The Dynamism of Janet McTeer by John Lahr

Some actresses prefer to meet a journalist for the first time with a press agent in tow; some opt for the neutrality of a restaurant; some suggest the distracting hubbub of the sound stage. …

Diane Lane’s Advice to Her Younger Self by Olivia Clement

The Cherry Orchard star and theatre veteran names the show that changed her life and the one thing she’ll never give up.

BroadwayCon Week Kicks Off Today by Playbill Staff

The ultimate Broadway fan experience will return for its second year with even more stars and show-stopping programming.

Playbill Vault's Today In Theatre History: October 17 by David Gewirtzman

They Promised Her the Moon Readings Offer Untold Astronaut Story by Robert Viagas

Jerrie Cobb wanted to be the first woman in space.

Veronica Dunne Makes Broadway Debut Tonight by Andrew Gans

The Disney Channel star plays a limited six-week engagement in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago.

All-Star Hillary Clinton Fundraiser Plays Broadway’s St. James Tonight by Andrew Gans

The star-studded fundraising concert is titled Stronger Together.

Liz Callaway Performs at Tonight’s Acting Company Tribute to Mark Lamos by Andrew Gans

The evening also pays tribute to arts patron J. Barclay Collins.

Margo Seibert, Keala Settle, Julia Murney, Constantine Maroulis Part of Tonight's Women Songwriters Concert by Andrew Gans

The evening benefits the Lilly Awards Foundation.

Lin-Manuel Miranda Introduces Screening of Mary Poppins by Sandi Durell

Lin-Manuel Miranda Joined the Iconic United Palace Theatre in Washington Heights to Introduce Screening of Classic ‘Mary Poppins’    In one of Miranda’s last public appearances b…

Chicago Dance Review: ROMEO AND JULIET (The Joffrey Ballet at the Auditorium Theatre) by Lawrence Bommer

A POLITICAL PROKOFIEV BRINGS R & J CLOSER TO HOME It’s been over two years since its Joffrey Ballet—and U.S.–premiere. The Chicago troupe’s updated version of Prokofiev’s …

Boys in the Band by Arts Review

Boys in the Band is a slick, fully choreographed cabaret show, performed by four good-looking young men, backed by a tight four-piece live band. The show pays homage to famous boy bands, str…

Concert Review: ‘Beginnings’ at Amoss Center at Harford Community College by Raychel Harvey-Jones

It’s classic rock with a brass section!Tight harmonies, breathtaking guitar solos all topped off with a horn section that would be the envy of many large orchestras. If you have ever w…

Theatre Review: ‘Kiss’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Natasha Joyce

Woolly Mammoth’s production of “Kiss” Friday night reminded me why I go to the theatre: to be surprised. What appears to be a hilarious melodrama about four friends unveili…

The Critic by Arts Review

Tucked away up the stairs of Club Voltaire was this entertaining treatise on writing theatre criticism and the difficulty that can occur when reviewer and subject are good friends. Jamie (Lo…

Review: All’s Not Well in This ‘Cherry Orchard’ by Ben Brantley

Diane Lane stars in this terminally confused production of Chekhov’s play, about a woman who faces a changing reality when she returns to her childhood home.

The Play That Goes Wrong proves right for West End by Mark Brown

Hit show that began in a room above a pub has had its run at the Duchess Theatre extended until at least September 2015From Mr Saigon to Dave Poppins: West End disasters and how to avoid the…

The Cherry Orchard review – Diane Lane stars in disarrayed Chekhov comedy by Alexis Soloski

American Airlines theatre, New YorkJumpy actors and an unusual vocabulary are among many jarring elements in a scattered adaptation that never gets out of the woods“I don’t know what to …

She Stoops to Conquer: Tic Tac(t)s, Anyone? by Sandi Durell

  by Samuel L. Leiter   One of the last places you might be prompted to think of Donald Trump would be during a revival of Oliver Goldsmith’s beloved 1773 comedy, She Stoops to C…

'Cherry Orchard' review: Diane Lane stars in letdown of an update

The much-anticipated production, with Diane Lane at the top of a blazingly promising cast, is perplexing, stylistic gibberish.

