Monday, June 26, 2017
‘People are petrified’ … An immigration lawyer in Manchester sees fear – and hope – in his community Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM‘I’m a warrior who’s been waiting for a war’ … Internet troll Carol whips up Brexit fury in Mansfield Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMThe handsome, charming, and talented Derek Klena invited us to his dressing room at the Broadhurst theater to chat about starring in "Anastasia." He also shared the AMAZING story of his road…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSunday, June 25, 2017
Not your grandparents’ My Fair Lady, Olney Theatre Center presents a brilliant reimagining of this classic musical. With book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, it…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:14PMSaturday, June 24, 2017
Critic's play shows how the famous actor's arrest was part of the 1950s homosexual witch-huntsThe scandal that almost ended the career of Sir John Gielgud is to be brought to the London stag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24PMFriday, June 23, 2017
Race fuels the drama behind the Orange Tree’s latest hit, while Alain Platel of Les Ballets C de la B returns with a darkly surreal performance1 RotterdamAlice has been living in Rotterdam…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04AMThursday, June 22, 2017
MILLENIAL LUKE JONES TIRES OF THIS GENDER AGENDA There aren’t many issues in life that haven’t been solved, rationalised or helpfully knocked about by plays. &#…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:33AMWednesday, June 21, 2017
Our chief theater critics went to see the interactive performance piece on the same night, expecting to have vastly different experiences. They didn’t.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36PMWHEN SHOCK BECOMES A SALES PITCH There are three acts: the first long, expressing an enervatingly pointless world and ending in a sharp shock. The second is competitively cynic…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:59PMTuesday, June 20, 2017
WHERE ROCK ‘ N ROLL DREAMS COME TRUE “On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?” Or in this case, a red carpet lined with …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:21PMMonday, June 19, 2017
It's no secret that I'm OBSESSED with "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812"--I truly think it is one of the most powerful and affecting pieces of theater I've ever experienced. The …
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSunday, June 18, 2017
Just a day after the “Shakespeare in the Park” play was interrupted by protesters who rushed on stage, a few demonstrators picketed, and the production was adjusted to address the episod…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:04AMSaturday, June 17, 2017
A singalong show about the collapse of Kids Company may seem unpromising, but productions like it are already proving big hits with audiencesFor many theatregoers a big night out on the town…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMCabaret star hopes new show based on Paulo Coehlo’s work will inspire UK fansUte Lemper, the queen of dark and subversive cabaret, is known for her interpretation of the bleak songs of Kur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMFriday, June 16, 2017
FOLLICLES, FOLLY, FATHERHOOD It’s fun down in the Dorfman pit. Under exuberant African barbershop posters from Lagos, Harare, Accra – and London – a cast of barbers and …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:48AMJane Austen’s novel is transported to a foam party in Lyme Regis, while the season that celebrates older dancers returns with an ambitious programme1 GolemSly wit and brilliant use of anim…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMThursday, June 15, 2017
WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN-HEARTED? This is a famously significant piece of theatre: created in 2003 in a Cornish field , it was one of the first successes of Emma Rice’s Kne…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:17AMTuesday, June 13, 2017
ANOTHER KIND OF ETERNAL TRIANGLE I have a taste for plays about the years between the wars. The WW1 anniversary saw some fascinating contemporaneous ones, often at the J…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:20AMMonday, June 12, 2017
A production of “Julius Caesar,” which features a Caesar styled to suggest President Trump, has created a clash between his supporters and the iconic arts institution.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:36PMBette Midler didn’t sing, but talked (and talked). Russians partied in the aisles. And Ben Platt’s heartfelt speech was one of the most inspiring moments.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:04PMGilman School graduate Bradley King won a Tony Award for best lighting design of a musical on Sunday night for his work on “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.” It was the first T…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 10:35AMSaturday, June 10, 2017
TV writer Steven Moffat’s demand for fewer intermissions ‘does not make financial sense’Theatre and concert hall managers are mounting a fightback this weekend in defence of an endange…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMFriday, June 9, 2017
Bea Roberts reworks Madame Bovary for the modern age, while Henri Oguike, Dane Hurst and others bring new works to Kingston’s Rose theatre1 Angels in AmericaThere is something very satisfy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMThursday, June 8, 2017
Getting Kevin Spacey to spill the beans about his plans hosting the Tony Awards turns out to be as likely as his character on “House of Cards” renouncing blackmail and backstabbing.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:18AMWednesday, June 7, 2017
Lily Cole wants a green century, Girli wants a housing revolution, and Liam Williams wants to boot out the billionaire club … some of Britain’s most talented young artists spell out the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMTuesday, June 6, 2017
GUEST REVIEWER CHARLOTTE VALORI FINDS HERSELF REACHING FOR HER PITCHFORK “You are blight and darkness and sin…” Lost village girl Mary comes home to her beloved Laura after a lifetime …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:49PMMonday, June 5, 2017
BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR ON IT… If Nikolai Foster’s production of Annie came in a tin, it would prove to be exactly what the label promised. Feelgood, joyful, corny, gorgeous. Ruby …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:13PMA team of dressers works in darkness to help the musical’s cast make 300 costume changes, fat suits and hats included.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:05PMMOLTO SPLENDIDO From caravans in little greens and fields, Velasquez figures emerge into the hastily erected big Top in silks and plackets, ruffs and feathers and frilled pantaloons a…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:25AMIt's a 2017 Tony Extravaganza! In this two-part episode, we have two of this year's most loved nominees! Up first, two-time Tony winner Andy Blankenbuehler ("In the Heights" "Hamilton) talk…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM 
