Game of Thrones: The Mad King, RSC, Stratford review - tangled telling of origin stories
Game of Thrones: The Mad King, RSC, Stratford review - tangled telling of origin stories Gary Naylor Mon, 08/10/2026 - 14:30 ★★★★ GAME OF THRO…
Game of Thrones: The Mad King, RSC, Stratford review - tangled telling of origin stories Gary Naylor Mon, 08/10/2026 - 14:30 ★★★★ GAME OF THRO…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonThis prequel to the TV series has one joust after another, spectacular stagecraft and plenty of modern resonanceDuring the RSC’s 65 years, num…
James Marino, Peter Filichia, and Michael Portantiere review Disruption @ Signature Center, Maltby & Shire’s: Closer Than Ever @ Centenary Stage Company, and Hadestown (movie). We also…
Zoo Playground, EdinburghVeering from confident to crumbling, Verona Verbakel delivers a vivid show mixing humour with traumaWe are all familiar with the cliche of the influencer narrating t…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: BLISS at Pleasance Courtyard (Grand) "Bliss may not have found its perfect ending yet, but it already feels like a musical with a very bright future" The post Edinbu…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Tom Read Wilson A-Z of Me at Gilded Balloon (The Museum) "a delightful contribution to this year's Edinburgh Fringe" The post Edinburgh Fringe Review: Tom Read Wilso…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Disenchanted! at Pleasance at EICC (Pentland Theatre) "The cast are undoubtedly the jewel in the crown of Disenchanted" The post Edinburgh Fringe Review: Disenchante…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Book of Shadows at Underbelly Cowgate (Big Belly) "The aesthetic of the show is simply gorgeous" The post Edinburgh Fringe Review: Book of Shadows at Underbelly Cowg…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Afrique en Cirque at Assembly Rooms (Music Hall) "Just when we think we've seen everything, we're wowed yet again" The post Edinburgh Fringe Review: Afrique en Cirqu…
Assembly Roxy, EdinburghA researcher encounters an isolated community in thrall to a mysterious religious leader in Jack MacGregor’s atmospheric but elusive dramaWhat impresses about Jack …
(via Ron Lasko, Spin Cycle.) SPIDERWOMAN THEATER’S BLOCK PARTY POW WOW: AN INDIGENOUS CELEBRATION Saturday, August 15 in Brooklyn * Honoring the 100th Birthday of company co-founder Gloria…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of September, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regula…
After years of resisting a documentary about his personal life, the 22-time Grand Slam tennis champion allowed Zach Heinzerling to follow his final season on and off the court.
What does it feel like when doves cry? Broadway is about to find out! As BroadwayWorld previously reported, 42 years to the day since Prince’s legendary film premiered, and three weeks sin…
Monkey Barrel, EdinburghThe SNL UK star’s romantic failures and house-share humiliations make for a fun hour of downbeat yet twinkling comedyA recent star of Saturday Night Live UK, Paddy …
DJ Murphy has released Cats: The Jellicle Ball – The Remixes on SoundCloud, featuring a collection of remixed Andrew Lloyd Webber tracks heard during intermission at CATS: THE JELLICLE BAL…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe standup is on sparkling form as she mines a lifetime of baffling and alarming experiences for a smart, purposeful and very funny hourSophie Duker is done wi…
Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week is a special themed episode, featuring a whole r…
Broadway's biggest landmarks are easy to spot, but some of the Theatre District's most fascinating stories are hiding in plain sight. From historic theaters and legendary rehearsal spaces to…
A nightclub comedy routine grew into a deeply personal solo show, and now returns to OSF's Thomas Theatre stage for a second go-round following its 2024 debut.