Review: ‘Disgraced’ at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ by Joel Markowitz

  It is sometimes difficult to imagine what theater might be able to further contribute to an already contentious national conversation about tolerance and devisiveness in America. An u…

Broadway Review: ‘The Cherry Orchard’ Starring Diane Lane by Gordon Cox

Actresses love to play Madame Ranevskaya, the enchanting idiot who dithers away the family estate in Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard.” Film star Diane Lane (best rememb…

The Cherry Orchard by Sandi Durell

    by Michael Bracken     It’s a risky business to rework a classic. Change too much, and you lose its greatness. Change too little, and why bother. But if you’re sk…

Theater Review: A Distant Cherry Orchard at the Roundabout by Jesse Green

Part of what keeps great plays great, age after age, is that they have so much in them: so much psychology, amusement, conflict, philosophy, politics, emotion, and linguistic pleasure. What …

Victorian screen leaders celebrate another year of success by Arts Review

Victoria’s screen sector have gathered to celebrate a year of success in 2015-16 and honour the achievements of five industry leaders who have helped to build Victoria’s reputation as th…

PHOTOS: Lin-Manuel Miranda Unveils New Sound and Projection System at The United Palace of Cultural Arts by BroadwayWorld

In one of his final public appearances this side of the pond before he ventures to London to film MARY POPPINS RETURNS, Lin-Manuel Miranda took the stage at the United Palace of Cultural Art…

Tick, Tick... Boom! by Doug Marino

In what I believe is the first off-Broadway revival since its original 2001 incarnation, Keen Company has brought back Jonathan Larson's pre-rent work, Tick, Tick...Boom! in a magnificent, r…

Thrillpeddlers’ “Shocktoberfest” Features Gore, Fun, Flesh in S.F. by Daniel Lilly

 Blood and Butts Thrill with Vintage Flair at Hypnodrome by Daniel Joseph Lilly Thrillpeddlers’ “Shocktoberfest 17: Pyramid of Freaks” offers a fantasy feast for the senses. Creative …

Using ITN with Students – by Lynda Crawford by Martin Denton

Indie Theater Now is a rich resource for teaching playwriting. One way that we use it in the playwriting lab at SUNY/Empire State College is by having students view plays by Indie Theater No…

THE POSITIVE RESULTS OF NEGATIVE ATTENTION by Itn Playwright

No matter how much life-styles change, the human emotions of family dynamics seem to fundamentally remain the same.

NYC Theater Archives by Martin Denton

This week we are retiring two of NYTE’s elder websites – nytheatre.com and nytheaternow.com. We’re giving them each gold watches and thanking them for years of service. We&…

See What the Critics Said About The Cherry Orchard on Broadway by Robert Viagas

Diane Lane and Joel Grey head the cast of the Chekhov classic.

Diane Lane leads a fruitless ‘Cherry Orchard’ by Joe Dziemianowicz

Timber!

Curio Theatre Company presents Conor McPherson’s ‘The Birds’ by Mark Cofta

Curio Theatre's production of Conor McPherson's 'The Birds' is a spooky apocalyptic tale just in time for Halloween. Mark Cofta reviews.

Teaser Scene From Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season Two: Paula Isn't So Sure About Rebecca and Josh After All by Tolly Wright

With just days to go until the return of the best show on TV — that's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, obviously — the CW dropped a scene from the second season premiere early. And, surprise, surpri…

Festival Fatale: a two-day theatre festival of women by Cassie Tongue

Patriarchy getting you down? The remedy just might be Festival Fatale. The two day theatre festival at Sydney’s Eternity Playhouse, from 29 – 30 October, is the work of Women i…

Diane Lane Flits Through A Merry `Cherry Orchard’; Mary-Louise Parker & Dennis Arndt Dazzle In ‘Heisenberg’ – Broadway Review by Jeremy Gerard

