Saturday, June 30, 2018
Dramatists behind a C4 film and two plays about the referendum must contend with the way facts and key players in this divisive issue are still shiftingIt is the divisive issue that will com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMFrom Leave No Trace to Little Mix, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMFriday, June 29, 2018
Superstar standups, daring dance, Brexit cabaret and a Bon Jovi musical … Dive into our guide to some of the shows at the world’s biggest arts festivalGilded Balloon Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMThursday, June 28, 2018
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
The musical The Color Purple, based on Alice Walker’s novel, had its world premiere back at the Alliance Theatre in 2004 and hit Broadway a year later. After a recent reworking and reviva…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 10:01AMTuesday, June 26, 2018
How a onetime acrobat and a “Lion King” puppet designer brought a speechless reindeer to life in Disney’s stage adaptation of “Frozen” on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PMMonday, June 25, 2018
Tee: I’m a standby in Mean Girls on BroadwayDavid: I own a bar called Bensons on the Lower East Side.Tee: “We decided that we wanted to get a dog a couple years ago and it took us a whil…
SOURCE: www.petsofbroadway.org at 12:07PMFriday, June 22, 2018
An immersive dance performance in virtual reality, Celestial Motion is inspired by the imagery of solar physics. Choreographed by Alexander Whitley and made in association with Sadler's Well…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMThursday, June 21, 2018
Post-Play Palaver is an occasional series of conversations between DC Metro Theater Arts writers. In this one, Senior Writers and Columnists John Stoltenberg (Magic Time!) and David Siegel …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:00PMSunday, June 17, 2018
Lost memoir reveals playwright’s vanities and key friendshipsFrom the haunting theatricality of An Inspector Calls, to the comic charm of The Good Companions and When We Are Married, the b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32AMSaturday, June 16, 2018
Pure enchantment is the watchword as Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. With music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Li…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:33PMWednesday, June 13, 2018
A RISOTTO OF RESENTMENTS In some plays, you reach the interval not exactly dissatisfied but wondering “where is this going next? How will it knit up the ends.? So many …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:21AMTuesday, June 12, 2018
MICHAEL ADAIR SHUDDERS AT THE HARD OLD PATRIARCHY… ‘These modern neurotic women, doctor. What are we going to do with them?’ says one exasperated male character to another.…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:02AMMonday, June 11, 2018
Friday, June 8, 2018
Thursday, June 7, 2018
STRINDBERG MEETS STENHAM, BIRD MEETS BLENDER We’re in a Hampstead mansion. The daughter of the house is whooping it up at her birthday party, a deafening, purple-lit rave where tigh…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:28PMTHE RUMBUSTIOUS AFFAIR OF THE CLOGS IN THE NIGHT TIME Barrie Rutter and the Globe are made for each other:. Fresh out of his storming leadership (and frequent personal performa…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:38PMJosie Rourke describes her successor at London theatre as ‘one of the most gifted, original and impressive directors in the country’Michael Longhurst has been appointed as the new artist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMA WRITER, A MOTHER, A LIFE The elegant new Bridge continues to demonstrate – firmly — that it is uniquely versatile. After one traditional tragicomedy (Young Marx) we had a sw…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:32AMTuesday, June 5, 2018
LUKE JONES REVELS IN VIOLENCE, CHILL, NIGHTMARE..AND GREAT DIALOGUE Orlando Bloom – denim, cowboy hat, slicked back hair, twinkling grimace – is as chilled out as a man …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:59AMSaturday, June 2, 2018
A TAPESTRY OF HOPE Lady Anne Tree was the Duke of Devonshire’s daughter, sister in law of Kathleen Kennedy and Debo Mitford: grand as they come. Kept from…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 01:28PMFriday, June 1, 2018
THE EDUCATION JUNGLE A late catch-up for this short tour from Theatre Royal York: but blimey, well worth it. sA drawing-room drama of manners with deep, tangled universall…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:53AMSara Krulwich has been shooting plays and musicals for The New York Times since the 1990s. On June 4, her work is being recognized by the Tony Awards.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMMajority rule (mostly). One play per playwright. How we put together the 25 Plays list, and a bid to remember notable writers and favorite works that missed the cut.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48AMThursday, May 31, 2018
SORROW AND SPLENDOUR IN WORDS THAT SING The first act of Brian Friel’s great play ends with a shout of “bloody, bloody, bloody marvellous!”. And so it bloody well is, thi…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:03AMTuesday, May 29, 2018
Tony nominees Nell Benjamin and Jeff Richmond break down their Mean Girls work song by song.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMFriday, May 25, 2018
From Zama to Tacita Dean, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMLUKE JONES FALLS FOR TINKERBELL… Peter Pan has now flown into every medium possible. He is a play, novel, pantomime, musical, television programme, cartoon and a Kate Bush single. This…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:21AMThursday, May 24, 2018
Two children’s literature experts consider what works in the Broadway play — for kids, sure, but for grown-ups too.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMWednesday, May 23, 2018
Songwriters Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty take listeners into the creative process behind the score to their beloved Once On This Island, nominated for eight Tony Awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMTuesday, May 22, 2018
MULTINATIONAL MENACE It is always a dilemma, for those of us who despise star-ratings as a measuring device, when a 90 minute play seems set fair to earn three, or three-and-a-bit, tr…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:50PM 