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Water Colour / For Dolores / Badgers David Kettle Sun, 08/09/2026 - 12:46 Fractured friendships and haunting folk magic in th…
Versatile actor whose career spanned The Liver Birds, Doctor Who and an Edward Bond season at the Royal Court theatreThe actor Tom Chadbon, who has died aged 80, was a deft character player,…
Church Hill theatre, EdinburghAt the Edinburgh international festival, Olivier Rannou’s lone cowboy encounters desert dangers in a mix of clowning, mime and visual trickeryThe lone ranger …
Frontmezzjunkies reports: TIFF’s Wavelengths and Classics programmes bring experimental cinema, rediscovered gems, and a few very tempting reasons to keep adding films to my TIFF51 calenda…
Summerhall, EdinburghSohrab Haghverdi takes pleasure at winding up the audience in a subversively funny ‘anti-comedy’ of autobiographical insight and political provocationSohrab Haghverd…
How do you deal with nerves or bad reviews? What if you don’t sell any tickets? For debutants, the list of potential worries is huge. So we paired a few up with veterans to talk past mista…
Broadway has always reflected the emotional pulse of its time. During the Golden Age, audiences escaped into sweeping romances and lavish musical spectacles. The rock musicals of the 1960s c…
CATS The Jellicle Ball – Broadway. Photo by Matthew Murphy. Broadway has a peculiar way of making a great theatrical season feel temporary. Just when the marquees seem full of productions …
Both productions are ending extended runs on the Main Stem after weeks of regularly topping the chart of Broadway's top grossers.
It is such a relief to have discovered that the young playwright Bubba Weiler is not a one-show wonder. I was knocked out by his debut Well, I'll Let You Go when I saw it last year (click he…
The love-hate relationship so many of us have with technology in general and AI in particular purports to be the main subject of Andrew Stein’s Disruption, which opened this week at the Pe…
TALKING "COME FROM AWAY" WITH LISA ANN GOLDSMITH AND DREW LEIGH WILLIAMS Lisa Ann Goldsmith was “a plane person” on September 11, 2001, bound from Ohio for her home in New York. Drew Le…
Round House Theatre and Olney Theatre Center launch their 2026/27 seasons with coproduction of August Wilson classic.
The rising Broadway star traces his young life and career through music, with nods to classic rock, Alan Menken, and the Jonas Brothers The post Casey Likes: Back to the Past, as a Young’u…
Ahead of tonight’s final “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” show, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is speaking out about how producing on Broadway has become “unsustainable.” “I’m gutted th…
Based on the true story of Dutch sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, Kelsey Mesa's new play reveals a girl’s fight against tyranny and the scars that war leaves behind.
John Donnelly’s "The Pass," which arrived at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 2014 and now makes its American premiere at La MaMa, is the sort of play whose subject seems almost unnerving…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Prophets at Assembly ""a play about big ideas" The post Edinburgh Fringe Review: Prophets at Assembly Roxy (Roxyboxy) appeared first on Theatre Weekly.
Edinburgh Fringe Review: A Ghost Among the Living at Pleasance "There are some deliciously inventive moments throughout" The post Edinburgh Fringe Review: A Ghost Among the Living at Pleasan…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Grimm AF at Assembly George Square Studios (Studio Two) "The shift in mood, lightness, and sense of fun was immediate and striking" The post Edinburgh Fringe Review:…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: SHOTGUNNED at Assembly "Matt Anderson’s direction ensures every scene feels authentic and the pace and energy never flags." The post Edinburgh Fringe Review: SHOTG…
Earlier this week, 106.7 LITE FM's Broadway in Bryant Park continued its 2026 program, bringing the best of Broadway back together for free performances on Thursday afternoons through August…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: We know that’s Shakespeare re-created stories by others. That is what we do to the work of the dramatist, we bring to life what is hidden u…
As Melissa Barrera enters the final stretch of her Broadway debut run in Titanique, she’s taking a few days off to get her voice and body back into performance shape. On Saturday, the actr…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghMilly Sweeney’s award-winning two-hander about an art student and a kitchen porter draws power from its clever structure and light touchIt is rare to come out of…
Following a successful debut in December 2025, the festival of sharp-edged humor returns to venues throughout Ashland for a second go-round of comedy Dec. 4-6.
A dozen shows currently on Broadway were preceded by a movie with the same or similar name: They are either direct adaptations of the movies (Aladdin), or parodies of them (Titanique) or ins…
On Saturday, August 8th Andrew Lloyd Webber took to Facebook to send his well wishes to the cast and creatives of CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL ahead of their closing performance at the Broadhurst…
Corine Cohen asked Jenny Lee Stern one question after seeing her perform 7 characters in Once In A Lifetime at the Bound for Broadway Theatre Festival at The Amt Theater get your tickets ton…
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is “gutted” that the Broadway production of his Cats: The Jellicle Ball is closing tonight at the Broadhurst Theatre, five months earlier than originally pla…