Diane Lane stars in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway revival of The Cherry Orchard. This beautiful film actress (Trumbo, Unfaithful) can hardly be accused of helicoptering do…

StageArt: The Colour Purple by Anne-Marie Peard

At this year’s Tony Awards, the Broadway revival of the Oprah Winfrey produced The Color Purple musical received the Best Revival of a Musical and Best Actress. StageArt are currently pres…

Review Roundup: THE CHERRY ORCHARD Opens on Broadway - Updating Live! by Review Roundups

Roundabout Theatre Company presentsDiane Lane,Chuck Cooper,Tavi Gevinson,John Glover,Celia Keenan-Bolger,Harold PerrineauandJoel Greyin a new production ofThe Cherry Orchard, which opens ton…

THE CHERRY ORCHARD - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

Stephen Karam has written a moving, surprising, and painfully relatable play about a family on the brink of crisis in a society devastated by social and economic uncertainly.

For one night only, stars unite in Sydney for Entertainment Assist by Cassie Tongue

On Monday 21 November, a dazzling array of Australian entertainment industry stars will come together in response to the shocking new figures detailing the widespread mental health issues cu…

First Nighter: The Actors Company Theatre "She Stoops to Conquer" Revival Remains on its Haunches by David Finkle

There is one notable exception to the at-best-adequate performing. Beck, a TACT member, always knows how to negotiate these

First Nighter: The Actors Company Theatre "She Stoops to Conquer" Revival Remains on its Haunches by David Finkle

About She Stoops to Conquer and just to fill in readers unaware of the plot: Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle (John Rothman, Cynthia

Exclusive Podcast: 'Behind the Curtain' Welcomes Second-Generation Broadway Alum Richard Roland by Behind The Curtain

Great Grandpa Roland was a bandleader. Grandpa Roland was a trumpet player. Dad, Steve Roland, was inSOUTH PACIFIC. Mom, Liz Roland, was in MR. PRESIDENT. Their son, Richard Roland, was in T…

Sister Cities – Star of the Sea, Manly by AussieTheatre

Colette Freedman’s Sister Cities, now in the hands of Factory Space Theatre Company at Star of the Sea Manly, is aptly titled. Following their mother’s death, four sisters – each named…

Alicia Bay Laurel’s “Living on the Earth: The Musical” at Beyond Baroque by Pauline Adamek

Join International artist Alicia Bay Laurel for an intimate concert when she presents “Living on the Earth: The Musical.” It’s happening at Beyond Baroque in Venice

Review: The Cherry Orchard

Roundabout Theatre Company offers a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's masterpiece.

'The Cherry Orchard' review: Diane Lane can't bring this revival to life by Christopher Kelly

Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard," in a new adaptation by "The Humans" playwright Stephen Karam, ends up feeling very confused

Public Enemy by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Ibsen’s "An Enemy of the People" is a classic of modern drama but at times it can seem musty in a poor translation. David Harrower’s "Public Enemy" is not only a shrewd, accessible adapt…

The Abbey Theatre and Annenberg Center present ‘The Plough and the Stars’ by Mark Cofta

The Abbey Theatre's tour of 'The Plough and the Stars' makes an Irish classic relevant for today's American audiences. Mark Cofta reviews.

Review: A Dynamic Actor Redeems ‘Orwell in America’ by Ken Jaworowski

Jamie Horton gives a strong performance as George Orwell in an otherwise standard play at 59E59 Theaters that imagines Orwell promoting “Animal Farm” in the United States.

'The Cherry Orchard': Theater Review by David Rooney

Diane Lane returns to Broadway, graduating from the ensemble almost 40 years ago to the grande dame of Anton Chekhov's classic, 'The Cherry Orchard,' in a new version by Tony winner Stephen …

Review: She Stoops to Conquer

Oliver Goldsmith's rollicking 18th-century comedy comes to Theater Row.

