Friday, May 18, 2018
It is not unusual, I suspect, for theatregoers to imagine themselves living inside the homes that are created on stage. Regardless of
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As the film industry continues to grapple with declining audiences in US movie theatres, thanks in no small part to the welter
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When it comes to a list of theatrical curiosities, Kurt Vonnegut’s Happy Birthday, Wanda June would surely qualify, based on the author’s
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The Broadway season is defined for most by the Tony Awards eligibility dates. The awards also determine which New York theatres are
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When Martyna Majok’s play Cost of Living was announced as the recipient of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama earlier this week,
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child set a new box office record on Broadway last week. While box office records seem to
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When shows make the trans-Atlantic trip between Broadway and the West End they are, essentially, the same production. There may be tweaks
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Now there is a redaction, an editor’s note, and an author’s apology. But for roughly 24 hours between Wednesday and Thursday this week, in a theatre review in the Chicago Reader, …
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It is possible that you’ve heard of Michael Weller’s play Buyer Beware. But unless you were among the roughly 85 people who
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Saturday mornings aren’t the typical time for press releases to be sent out, but a couple of Saturdays ago, at 8.10am, Harry
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Two weeks ago, I binged on Glitch, from Australia. Last week, my binge was the rather obscure Imposters. This week, it’s Jessica
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In a world filled with tragedies, those that touch us most are inevitably the ones that come closest to our own lives.
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Earlier this week, Monica Hesse wrote in the Washington Post about the disconcerting experience of viewing films and TV shows that she
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Four days ago, the US theatre community fostered the birth of more than 100 new short plays, on our federal holiday of
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If I were given to cynicism, and if I thought I could get away with it, this week I would have submitted
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That rumours have already begun swirling around Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen should be no surprise. Following opening night on Monday, its reviews have
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By celebrating its 30th anniversary on Broadway last week, The Phantom of the Opera marked what now seems a never-ending series of
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I spent much of last Saturday on the train. It took a total of seven hours in transit to travel to and
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If you’re headed to the small downtown of New London, Connecticut, one of the few routes available to you is Bank Street,
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You may not have heard about it, but last week, six Broadway shows saw their weekly gross sales drop by more than
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I’ve never been much of a clubgoer at any point in my life, as I’m a teetotaler and no fan of loud
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Of the many criteria one might apply when considering what makes a great teacher, I think it’s fair to say that the ability to see and encourage something in a student that they do not yet…
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Considering the number of all-male plays already in the theatrical canon, you might think we’d see more productions with all-female casts. This
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As Hamilmania exerts its grasp on the UK in the run-up to next week’s official opening night, The Stage can take a
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Amid the seasonal declarations of a “new box office record” and “highest weekly gross ever,” one Broadway entertainment show is quietly bucking
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Back in 2008, Lorna Luft – who was appearing in Salford as the Wicked Witch in a panto version of The Wizard
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‘Jukebox musical.’ For musical theatre purists, it’s a term of derision. For producers, it’s the promise of marketing the music of a
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If drama is, according to one of its dictionary definitions, “a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict
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Attending last week’s opening night of Uncommon Sense, a new play about people on the autistic spectrum, I was delighted to see
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One might think that after winning the Tony award for best play, its writer might consider their work on the text to
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Surprising as it may be, I never really stopped to think, until now, how many young artists must be making their New
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