Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The master of the modern musical adores London, a city he first visited in 1952, and it's safe to say that the capital more than repays Stephen Sondheim's affections. The veteran Broadway co…
SOURCE: This Is London at 04:25PMDean Chisnall, 29, a regular West End presence in the six years since he left West London’s Arts Educational drama school, is now stepping into the title role in Shrek the Musical at t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:11PMWednesday, February 22, 2012
Tyne Daly has won a Tony Award and multiple Emmys and interspersed her TV renown with stage work in the classics (The Seagull), musicals (Gypsy), and new plays (Rabbit Hole). Now she has add…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:18PMTuesday, February 21, 2012
"Absent Friends'' mines its characters' woes for laughter and pathos, while another revival of "Singin' in the Rain'' leaves audiences damp, but delighted.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:05PMWednesday, February 15, 2012
Oliver Tompsett made his West End debut in the Madness musical Our House before moving on to Mamma Mia! and a long run as Fiyero in Wicked. The engaging 30-year-old is now getting the vocal …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:51AMWednesday, February 8, 2012
Dianne Pilkington enjoyed a long and acclaimed West End run as Glinda in Wicked and starred as Amalia in last year’s Chichester Festival revival of She Loves Me, with a stint in The 39…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:59PMTuesday, February 7, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Ramin Karimloo spent many years wearing the most famous of musical theater masks, first in The Phantom of the Opera and then its sequel, Love Never Dies, for which he received an Olivier Awa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:19PMFriday, January 27, 2012
No one can exactly accuse Federico Garcia Lorca's 1936 play of falling into neglect. From Howard Davies's National Theatre revival to this latest reclamation by the Almeida, The House of Ber…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 10:44AMWednesday, January 25, 2012
Siobhan Dillon has spent a busy few years on West End stages, first in Grease and then as Elle Woods’ rival Vivienne in Legally Blonde. Now she has signed on for a yearlong run as the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:47PMSiobhan Dillon has spent a busy few years on West End stages, first in Grease and then as Elle Woods’ rival Vivienne in Legally Blonde. Now she has signed on for a yearlong run as the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:47PMTuesday, January 24, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
It’s been more than a dozen years since Adam Cooper stormed Broadway as the Swan in Matthew Bourne’s sexy, stylish, revisionist Swan Lake, earning a 1999 Tony nomination for Best…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:19PMWednesday, January 11, 2012
Not everyone gets to make a West End splash as a lovesick, poshly spoken, faintly dimwitted chap who also happens to be wildly hairy and vaguely masochistic. “I, too, enjoy pain,&rdquo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:23PMTuesday, January 10, 2012
In several recent London productions, any jolliness on view moves very much toward murder or darkness — or everlasting hell.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:36AMWednesday, January 4, 2012
Just over two years ago, Eddie Redmayne opened at London’s cozy Donmar Warehouse as the assistant to artist Mark Rothko (Alfred Molina) in John Logan’s Red, a performance that wo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:04PMWednesday, December 28, 2011
This was a year on the London stage in which Shakespeare often appeared twice over (with two productions each of Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, The Comedy of Errors and Richard III), a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:44PMTuesday, December 27, 2011
Highlights of 2011 included Richard Bean's "One Man, Two Guvnors" and a revisionist "Hamlet," starring Michael Sheen.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:28PMMonday, December 26, 2011
And what a year it was! Comedy was king on stages around town, while a variety of Shakespeare royals -- Richard III à deux courtesy Kevin Spacey and the lesser-known but far more electrifyi…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:00PMFriday, December 23, 2011
A generally grim year for musicals (Matilda and Crazy For You very much excepted) nears a belatedly emotional and rewarding close with the Crucible Theatre's revival of Company, which b…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 12:52AMWednesday, December 21, 2011
Michael Crawford will be forever remembered as the original Phantom of the Opera, but he has made a splash across all disciplines during his long, awards-laden career. Turning 70 on January …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AMWednesday, December 14, 2011
Pop stars and singers have been crossing over into theater more and more these days, from Shayne Ward (Rock of Ages) and Duncan James (Legally Blonde) in London to Harry Connick Jr (On a Cle…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMTuesday, December 13, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Sharon Gless has appeared three times on the West End but never before to the waves of empathy she is eliciting in A Round-Heeled Woman as Jane Juska, an American woman in her 60s who decide…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMShould the people who made Tron - or for that matter James Cameron - ever decide to take on a Broadway musical, they owe themselves a trip to the Menier Chocolate Factory's ludicrous p…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:35AMWednesday, November 30, 2011
In the six years since America Ferrera appeared off-Broadway in Dog Sees God, the actress, now 27, shot to TV fame in Ugly Betty, scooping up copious awards along the way. Ferrera is now bac…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:51AMTuesday, November 29, 2011
Neil LaBute has a heart, it seems, and “Matilda” takes wing in song.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:31PMWednesday, November 23, 2011
Sean Palmer appeared an English National Opera production of On the Town in the spring of 2007, but this season has seen the Nevada-born co-star of Broadway’s The Little Mermaid move o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:12AMWednesday, November 16, 2011
Bertie Carvel made his name across London’s not-for-profit sector, winning raves at the Almeida (Rope), Royal Court (The Pride) and Donmar Warehouse (as Leo Frank in Olivier-nominated …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:14AMTuesday, November 15, 2011
Don't be misled by the mini-history lesson with which Trevor Nunn's belated London stage premiere of The Lion in Winter begins, a sequence of dates, facts and maps that scroll up a decorativ…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:38PMNotable theatrical offerings in London include a riveting play about Stalin, a strained take on intrigue around Wallis Simpson and a production about the early Beatles.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:25PM 