Saxophonist Donny McCaslin goes beyond bop and Bowie by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

'Blackstar' saxophonist Donny McCaslin strikes out for new musical territory.

Free Tickets for Playwrights Who Can’t Afford the Theater by Michael Paulson

Theaters across the country have signed on to an initiative that makes unsold tickets available to student and professional writers.

McCarter Theatre's Disgraced: With whom do we identify?

Two things become abundantly clear during McCarter Theatre's production of Ayad Akhtar's living-room drama Disgraced. First, its conceit, four ethnically diverse Manhattan sophisticates airi…

Media Theatre's 'Bridges of Madison County' soars beyond book

You have to congratulate the nerve of The Bridges of Madison County. Robert James Waller's 1992 novel sold more than 50 million copies by persuading America to sentimentalize and celebrate a…

A Man of Good Hope, Young Vic, London — ‘Glorious’

There’s soaring music and inventive staging in this story of a boy refugee and his epic journey

The Dresser, Duke of York’s Theatre, London — review

Skilled performances from Reece Shearsmith and Ken Stott in a revival of this tragicomic drama

In 'Trump Card,' Mike Daisey explains unlikely, undeniable pull of The Donald by Chris Jones

How did Donald Trump pull this off? How did Fred Trump's aggressive, narcissistic son — whose business failures are well-documented, whose unhinged nocturnal Twitter explosions imply a coc…

First Nighter: The Actors Company Theatre "She Stoops to Conquer" Revival Remains on its Haunches by David Finkle

Asbury Short Film Concert by Barry

By: Isa Goldberg Thirty five years ago, the Asbury Shorts Film Concert was just a fledgling effort, a dream to celebrate a genre, which much like TV commercials, can take days of planning, …

Photos and podcast: One-to-one with The Book Club‘s Amanda Muggleton by Terri Paddock

If you have to work on your birthday, this is just the kind of work you want. After watching the wonderful Amanda Muggleton rip through her 90-minute one-woman comedy The Book Club on Friday…

Empty Spaces: The Camarillo Skyway Playhouse Dilemma by Cary Ginell

BY CARY GINELL It’s the day after opening night at the Camarillo Skyway Playhouse and the house is nearly empty. On stage, a terrific production of the Kander and Ebb musical Curtains…

I Interview Playwrights Part 884: Jim Knable by Adam Szymkowicz

Jim Knable Hometown: Sacramento, CA Current Town: Brooklyn, NY Q:  What are you working on now? A:  I just finished a first draft of a play about Thornton Wilder’s writing of h…

INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… Bardolph’s Box Artistic Director Nicola Pollard by Helen McWilliams

Bardolph’s Box tours to schools and public venues this month. I chatted to Artistic Director. Nicola Pollard about the production that is opening up Shakespeare to younger audiences.

Q&A: Fringe Encore Series by Linda

There are so many shows at the New York International Fringe Festival that it can be hard/impossible to see everything. So, one thing I love about the Fringe Encore Series is that you get a …

This Week on Broadway for October 16, 2016: Heisenberg, Holiday Inn by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere catch up on the past week’s Broadway and theatre reviews. Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Holiday Inn, Manhattan …

BWW TV: The Radio City Rockettes Launch the Countdown to Christmas- Go Inside Rehearsal! by BroadwayWorld TV

The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes will bring joy to audiences of all ages and help you create countless memories with your family, friends and loved ones this holid…

Media Theatre's Bridges of Madison County soars beyond book

You have to congratulate the nerve of The Bridges of Madison County. Robert James Waller's 1992 novel sold over 50 milion copies by persuading America to sentimentalize and celebrate a 1960s…

FROM DOWN UNDER: The Pajama Game by Simon Parris

OSMaD takes audiences back to Broadway’s Golden Age, for a slick and glossy, yet respectfully traditional, new production of tuneful musical comedy The Pajama Game.

