Thursday, February 16, 2012
Fry will play Malvolio in the Globe's summer production of Twelfth Night – his first role since walking out of a West End production in 1995Seventeen years after he famously deserted a Wes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58AMWednesday, February 15, 2012
American producers are eyeing up the bestselling musical – but Royal Shakespeare Company is likely to keep a firm hold over the projectThe RSC is considering taking its hit musical Matilda…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMTuesday, February 14, 2012
Playwright behind monologue about the late Apple founder jeopardises his European premiere by saying he will allow anyone to perform his play royalty-freeA playwright has jeopardised the Eur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:29AMMonday, February 13, 2012
Singer-songwriter reportedly in negotiations to create stage version of Sam Taylor-Wood's Nowhere Boy, directed by Rupert GooldAfter the quickfire announcement of three forthcoming stagings …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMThursday, February 9, 2012
Simon Stephens claims people's theatre tastes have shifted over the past three years 'towards the commercial and the accessible'British theatre audiences have become more conservative since …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:19AMThis week online, a row in Australia begs the question: when bloggers slag off theatre is it trolling or fair dinkum?Quite a brouhaha in Australia this week, where theatre bloggers have not …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AMWednesday, February 8, 2012
Critically panned musical, which closed seven years ago after just one night in the West End, is to reopen on London's fringeWhen Mike Read's Oscar Wilde musical closed within hours of its o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:39AMCritically panned musical, which closed seven years ago after just one night in the West End, is to reopen on London's fringe Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:39AMTuesday, February 7, 2012
Mike Daisey's acclaimed monologue about the late Apple CEO will be shown as part of HighTide festival for emerging playwrights in May, alongside a debut play by Laura PoliakoffAn off-Broadwa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:37AMMonday, February 6, 2012
The Finborough and Landor theatres triumph at the Offies with nine awards between themThe traditional pub theatre has faced an onslaught from unconventional venues in recent years, with thea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:05AMFriday, February 3, 2012
Almost 25 years after he played the Vicomte de Valmont in Stephen Frears's film, Malkovich directs a French-language version of Christopher Hampton's play in Paris Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:20AMA political battle rocks Hungarian theatre – while New York debates the delicate etiquette of praising shows you don't likeHungarian theatre has hit the headlines in recent months, after G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMThursday, February 2, 2012
Ukrainian principal dancer has been stripped of his work permit following his shock resignation from the Royal Ballet Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMMonday, January 30, 2012
With theatres developing a new sense of purpose and identity, London's off-West End theatre is more vibrant than everWe could start with several arguments. First, about what actually constit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMFrances Ruffelle and Colm Wilkinson will join Hugh Jackman and Taylor Swift in Tom Hooper's film of classic musicalOriginal cast members from the musical Les Misérables are to be reunited i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:27AMWednesday, January 25, 2012
A film of the Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, which closed in the West End after a year, is to be released in the UK in MarchLove Never Dies – and, despite Andrew L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:13AMThursday, January 19, 2012
This week, bloggers were getting back to the very basics of what theatre is about – and not just on the stageWhat are stories for? Poet and children's writer Michael Rosen isn't talking di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:39AMWednesday, January 18, 2012
Artistic director Nicholas Hytner says War Horse will prove more profitable for his theatre than it will for the film director's studioGiven the choice between a hit West End play and a succ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38AMTuesday, January 17, 2012
Campaigners criticise programming of Habima's Merchant of Venice over company's record of playing Israeli settlementsShakespeare's Globe has defended programming an Israeli theatre company t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:11AMMonday, January 16, 2012
Original Les Mis cast vows to fight contract denying them any more royalty payments, 25 years onDo you hear the people sing – and, if so, will they be getting paid for it? The first cast o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:55AMDigital projections and computer animation make all kind of amazing effects possible – but do they rob theatre of what it's all about?Ordinarily, the prospect of Rupert Goold tackling CS L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49AMThursday, January 12, 2012
A blog on the racial makeup of US theatre unpacks issues: if Ibsen writes a female character, it is accepted. But a different race? The thin ice is waiting …Imagine a slippery slope made o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMVeteran Star Trek actor to debut autobiographical one-man show, Shatner's World: We All Just Live in It, in FebruaryGalloping around the cosmos is a game for the young. Autobiographical solo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMWednesday, January 11, 2012
Tim Rice rejects Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'pessimistic' fears and says the Olympics will be 'a major benefit to the theatre world'Tim Rice has spoken out against his former collaborator Andrew …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:59AMMonday, January 9, 2012
Jesus Christ Superstar talent-spotting show reportedly to air on ITV after the BBC is criticised for promoting composer's interestsAndrew Lloyd Webber has signed a deal to broadcast his next…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMTuesday, January 3, 2012
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is to be adapted into a 'less posh' multimedia theatre version, directed by Rupert GooldTilda Swinton may have only just have departed British terrestrial…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMThursday, December 22, 2011
Seasonal goodwill? What seasonal goodwill? From accusations of idiocy to disdain of the consensus, online critics are sparing no punchesNot for the first time, Noises Off finds itself duckin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:05PMStar of The Addams Family and Pan Am will take to the New York stage in production also starring Bebe NeuwirthChristina Ricci will make her Shakespeare debut next year in New York, playing H…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39AMTuesday, December 20, 2011
Novelist Nicholas Sparks announces his romantic novel, already a hit film starring Ryan Gosling, is heading for BroadwayThe soggiest kiss since Andie MacDowell forgot her umbrella in Four We…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:29AMThursday, December 15, 2011
New York Times reviewer Ben Brantley draws criticism for labelling married star the 'bi-est guy in town' – then claims he doesn't mean it literallyNew York Times theatre critic Ben Brantle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:10PMWednesday, December 14, 2011
Yeah, baby, yeah! Mike Myers reported to be working on a stage prequel to Austin Powers: International Man of MysteryStage shows don't come more swinging than Hair, but it could be toppled b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25AM 
