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Ustinov Studio, BathThere is doleful humour and quiet despair in this piece by Pavel Pryazhko, directed by Michael Boyd and designed by Tom Piper Continue reading...
STRIPPING DOWN TO BASICS Charged with unforced sympathy and unpolemical solidarity for plucky underdogs, The Full Monty, like the Fox movie that inspired this musical make-over, fits the …
If you are 18 or older, you might want to get yourself over to the Mark Twain House & Museum Saturday night. It will be anything but a staid evening at the renowned author's house thanks to …
George Takei gathers no moss. In town for a two-night "Wits" gig, the social media star and "Star Trek" icon’s current passion is the Broadway musical he’s mounting this fall.
FAME BY DAY, A CLOSET AT NIGHT This retrospective 2010 drama by British playwright Dylan Costello is so well meant, you want to forgive it for its good intentions. But–well–don't…
Few playwrights have David Ives' wit or way with words. From "Venus in Fur" to "The School for Lies," Ives has enlivened the stage with cracking exchanges. Which is why...
Giant Cherry Productions in association with Glitterati Productions presents the Dylan Costello play tonight.
Kokandy Productions will open its 2015 season with the hilarious and heartfelt musical comedy THE FULL MONTY with music and lyrics by David Yazbek, book by Terrence McNally, direction by Co-…
Vaudeville, LondonAmelia Bullmore's sprightly play about three uni students and their lifelong alliance brings the best out of Tamzin Outhwaite and her co-stars Continue reading...
RECOMMENDED In case you were wondering, yes, the title of this show is referring to THAT Mr. Burns, of "The Simpsons" infamy. But this isn't a show about him. And it isn't a show about eithe…
"Cape Fear," the 1991 thriller by Martin Scorsese, is perhaps best remembered, if it is remembered at all, for a creepy, finger-sucking seduction scene involving Juliette Lewis and Robert De…
LET THERE BE DARK In endurance sagas such as Lord of the Flies and The Blue Lagoon, stranded youngsters on deserted islands try to reimagine civilization by mimicking adult classics, or else…
CAUGHT IN TENNESSEE'S WALTZ An opera disguised as a play, Tennessee Williams' 1951 labor of longings The Rose Tattoo is the first and last word on heartbreak. The master made a good choice t…
ONE MIRACLE TOO MANY A very righteous offering from Stage Left Theatre, Penny Penniston's world premiere Keys of the Kingdom is a well-intentioned attempt to build bridges between ideologica…
The Texas-drawling, political journalist comes back to irreverent life in this 75-minute monologue.
MacDonald inhabits rather than impersonates the late, great Texas columnist whose folksy intellect provides a wellspring of witticisms and anecdotes that entertain and enlighten.
If you're looking for an entertaining piece of theater that will leave you both laughing and pondering your own place on the political map, go see
Disney has released a new featurette with additional musical performances and behind-the-scenes interviews with Stephen Sondheim, Meryl Streep and more.
Southbank Centre, LondonMeow Meow's kamikaze Christmas cabaret confirms her talents for cunningly controlled chaos' Interview: Meow MeowCatastrophe has never been quite so seductive as&…
In the days after the fire at the Iroquois Theatre in 1903, a fire in which 600 lives were consumed by flames, this newspaper published the names of almost all of the victims. It was a formi…
Dominic Cavendish is praying that this stupendous revival gets transferred to the West End
THE HOTTEST SHOW IN TOWN One of the best-reviewed and most popular Christmastime shows, The Ruffians' Burning Bluebeard, returns beginning tonight for three weeks only through Jan. 4, 2015, …
There's a certain pleasure to watching death-defying stunts, seeing frankly insane people take huge risks that put their physical well-being in danger. I often think of improv in the same wa…
The audience that packed the Auditorium Theatre for Friday's opening night performance of 'The Nutcracker" was a testament to the enduring charms of this dance-and-spectacle-filled classic t…
The Egg, BathWith a fierce and feisty heroine at its heart, the Grimm fairytale " rarely seen on stage " gets a radical, risk-taking makeover Continue reading...