The Tempest, Sadler's Wells, London, review: 'The story's political tensions barely register' by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Birmingham Royal Ballet's new production of The Tempest is lavish with designs by Rae Smith of War Horse fame and a new score by Sally Beamish

Skin a Cat review – sexual odyssey with charm and comic edge by Lyn Gardner

Bunker, LondonThis endearing drama about a woman who has vaginismus – played brilliantly by Lydia Larson – suggests its writer, Isley Lynn, could be rising star London’s newest theatre…

Film Review: “A Man Called Ove” — An Even-Tempered Dramedy of Rebirth by Arts Fuse Editor

A Man Called Ove's darkness and humor are balanced artfully, a merit one often sees in Scandinavian film.

Review: Thrive, artsdepot by Naomi Kerrigan Asress

Before entering the modern theatre space at artsdepot, the audience are given one piece of advice: trust your instincts. We begin by filling out luggage tags with our names and addresses, a…

Review: The Season Ticket, York Theatre Royal by Adam Bruce

As I said in my review of Red Ladder Theatre’s The Damned United a few months ago, I’m really not into football. I do of course love theatre, however, so I find myself at a bit of crossr…

Celebrate Angela Lansbury’s Birthday with 17 of Our Favorite Musical Performances by Playbill Staff

The acclaimed actress is a five-time Tony Award winner for Mame, Dear World, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd and Blithe Spirit.

FROM DOWN UNDER: The Color Purple by Simon Parris

StageArt raises the bar again as they present a superb cast and pristine staging for the long-awaited Australian season of the Menier Chocolate Factory production of The Color Purple.

Review: ‘Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure’ at the Old Opera House Theatre Company by Johnna Leary

One of the opening lines to last evening’s performance of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, uttered by the world’s most famous detective, was “You see, but you do not obser…

STAGE TUBE: Miranda Sings Gives Jimmy Fallon Hosting Tips! by Stage Tube

While promoting her new Netflix series, Haters Back Off, Colleen Ballinger stopped by Jimmy Fallon this weekend to transform into her famous character,Miranda Sings,and give Jimmy Miranda's …

STAGE TUBE: Lin-Manuel Miranda Answers Questions Following HAMILTON'S AMERICA Premiere at NYFF by Stage Tube

The long-awaited documentary about the making of Hamilton, and how the musical connects to the real-life Hamilton and his world, recently premiered at the 54th New York Film Festival. Follow…

Photo Coverage: The New York Pops Opens Their Season with THE MUSICAL WORLD OF LERNER AND LOWE by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

OnOctober 14, 2016 at 800PM,The New York Pops,led by Music DirectorSteven Reineke,launched its 34thseason atCarnegie Hall's Stern AuditoriumPerelman Stage, celebrating the legacy and timeles…

Gallery Opening by Barry

VERED Gallery, which occupied the space at Park Place in East Hampton, has become Janet Lehr Inc. at 68 Park Place and Roman Fine Art at 66 Park Place. Janet Lehr  VERED Gallery, an Ico…

The Storm-Tossed Seek Hope And Salvation In Dramawork’s The Night Of The Iguana by Bill Hirschman

The emotional histrionics and pyrotechnic acting in the first act notwithstanding, it’s the quiet poignant moments of compassion and connection in the second act that are the most deeply a…

Saturday Night Live Recap: Emily Blunt Brings Joy to the Crowd and Melancholy to a Sink by Matthew Love

Two things were guaranteed about this weekend's SNL: It would tear apart the town-hall presidential debate, and it would receive a new player in actress Emily Blunt. While her movie The Girl…

Othello the Remix: Shakespeare Like You’ve Never Heard Him by Sandi Durell

  Theater Pizzazz’ Sandi Durell and Magda Katz were on the moment at the meet and greet to bring you a sneak peek of Othello the Remix. Before there was Hamilton, before there wa…

Review: Cathy, Pleasance Theatre by Rebecca Gwyther

Cardboard Citizens have reached their 25th anniversary – a company devoted to raising awareness and helping the homeless through programmes, theatre and workshops. Cathy blends togethe…

