'My mother says you're tragedy personified,' reports a precocious child to Carol, who recently attempted suicide. It's typical of Alice Birch's harrowing new play, which wrings blistering hu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:28AMIn this febrile climate, do we want societal critique from our theatre or pure escapism As I experienced when I recently swapped BroadwayWorld UK Editor duties for a New York trip, both thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:54PMHas there ever been a time when we're more in need of irrepressible optimism The orphan who convinces everyone around her that 'the sun will come out tomorrow' has certainly hit the West End…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:54AMSimon Lipkin's numerous credits include Avenue Q, Rock of Ages, The LoraxandGuys and Dolls.He's currently starring as Rat in a new musical version of The Wind in the Willows, which begins it…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24AMIt's entirely possible that there will one day be a fascinating Heart of Darkness-esque documentary about the making of Common. We can only hope, because the creation of something so extraor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54AMActor Gary Trainor, whose past work includes the West End productions ofBeautiful The Carole King Musical,I Can't Singand The Shawshank Redemption, has been playing the role of alternate Dew…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18AMActress Janique Charles was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago. She moved to the UK to join the touring cast ofThe Lion Kingin 2013, and is now playingNala in the West End production.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:02AMLondon is never short of theatre temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From a classic musical and acclaimed Shakespeare tobuzzy history plays, he…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AMDirectorchoreographer Drew McOnie's work includes In the Heights, Strictly Ballroom, The Wild Party and Jesus Christ Superstar. He's now back at Regent's Park helming On the Town - the class…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24AMActor Alex Bourne's past musical work ranges fromKiss Me, Kateto ChicagoandWe Will Rock You.After playing Daddy Warbucks on tour, he's now back in the role for the West End run ofAnnie, whic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMLee Hall's sublimely foul-mouthed choristers storm the Duke of York's TheatreSacred and profane, trivial and profound blissfully combine in this irresistible, Olivier Award-winning…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:33PMFollowing UK tours of West Side Story and Singin' in the Rain, plus several ensemble and understudying roles in shows like Wicked and Grease, Matthew Croke takes on his first West End lead w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48AMSalome, that dancing seductress who demanded the head of John the Baptist, has been reclaimed by Yael Farber in this new feminist interpretation the RSC stages Oscar Wilde's more familiar ta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:05AMThe hit West End revival of Dreamgirls is rumoured to be heading over to Broadway next year. In the meantime, fans on both sides of the pond can be content with this excellent double-CD cast…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMEdward Fox's stellar stage and screen career ranges from HamletandThe Go-Betweento The Day of the Jackal. He's currently performing one-man John Betjeman play Sand in the Sandwiches, which c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMTony Kushner's landmark two-part play begins at a funeral, with a rabbi solemnly naming a woman's surviving relatives partway through the interminable list of grandchildren, he stops and sig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:31AMThe Donmar Warehouse targets a modern monster via Brecht's Hitler satire It’s a bigly Trump-fest over at the Donmar, with adaptor Bruce Norris determined to make Brecht great again �…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:24PMLondon is never short of theatre temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From new takes on Brecht and Buchner to Jez Butterworth's latest and a cla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMMartin Crimp's 1993 play feels sharply contemporary in this slick revival from Lyndsey Turner, with its layered deconstruction of the way that we treat both art and life as commodities - and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMLee Hall's Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of Alan Warner's novelThe Sopranos, about a raucous group of teenage girls in Edinburgh for a choir competition, arrives in the West Endfoll…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18AM'Everybody wants passion,' says Ivo van Hove in the programme interview for his latest show, but in both tone and aesthetic, his take on this doomed romance is less red-hot fire of ardour, m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:46AMCarrie Hope Fletcher has starred in numerous musicals, including Les Miserables, Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and has also published two books. She's currently playing Wednesday…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54AMChristopher Hampton's 1969 take on Moliere's The Misanthrope is often played with actors older than their characters, but director Simon Callow has recruited some of TV's bright young things…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:25AMUnusually, actress Kirsty Bushell comes to Juliet later in a stellar career her work includes everything from the title role inSalisbury Playhouse's Hedda GablertoDisgraced at Bush Theatre a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMSean FoleydirectsGriff Rhys JonesandLee Mackin an adaptation of Moliere's classic comedyThe Miserat London's Garrick Theatre. Adapted by Foley andPhil Porter,The Miseris the rip-roaring come…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36AMSix-time Tony winner and reigning Queen of Broadway - plus 'Olivier Awardpresenter', jokes partner-in-crime Seth Rudetsky in his introduction though surely that's just a matter of time, with…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:06AMThe late, great Edward Albee is certainly having a West End 'moment', but it rather places this particular revival at a disadvantage, comparing unfavourably as it does with the shattering, u…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54AMIt's a joy to have the show back after 33 years in the Drury Lane its original London home. The script is secondary to RANDY SKINNER's whopping numbers!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:37PMAmidst the middle-class small talk between two couples, one reeling from the arrival of a new baby, comes a shocking confession 'I've been raping pensioners.' What kind of monsters are we de…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42AMThe curtain rises just high enough to reveal a long line of tapping feet a thoroughly appropriate intro, as those feet are the real stars of the show. The plot might centre around a leading …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:42PMWhen Laura Wade's Posh premiered at the Royal Court in 2010, its dark promise that these destructive student toffs - members of the Riot Club, a loosely fictional version of Oxford's Bulling…
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