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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Sarah Jessica Parker and David Tennant among 2024 Olivier nominees by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Football drama Dear England receives nine nominations in a year that featured a string of celebrity castings• Complete list of nominations James Norton, Andrew Scott, Sarah Jessica Parker,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AM
Sunday, March 10, 2024

‘I could have written three plays about her’: Jennie Lee, MP and wife of Nye Bevan, is celebrated on stage by Vanessa Thorpe, Arts and Media Correspondent

The coal miner’s daughter who set up the Open University and the Arts Council and was Britain’s youngest MP is the subject of two new shows ‘Behind every great man stands a great woman…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Arts Council England says funding will not be removed for ‘political’ artists by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

ACE had been under pressure to revise guidance in January which focused on ‘reputational risk’ Arts Council England (ACE) has released new guidance confirming it will not penalise organi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PM
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Slave Play writer criticises star casting but Kit Harington to feature in West End run by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Exclusive: Jeremy O Harris says Game of Thrones star will not ‘make it the Jon Snow Experience’ The writer of Slave Play, the controversial Broadway production about race and sexuality t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AM
Saturday, February 24, 2024

Lycett, Acosta and Duran Duran condemn Birmingham’s 100% arts budget cut by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Napalm Death, visual artist Pogus Caesar and Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight also among city’s cultural figures warning over ‘horrifying’ move Birmingham’s cultural figures from Carl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PM
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Herd of puppets to trek 20,000km to highlight urgency of climate crisis by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Team behind Little Amal puppet hope to create ‘visceral engagement’ with issues caused by climate emergency The production team behind the Little Amal puppet, which raised awareness abou…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36PM
Sunday, February 11, 2024

Budget crisis imperils Royal Court’s support for new writers by Vanessa Thorpe, Arts and Media Correspondent

The literary department at the London theatre is renowned for taking risks with untried playwrights, but is now under threat The Royal Court is known for putting the names of emerging playwr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32PM
Saturday, February 10, 2024

How working with Weinstein haunted playwright Jez Butterworth and inspired his work by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Highly anticipated new play is a post-#MeToo story about trials women endure to realise their dreams He has built a reputation as one of Britain’s most revered modern playwrights, but Jez …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AM
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

National Theatre’s War Horse to return to UK stages after five-year absence by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Exclusive: Director says he is interested to see response of new audiences at a time of growing instability The global theatrical phenomenon War Horse is returning to British stages for the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06AM
Sunday, February 4, 2024

‘One-off talent’: UK comedy composer Steve Brown dies aged 66 by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Hit composer scored TV and radio as well as the stage shows X-Factor and TONY! The British comedy composer Steve Brown, who collaborated with the likes of Harry Hill, Steve Coogan and Lenny …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Non-disabled Richard III actor to press on despite calls for recast by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Michelle Terry, who is also the Globe’s artistic director, says she will not alter her physicality for role The artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe has pushed on with playing Richar…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM
Friday, January 26, 2024

Royal Court refuses to rule out job losses as funding cuts bite by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Theatre dedicated to new writing says it is ‘reassessing staff teams’ after sharp rise in production costs The Royal Court is considering making redundancies as part of a restructuring p…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM
Friday, January 19, 2024

Play about computing pioneer Ada Lovelace wins Women’s prize for playwriting by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Sarah Grochala’s Intelligence follows Lovelace’s attempts to be taken seriously as a scientist in 1840s London A play about the reincarnation of the Victorian computing pioneer Ada Lovel…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PM
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

RSC offers 25,000 tickets at £25 to ‘throw open doors’ to diverse crowds by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Royal Shakespeare Company’s new artistic directors team up with artists from around the world to appeal to wider audience The Royal Shakespeare Company is attempting to attract new audienc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM
Monday, January 15, 2024

Dracula writer Bram Stoker revealed as a humble minute taker for actor charity by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

Before publishing his vampire classic in 1897, the author was employed as a personal secretary at the Actors’ Benevolent Fund The imagination of Bram Stoker gave life to one of literature�…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM

Peter Capaldi says posh actors are smooth, confident and tedious by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

