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Far from being put off by an overabundance of a certain play, audiences in Britain seem to enjoy collecting different experiences from each rendition the drama.
The London theater scene is taking on a decidedly American tone: Playwrights from Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill to David Mamet, Stephen Sondheim and Annie Baker are among the names o…
The IHT's theater critic handicaps the field for this year's Laurence Olivier Awards, London's version of the Tonys.
Starting with "Jerry Springer: The Opera," Nicholas Hytner has repositioned the three-stage complex as arguably the defining theatrical address in the English-speaking world. And he still ha…
Five seminal British plays that would never have come about without Margaret Thatcher.
One of the pleasures and privileges of theatergoing in London " in addition to those little wooden spoonlets that come with the interval ice cream " is the beauty of the printed theater prog…
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."
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."
Love may or may not make the world go round, but it's certainly doing its bit for the London theater, from "Twelfth Night" and "Kiss Me Kate" to "Boy Meets Boy" and "The Effect," the galvani…
"West Side Story" returns to Théâtre du Châtelet with two Tonys, two Marias and twice as many performances.
Move over, "Singin' in the Rain." Here comes "The Bodyguard" and "Viva Forever!" Not to mention "The Book of Mormon."
The current London theater season offers a chance to see some mighty actors up close. Very close.
How hopelessly bourgeois, U.K. theater-makers seem to be saying these days, to be packed into rows of seats when we can be roaming about a particular dwelling for ourselves: Let the environm…
The British stage as male preserve now seems a thing of the past.
Bertie Carvel in a new version of Tirso de Molina's "Damned by Despair," Michael Gambon and Eileen Atkins in Beckett's "All That Fall" and Jez Butterworth's new play, "The River," are among …