VIDEO: Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump Takes on the Second Presidential Debate in SNL Cold Open by BroadwayWorld

If nothing else, the continued scandals surrounding Donald Trump have given Alec Baldwin a deep well of material from which to draw for his SNL impression of the Republican Presidential Nomi…

Fringe Encore Series Review: ‘Homo Sapiens Interruptus’ at The Huron Club at SoHo Playhouse in NYC by Deb Miller

Following the trajectory of his career from heavy-metal rocker to student, writer, and theater artist, Carlos Dengler not only recounts his own personal development, but considers it within …

BWW Exclusive: Broadway Stage Managers Sound Off About What They Do and How They Do It! by Cara Joy David

It is 704pm on a Thursday. To the average audience member of THE COLOR PURPLE, the most important person waiting backstage is one of the above-the-title stars Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Hollida…

Review: ‘Wild Lines: Jane Ira Bloom Plays Emily Dickinson’ at the KC Jazz Club by Robert Michael Oliver

There is nothing quite like “a vast morsel.” When Jane Ira Bloom plays her soprano saxophone, her wiry body jutting and jagging to the notes popping out of her horn, vastness of …

Professor Brian Cox Live: it's a bracing feeling not to be talked down to by Brian Logan

Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonDizzying cosmology show provides workout for the brain, with one part entertainment to 13.8bn parts educationProfessor Brian Cox finds a lot of things “bea…

The Mountaintop review – Luther King Olivier winner returns with driving energy by Lyn Gardner

Young Vic, LondonKatori Hall’s play about Martin Luther King and a hotel maid’s long night flirting over civil rights issues gains fresh resonance in the context of Black Lives MatterIt�…

WONDERFUL TOWN – Ye Olde Rose & Crown by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

We’re in New York, in 1935. In Greenwich Village, there lives an eclectic mix of Italian, Greek, Irish, you name it – and everyone is hanging on to their own little dream. Enter Ruth and…

To Be or Not to Be: ‘The Real Actors of NYC’ by Matthew Wexler

by Ryan Leeds The Real Actors of NYC is proof that lavish costumes, gigantic sets, lush orchestras, and full-scale dance numbers are not a prerequisite for a great musical. Quite the opposit…

7 Great Ways to Prep for Competition

It’s never a bad time to start prepping to make your next competition season the best one yet. Here, we have compiled a list of seven tips and tricks to make you and your team stand out on…

Top Ticket: Three shows to see Oct. 16 to 22 by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Mouthpiece and Quiver at Buddies, The Circle at Tarragon and Spirit Horse at Young People’s Theatre.

In Our House: Breaking Open Marcus Gardley’s The House That Will Not Stand through Public Programs and Community Partnerships by [email protected] (ramona)

By Isaac Gomez. Isaac Gomez, Director of New Play Development at Victory Gardens, shares the engagement programs around their production of Marcus Gardley’s The House That Will Not Stand.

'It's Very Lonely': Kathleen Turner Stars As Joan Didion In 'Magical Thinking' by Susan Stamberg

Turner appears in a new production of The Year of Magical Thinking, based on Didion's 2005 memoir. In one year, Didion's daughter fell into a coma and her husband of 40 years had a fatal hea…

NY Pops Opens Season with Lerner & Loewe by Sandi Durell

      34th Season of the NY Pops Opens at Carnegie Hall with a splendid musical tribute to the great composing team of Lerner & Loewe featuring Colin Donnell, Laura Osnes,…

THE DRESSER – West End by Ian

Any opinion I might have had about Ronald Harwood's The Dresser inevitably comes tainted with his apparent inability to open his mouth without spouting some kind of crap or other.

Sarah is a Bright Star! by Serena

Meet Broadway Wiz Bright Star, Sarah from NYC! Sarah is a slightly obsessed with Book of Mormon and she is also a talented doll maker!

