Thursday, April 23, 2015
Ruthie Henshall needs scant introduction as one of the West End’s leading musical theater lights, with credits spanning the Atlantic that include Chicago, Miss Saigon, Putting It Toget…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:50PMWednesday, April 22, 2015
A provocative and elusive reimagining of Bizet's "Carmen," National Health Service testimonials, and revisiting Roald Dahl.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:30AMThursday, April 16, 2015
J. Robert Oppenheimer has been called the father of the atomic bomb, and the American physicist has now given his name to a new Royal Shakespeare Company play, Oppenheimer. With a running ti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:44PMMatt Wolf wishes the score of this revamped production was less generic
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:00AMThursday, April 9, 2015
The Play That Goes Wrong at the Duchess Theatre contains lots of men behaving badly—or, at least clumsily—but the Olivier-nominated hit comedy owes much of its success to the two…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMWednesday, April 8, 2015
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Spring is in the air and with it a raft of high-profile openings that include the West End bow of Imelda Staunton’s show-stopping Rose in Gypsy, a gala concert of Follies in honor of S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:15PMWednesday, March 25, 2015
English soul singer Beverley Knight has been batting a thousand in her stage forays to date. She first appeared on the West End in 2013 as Heather Headley’s replacement in The Bodyguar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:56PMMonday, March 23, 2015
Stephen Sondheim's ever-elastic masterpiece is downsized to largely dazzling effect in its latest iteration, which has been transferred intact to a Shaftesbury Avenue pop-up after premiering…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:15AMWednesday, March 18, 2015
Breakout performances rarely come as high-voltage as Jenna Augen’s turn in Bad Jews, the Joshua Harmon play that is transferring to the Arts Theatre starting March 18 after previous ru…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:53PMWednesday, March 11, 2015
Sunny Afternoon, the Edward Hall-directed jukebox musical salute to the legendary British band The Kinks, was just nominated for five Olivier Awards, but arguably none of its nods is more de…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:55PMSunday, March 8, 2015
Helen Mirren's comic timing as the Queen sets this performance apart, says Matt Wolf
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 11:00PMHelen Mirren's comic timing as the Queen sets this performance apart, says Matt Wolf
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 11:00PMThursday, March 5, 2015
Fish in the Dark, the Curb Your Enthusiasm writer's first venture onto Broadway, is a disappointment
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:00PMWednesday, March 4, 2015
The play for once really is the thing in a London month that puts musicals on the back burner for a change—well, that is until Gypsy begins previews—and lets the plays take cente…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:40PMThursday, February 26, 2015
Samantha Spiro has two Olivier Awards to her name, first for playing Mary in the Michael Grandage-directed Donmar production of Merrily We Roll Along and then for her irrepressible Dolly Lev…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:17PMWednesday, February 25, 2015
Stars continue to be born from Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Following on from the ongoing Broadway run of the show, which catapulted to name status its Tony-winning leading lady Jessi…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:09AMThe London stage is seeing a triptych of powerful performances with Mark Rylance in “Farinelli,” Ian Gelder in “Gods and Monsters” and Maxine Peake in “How to Hold Your Breath.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:01AMThursday, February 19, 2015
You might not expect to find the distinguished stage veteran Isla Blair among the able cast of Made in Dagenham, the musical at the Adelphi Theatre based on the 2010 film about the fight for…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:14AMWednesday, February 11, 2015
Lewis Reeves has caused quite a stir during his time in My Night with Reg, the revival of Kevin Elyot’s 1994 play about gay love and lust in the age of AIDS that has transferred to the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:47PMIn “Boa,” “Tree,” and “mountaineering,” plenty of odd jobs and small casts, and an opportunity for the audience to co-star.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:49AMThursday, February 5, 2015
Jamie Lloyd’s blistering production of the Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman musical Assassins is hurtling into its final month at the Menier Chocolate Factory, and is about to welcome…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMWednesday, January 28, 2015
Here's the genuine hard problem facing commentators confronted with Tom Stoppard's new play of the same name: how do you honour the legacy of this extraordinary writer's first play in nine y…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:58PMThree-time Tony winner Mark Rylance returns to the playhouse he once ran, and the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon gets two new leads—these are just two of the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:11PMTuesday, January 27, 2015
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Irish actor Brian Gilligan has been playing the defining role of Deco in the rock musical The Commitments at the Palace Theatre since September—meanwhile, the role’s originator, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:28AMFriday, January 16, 2015
Josefina Gabrielle has three Olivier nominations to show for her wide-ranging musical theater career, which includes Laurey in Oklahoma! on both sides of the Atlantic as well as London reviv…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:37AMWednesday, January 14, 2015
"Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" and "The Grand Tour'' are improved in some ways in their London versions.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:22AMSaturday, January 10, 2015
Jake Gyllenhaal made his Broadway debut in good company – a galaxy of stars are currently on stage in New York. We review some of their performancesIt seems fitting that Jake Gyllenhaal is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMThursday, January 8, 2015
Jennifer DiNoia has traveled the world with Wicked, shifting between various American cities to perform the musical in Australia and South Korea and now in London, where she plays Elphaba at…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:30PM 