The Doctor Who and Thick of It actor laments the lack of support for emerging talent from working-class backgrounds • Read the full interview with Peter Capaldi Britain’s cast of leading…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Move over Abba: new ‘riskier’ wave of British musicals to challenge West End’s established order by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

Theatreland is taking a gamble on a wave of quirky little shows to challenge the big but tired box office beasts A fresh kind of musical theatre show, set apart by having started life on th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32PM
Sunday, January 7, 2024

‘A national emergency’: UK theatres fear closure after more local funding cuts by Vanessa Thorpe, Arts and Media Correspondent

Windsor and Maidenhead scraps cultural budget in wake of similar moves in Suffolk, Bristol, Nottingham and Birmingham The chill blast of damaging cuts to provincial arts venues has returned …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PM
Monday, November 27, 2023

Royal Court theatre launches digital archive of every play performed there by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

London venue’s online collection of performances dating back to 1956 will be free to use for writers, directors and the public The Royal Court has launched a free digital archive of every…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AM
Thursday, November 23, 2023

Dominic West becomes latest star to criticise soaring West End ticket prices by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Actor who played Prince Charles in The Crown said non-London crowds ‘have a real hunger for a good night at the theatre’ The actor Dominic West has extolled the virtues of regional theat…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM
Wednesday, November 22, 2023

‘Queen of Drury Lane’ Sarah Siddons celebrated in new play by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

April De Angelis comedy, to be premiered in Hampstead, explores life of actor at a time when married women were ‘legally dead’ She was known as the Queen of Drury Lane and the first trul…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PM
Sunday, October 29, 2023

Raac and the Beanstalk: town pantos forced to move as theatres shut by crumbling concrete by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

Venues across the UK closed over building safety fears sprinkle a little magic to keep their shows on the road Every good pantomime needs a menacing villain to threaten all the fun, and this…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AM
Friday, October 27, 2023

Candace Bushnell set to bring her one-woman show to West End for first time by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

The US author of Sex and the City will appear on stage in London in early 2024 before going on a UK-wide tour Candace Bushnell, the real-life Carrie Bradshaw, is bringing her one-woman show …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PM
Thursday, October 5, 2023

Boards trodden by Shakespeare found under floor of Norfolk guildhall by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Oak floorboards discovered at St George’s Guildhall, King’s Lynn, believed to be only surviving stage from Shakespeare’s time Boards trodden by the Bard have been discovered under laye…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:25AM
Monday, October 2, 2023

‘It’s ludicrous’: Ian McKellen sparks debate over trigger warnings in theatre by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

While many criticise content guidance in art and literature, others argue they help people make informed choices When a London theatre decided to warn potential audiences about strong langua…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AM
Friday, September 22, 2023

‘There are dozens of Russell Brands’: female comedians say abuse is rife by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Many women working in industry say allegations only scratch the surface of its culture of misogyny “When I was 18 I had an incident with a powerful male comedian in his 30s,” says Lucy (…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:37AM

Play with cast of disabled and autistic actors to open at London’s Royal Court by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Imposter 22 will run for three weeks at renowned Sloane Square theatre and comes after series of workshops A play performed by a professional cast of learning disabled and autistic actors is…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07AM
Friday, September 15, 2023

When the Wig Is a Character: Backstage at Jocelyn Bioh’s New Play by Tiffany Martinbrough and Michelle V. Agins

The styles in “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” in previews on Broadway, require a wig designer, several braiders, some synthetic hair and lots of patience.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:07AM
Sunday, September 10, 2023

We owe it all to Mike Yarwood, say pioneer impressionist’s heirs by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

The 1970s star blazed the way for mass-audience satire in Britain. But is there an appetite for it now? As the entertainment world mourns the death at 82 of Britain’s most popular televis…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AM
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Shaniqua Okwok says London drama school told her to act like ‘slave in chains’ by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Actor accuses Royal Central School of Speech and Drama of paying lip service to anti-discrimination pledges after 2015 incident The actor Shaniqua Okwok has criticised the Royal Central Scho…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:37PM
Sunday, August 20, 2023

How impressionists keep audiences laughing in an age of social media celebrities by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Younger audiences may not recognise people comedians are impersonating but some performers say there’s still plenty to work with “If I see somebody become famous, and they’ve got trem…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:43PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards