Thursday, December 10, 2015
English actress-singer Cassidy Janson has appeared in many American shows in and around London, from blockbusters like Wicked to more intimate productions like Dessa Rose, opposite The Color…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMA supposed Stoppardian footnote gets a first-class reclamation in Howard Davies's sizzling revival of Hapgood, the espionage-themed drama from 1988 that resonates intellectually and emo…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:56AMWednesday, December 2, 2015
Revivals of a lesser-known work by Ibsen, unbridled ferocity from Pinter and a shimmeringly intense Greek tragedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:22PMThe director Richard Eyre’s continuing inquiry into the plays of Henrik Ibsen reaches a new peak with “Little Eyolf.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:27PMJohnny Flynn juggles two lives—one as the singer-songwriter who has toured America with his folk-rock band Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit, the other as the fast-rising actor who has…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:09PMSaturday, November 28, 2015
The great Caryl Churchill careers down a blind alley in Here We Go, and the results aren't pretty, especially within the cavernous confines of the National Theatre's Lyttelton – this …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:16AMWednesday, November 25, 2015
A lot of people are going to be enraged, frustrated, or confused by Evening at The Talk House, and in the authorial world of Wallace Shawn, wasn't it ever thus? This is the playwright who ga…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:57AMThe holidays are fast approaching, bringing with them a glut of openings across the spectrum, from a seasonal entertainment with an Oscar winner in the lead to new sightings of iconic titles…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:56AMThursday, November 19, 2015
Kenneth Branagh occupies center stage for much of “The Winter’s Tale,” the Shakespeare play with which he inaugurates the company that bears his name.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:01PMNatalie Dew plays Jess Bhamra, the football-loving London Sikh in the West End musical Bend It Like Beckham at the Phoenix Theatre, a career-making performance that has brought the actress a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AMWednesday, November 11, 2015
It's not every day that you have a West End musicals leading man who has also played Hamlet, Richards II and III, and Prospero in The Tempest, but the RSC veteran Jonathan Slinger comes …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:37PMFriday, November 6, 2015
Sunny Afternoon won this year’s Olivier Award for Best Musical, and Danny Horn has stepped into the demanding leading role of Kinks frontman Ray Davies at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:04AMThursday, November 5, 2015
The cast captivates in a production of Pinter that stands out against today s Broadway fare.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 11:05PMOnstage in London, big casts and ambitions reign in "Husbands & Sons" and "Treasure," while "Ticking" is small but volatile.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:37PMFriday, October 30, 2015
For much of a grimly deliberate evening, Knightley appears shoulders hunched, indrawn, her eyes darting about as if in search of escape.
SOURCE: Telegraph at 08:44AMThursday, October 29, 2015
The nights are drawing in, so all the better reason to feast on a month that sees a Broadway classic (the acclaimed revival of Gypsy) enter its final weeks even as another Broadway entry (El…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:08PMThursday, October 22, 2015
Ben Forster played Magaldi in the most recent West End revival of Evita and is poised to take over as the Phantom in London in the New Year, but through the holiday season he can be found le…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:21PMThursday, October 15, 2015
Kenneth Cranham has performed twice on Broadway—in Loot in 1968 and then again in 1994 in An Inspector Calls, for which he garnered a Tony nomination. But the veteran actor is get…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:07PMThursday, October 8, 2015
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Canadian singer-songwriter Kyle Riabko earned raves off-Broadway in 2013 and then at the Menier Chocolate Factory this past summer with What’s It All About?, his smart, hip reimagining…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:31PMThursday, October 1, 2015
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
"Hangmen" reminds one of the unmistakable terrain marked out by a playwright who cares not one whit for niceties and political correctness.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:19PMLia Williams was nominated for a 1997 Tony for her performance in the original Broadway production of Skylight, since which time the gifted actress’s stage appearances have included th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMWednesday, September 16, 2015
Lara Pulver was nominated for a 2008 Olivier Award for her performance opposite Bertie Carvel in director Rob Ashford’s London production of Parade and is back in town to play Louise&m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:22PMMonday, September 14, 2015
Nicole Kidman has returned to the West End 17 years after causing an innuendo-laden sensation in The Blue Room, the David Hare play that promptly transferred from the Donmar to Broadway, whe…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:26PMThursday, September 10, 2015
Edward Bennett made headlines in 2008 when he replaced an ailing David Tennant in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet. Since then, the actor has gone from further work in Shak…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:51PMTheater-as-installation in “Absent”; Terence Rattigan’s “Flare Path” on tour; a quiet star in “Measure for Measure.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:02AMWednesday, September 2, 2015
It’s back to school for families and back to the theater for devotees of the London stage in what is shaping up to be the busiest September in years. Highlights include new plays featu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMWednesday, August 26, 2015
Stephen Wight came to attention in the plays of Patrick Marber (Dealer’s Choice, Don Juan in Soho) and then moved on to TV and further acclaim. Now, the actor has transferred to the We…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMThe set turns out to be the thing now that Benedict Cumberbatch's star turn in Hamlet has finally arrived, trailing in its wake a level of expectation, hysteria and scrutiny that might well …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:36AM 