Livestreaming the Québécois Playwright Project—The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center—New York City—Mon, Oct 17 by [email protected] (thea)

By HowlRound TV. The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presents the Québécois Playwright Project, livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv…

Divas Back on Broadway. Panting After Harry Potter. Hamilton Shop, and Stop. Week in New York Theater by Jonathan Mandell

“War Paint,” a musical about real-life rival cosmetic queens,with Patti LuPone as Helen Rubenstein and Christine Ebersole as Elizabeth Arden, is set to open in Broadway’s Nede…

Oil review – scorchingly ambitious with plenty of renewable energy by Michael Billington

Almeida, LondonAnne-Marie Duff time travels from 1800s Cornwall to 70s Libya in Ella Hickson’s remarkable new play about empire, energy and parenthoodThe old idea that women dramatists ten…

INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… You Forgot the Mince’s Francesca Joy by Helen McWilliams

Imagine If Theatre Company present the world premiere of  You Forgot the Mince UK Tour: October – November 2016   Francesca Joy’s debut play, You Forgot the M…

Producing Advice from the Company that Named Themselves Team Awesome Robot: Part Two by [email protected] (jamie)

By Christopher Diercksen, Yvonne Hartung. The second dispatch from Team Awesome Robot on producing independent theatre in New York City.

Review: Review: Oil (Almeida)

Anne-Marie Duff stars in Ella Hickson's new play about our relationship with oil over the past 200 years

Photos and podcast: Coq-tales with Emma Hatton and Anna-Jane Casey by Terri Paddock

I’m delighted to be able to deputise for my friend and My Theatre Mates co-founder Mark Shenton for two dates of his weekly West End chat show in October. Coq-Tales and Conversations takes…

Melbourne Festival: Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour by Anne-Marie Peard

It was impossible to get a ticket for Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe, but it’s running for all of the Melbourne Festival so as many people as possible can sin…

BWW's On This Day - October 16, 2016

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 16 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Quizzes: Test your theatre knowledge: Animals on stage

Do you know your famous felines from your celebrated canines?

LUNCH & THE BOW OF ULYSSES – Trafalgar Studios by Emma Clarendon

Steven Berkoff’s plays are curious examinations of one couple’s relationship from when they first met, then fast forwarding to twenty years later but strongly brought to life by Emily Br…

Isolation, madness and syphilis: Inside Al Capone’s final years by Michael Riedel

Al Capone, public enemy No. 1 and the most powerful gangster of the Prohibition era, spent the last years of his life in seclusion at his house in Florida. He fished from his boat, doted on …

Review: ‘HEISENBERG’ at Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in NYC by Richard Seff

Let’s get the title out of the way for starters. Simon Stephens, the author of this play, uses it to remind us that the German physicist Werner Heisenberg introduced his Werner Heisenb…

The Two Gentleman of Verona review – 60s update strikes false note by Clare Brennan

Everyman, LiverpoolShakespeare’s early satire on romance gains little from being transported into the swinging decadeDirector Nick Bagnall and composer James Fortune take Shakespeare’s e…

The Tempest review – drowning in the past by Luke Jennings

Birmingham HippodromeDavid Bintley’s uninvolving new version of The Tempest is symptomatic of an identity crisis in British balletThe Tempest, David Bintley’s new work for Birmingham Roy…

Steve Tompkins: ‘A theatre should behave like a good host’ by Interview By Susannah Clapp

The co-founder of acclaimed architects Haworth Tompkins on what makes the ideal theatre, the problem with overlit foyers – and their unlikely inspiration for the Liverpool EverymanIn 1997 …

The Dresser review – Stott and Shearsmith are compelling by Susannah Clapp

Duke of York’s, LondonKen Stott and Reece Shearsmith go to town in a very funny revival of Ronald Harwood’s terrific backstage tragicomedyRonald Harwood thinks it is a mistake for a woma…

One Night in Miami review – a crucible moment for black America by Susannah Clapp

Donmar Warehouse, LondonFine performances carry Kemp Powers’s dramatisation of a momentous meeting between Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam CookeStanding ovations have recently b…

