Maria Friedman will join the English National Ballet (ENB) for a limited engagement of Strictly Gershwin, to play June 9-19 at Royal Albert Hall, according to a report on Whatsonstage.com. …
The English National Ballet have done themselves proud. This can't have been an easy sell but all credit to them for trying. An evening of three Roland Petit ballets all of which produced dr…
A dance, unlike a painting, doesn't automatically appreciate in value on its creator's death.
"What sets English actresses apart? Is it their dexterity with a turn of phrase, unerring literary poise, or could it be that enviable sang-froid, which comes off as sexy even well into midd…
I just got another wonderful e-mail from the Bulgarian translator of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong. Here it is,...
An Operatic murder-mystery? All credit to everyone behind "Two Boys": in the world of contemporary opera, it really is a bit different. A Metropolitan opera commission given its premiere at …
The Royal Shakespeare Company has to be considered a very gracious houseguest. Not only has this English troupe arrived in New York to show off five of its productions with its own actors an…
Damon Albarn discusses his new opera about Doctor Dee, the Elizabethan astrologer, courtier, alchemist and spy, ahead of its premiere at the Manchester international festivalShehani Fernando
From Austen to Waugh to McEwan, great novelists have been drawn to stately homes. Why are grand country houses such a national literary obsession, asks Blake MorrisonThe stately homes of Eng…
On Wednesday, June 8, the English National Ballet performed their 'Strictly Gershwin' performance, presented by Raymond Gubbay and The Royal Albert Hall. BroadwayWorld brings you photo cover…
Leading designers including Moschino and Erdem recruited for catwalk show as Black Swan's success fuels 'ballet obsession'Hard on the coat tails of the Oscar and box-office success of Black …
My journey into Solitude, the Latino Theater Company's revival for RADAR L.A., began in 1998 when I read Octavio Paz's obituary in the LA Times. A Nobel Prize recipient in literature, a…
As the curtain rises the audience are blinded by the light of a car's headlights. The car stops, the stage darkens and our eyes gradually accustom to the gloomy, deeply atmospheric design fo…
Stephanie Umoh, Will Blum, Josh Tower, Donna English and Jim Brochu have joined the summer season at Pittsburgh CLO, which includes Jekyll & Hyde, The Sound of Music and Jesus Christ Sup…
The York Theatre Company's Developmental Lab series continues with free readings of the new musical Cuts: An Uplifting Musical.
William Shakespeare died almost four centuries ago in sixteen sixteen. Yet the great English writer's understanding of human nature is timeless. Kenji Yoshino is a professor of constitution…
The York Theatre Company's Developmental Lab series will continue with free readings of the new musical Cuts: An Uplifting Musical.
Reaching the interval of Christopher Alden's new production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" I realised I had spent the previous two hours entirely enthralled but not really enjoying a minute …
Rufus Norris's production of Damon Albarn's new opera Doctor Dee will be part of the 2011-2012 season at English National Opera (ENO), beginning performances on June 25, 2012 at th…
Well I'll be damned (figuratively at least). The English National Opera, after a recent spate of disasters with novice opera directors have hit the nail on the head with Terry Gilliam. He of…
Irish Blood, English Heart is an elegiac scraping away of a life’s debris in an attempt to find truth amongst that most human of failings – memory. In a patriotically decorated …
Trafalgar Studios, LondonDarren Murphy is clearly a generous man. We go to the theatre expecting one play and he gives us at least three: a psychological study of sibling rivalry, a social p…
"They are very disciplined, very open, and because of the condition of the English theatre, they work very quickly. In France, we have a lot of time. Actors there like to wait for inspiratio…
Mark Rylance is bringing his Olivier Award-winning performance as the boisterous Johnny "Rooster" Byron to Broadway in Jez Butterworth's acclaimed play Jerusalem. Byron is a lo…
Darren Murphy's Irish Blood, English Heart, which originally premiered at London's Union Theatre, will transfer to Trafalgar Studios 2, beginning performances May 2, prior to a…