of 'Oliver!'. He tells James Rampton how he'll make the role his own
The smash-hit musical was not the sole work of the man who made millions from it. Simon Wroe and Andrew Johnson report
Nudity is back on the West End stage, but this time there's less to it than meets the eye
A lovely-looking de Sade - alas for masochistic audiences only
The misogynistic, wig-wearing female impersonator is being replaced by a sassier, more sophisticated act. Andrew Johnson reports
Comedy written by an unknown in the mid-1990s bears strong similarities to a production by one of the giants of British theatre. Simon Tait reports
Mr Bean is great but do we really need the people's choice?
He and Lee Goldsmith wrote a musical adaptation of the play Come Back Little Sheba but it never reached Broadway.
Sarah Palin gets her own power balladeer
Leading man says jailed comedy writer ruined script
Among his more famous accomplishments - the vivid and original theatre, the world-spanning production schedule, the screenplays, the political fury, the Nobel Prize - there is a fraternity o…