A Day By the Sea by Wendy Caster

Perhaps it's time for me to make a template for my reviews of Mint Theater Company productions:Thanks once again to the invaluable Mint for reintroducing the world to yet another fabulous pl…

Review: ‘The Whipping Man’ at Fells Point Corner Theatre by Patricia Mitchell

Fells Point Corner Theatre (“FPCT”) opened its production of Matthew Lopez’s The Whipping Man on Friday. The second show of FPCT’s “Rescue Me” season, The Whipping Man is a smart…

Chekhov's Back, with Help from Stephen Karam: Diane Lane-Led The Cherry Orchard Opens on Broadway by Ryan McPhee

The Broadway revival of The Cherry Orchard opens officially at the American Airlines Theatre on October 16. The Roundabout production, directed by Simon Godwin and starring Diane Lane in her…

American galleries, reimagined, reopen at St. Louis Art Museum by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

One-fifth of the artworks haven't been displayed in over a decade

Music review: Lintu and the SLSO bring 'Petrushka' to life by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cellist Alban Gerhardt offers powerful Dvorák

Opera review: A new 'Rheingold' at Lyric Opera of Chicago by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In musical terms, it's a definite winner

St. Louisans will be able to experience art on a cellular level by Mike Faulk • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Technology will allow museum visitors to learn more about exhibits.

Review: ‘Kiss’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Michael Poandl

I go to see live theatre for a lot of reasons. I go to laugh and to be moved, to feel excitement or empathy, to be entertained in a way that just isn’t possible with podcasts or Netflix. I…

Magic Time! ‘Kiss’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Joel Markowitz

Kiss is a work to be reckoned with. Its power and importance, its comedic wit and caustic intelligence, make it a major theatrical event of the season. For anyone who prefers shows to have s…

Theater News: The Cherry Orchard, Starring Diane Lane, Set to Open on Broadway

Tony winner Stephen Karam has adapted the Chekhov classic.

Theatre review: The Chalk Garden / Donmar Warehouse, London by Michael Billington

Donmar Warehouse, LondonI have never much warmed to Enid Bagnold's play: what others call its high comic style sounds to me arch, precious and exhibitionist. But, if this 1956 Haymarket hit …

The Clearing by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Playwright Helen Edmundson whose stage plays have been mostly adaptations of famous literature ("The Mill on the Floss," "War and Peace," "Anna Karenina," as well as "Coram Boy" and "Thérè…

Stage preview: James Graham found 'Neverland' while not looking by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

James Graham wasn’t looking for Neverland when Harvey Weinstein showed him the way.

2Do this week, Oct. 16-22: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

MONDAY and TUESDAY

Billy Porter brings Broadway and soul to the Trust Cabaret's sold-out opener by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Since Pittsburgh last saw Billy Porter onstage at the Benedum Center, Downtown, he has traded in his “Kinky Boots” for tap shoes in “Shuffle Along,” explored “The Soul of Richard R…

The Virgin’s Guide to Rocky Horror Callouts by Kieron Cindric

For newcomers to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, viewing is an interactive experience. Follow this list for some basic callout pointers.

Why Nikki Renée Daniels and Jeff Kready’s Daughter Has an Unbeatable Rep Book by Whitney Spaner

The Broadway stars reveal the prophecy that came true about them and how their daughter has learned lyrics to songs no other three-year-old would know.

Schools of the Stars: Where Cherry Orchard Cast and Creators Went to College by Sarah Jane Arnegger

Where the full cast and creative team of the Broadway revival of The Cherry Orchard pursued their college studies.

Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: October 16 by David Gewirtzman

Brandon Victor Dixon Joins Jamie deRoy & Friends at Birdland Tonight by Michael Gioia

The concert series also welcomes Julie Halston and Marilyn Maye.

The Cherry Orchard with Diane Lane Opens Tonight on Broadway by Olivia Clement

Roundabout presents a new adaptation of the Chekhov classic by Tony winner Stephen Karam, with a starry principal cast.