GIFFORD’S CIRCUS Touring by Libby Purves and Friends

MOLTO 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…

Andy Blankenbuehler and Johanna Day on their 2017 Tony Nominations by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

It'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…

THE ISLAND Southwark Playhouse , SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

PITY, TERROR, TRIUMPH     For the first fifteen of the hundred minutes no word is spoken by the two men in ragged prison cottons: Edward Dede as the younger Winston, Mark Springer …

Killology and Scottish Ballet: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Gary Owen and Rachel O’Riordan tackle morality via a murderous game, while a double bill from Angelin Preljocaj and Crystal Pite comes to London1 KillologySometimes a playwright-and-direct…

TWITSTORM Park Theatre, N4 by Libby Purves and Friends

THE PERILS OF PC, THE TERROR OF TWITTER   This little  theatre is on a roll, catching topicalities as they fly. After David Henry Hwang’s wonderful CHINGLISH. about trade with China,…

DC Theater’s 2017-18 seasons: KenCen in full, Rebeck and Bedlam at Folger by Peter Marks and Nelson Pressley

Full details on KenCen’s ‘Hamilton’-powered slate.

"Come From Away" Writers Irene Sankoff and David Hein by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

YOU GUYS! The "Come From Away" obsession continues! For today’s episode, I had the great honor of sitting down for a chat with the Irene Sankoff and David Hein who conceived the show and w…

Othello, Sirens and Desh: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Richard Twyman revives Shakespeare with style, Ontroerend Goed explore feminism and Akram Khan looks at the past through Bangladesh and Britain1 OthelloRichard Twyman’s revival is a real c…

TWELFTH NIGHT Shakespeare’s Globe SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

GUEST REVIEWER MICHAEL ADAIR ROCKS ALONG WITH RICE AT THE GLOBE…   “In Love We Trust” – is the motto of the SS Unity, the ship that swiftly sinks moments into Emma Rice�…

WOYZECK Old Vic, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

  GUEST REVIEWER CHARLOTTE VALORI FINDS LOVE, PITY AND HORROR IN EQUAL MEASURE AT THE OLD VIC Jack Thorne’s explosive new Woyzeck brings Büchner’s unfinished working class tragedy …

UK police treating Ariana Grande concert blast as terrorism by Jo Kearney, Gregory Katz and Jill Lawless

MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- An explosion struck an Ariana Grande concert attended by thousands of young music fans in northern England, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens …

THE ADDAMS FAMILY Touring by Libby Purves and Friends

LOOK INTO THE DARK AND SMILE ALL TOUR LONG     This cheerfully macabre celebration of Charles Addams’ famous 1930’s cartoon is off on tour: link below. I saw one of the last shows in i…

Betty Buckley: Tony Winner and Broadway Legend by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

I still can't breathe, you guys! Words cannot explain the pure exhilaration of sitting across the table from the one and only Betty Buckley and the concentration it took trying to sound smar…

Creating Pure Imagination | The Music Makers | Charlie on Broadway by Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

RICHARD III Arcola, London E8 by Libby Purves and Friends

TWISTEDLY IRRESISTIBLE    I would not like you to think that I stalk Greg Hicks (though obviously I do: aaah, that odd strong Caesar, that agonized Leontes, that bonkers newspaper edit…

Tristan & Yseult and Pepperland: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Brighton festival hosts the offbeat retelling of a Cornish legend, while Mark Morris premieres a work set to songs from the Beatles’ album1 Tristan & YseultBrighton festival hosts the …

LETTICE AND LOVAGE Menier, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

ENLARGE, ENLIGHTEN , ENLIVEN…ENTERTAIN!     Expatiating on the Grand Staircase of a dreary Tudor stately home (built with ironic love by designer Robert Jones) our tour guide Let…

LIFE OF GALILEO Young Vic SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

LET THERE BE LIGHT!   The year 1632 : we are halfway through the epic conflict between Galileo Galilei and the Holy Roman Church, an authority in its day quite as ruthless as Stalin and…

OUR LADIES OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR Duke of York’s, WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

IN WHICH MICHAEL ADAIR LOSES HIS THEATRE-CRITIC VIRGINITY TO A PACK OF SCOTTISH MINXES     A few years ago, when High School Musical and Glee were in their pomp, we were forever se…

Come From Away's Caesar Samayoa by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

Full Disclosure, you guys, I’m OBSESSED with "Come From Away" And I’m equally obsessed with today’s guest, Caesar Samayoa. Caesar plays multiple roles in the show including Kevin, who …

CAROLINE, OR CHANGE Minerva, Chichester by Libby Purves and Friends

BLEACH, BLUES, AND BLACK AMERICA RISING   Here’s a pocket musical with huge themes, a blues opera of historic seriousness but with a singing washing-machine in a bubbled minidress. A …

While We’re Here and Rambert: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Tessa Peake-Jones and Andrew French excel in a tragicomedy about lost love, while Sadler’s Wells hosts a triple bill from the celebrated dance company1 While We’re HereCarol and Eddie ar…

tony awards: Tony-Nominated Actresses Sing Live by Erik Piepenburg and Emma Orme

Five Tony nominees performed songs from their shows as part of our Tonys In Performance concert.

the tony awards: The Hats That Crowned Broadway by Erik Piepenburg and Tony Cenicola

Does anyone still wear a hat? For designers on Broadway this season, the answer was yes, actually, they do.

Just How Great Was That ‘Comet’? Our Critics Debate the Broadway Season by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

Our critics debate a varied, and divisive, Broadway season.

THE CARDINAL Southwark Playhouse, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

FRESH AS A (VIOLENT) DAISY AFTER 376 YEARS     What wonders, sir, are these? How beauteous fringe theatre is! We Tuesday matinee-goers, paying peanuts for the smaller space in an �…

ALL OUR CHILDREN Jermyn St Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

A CRIME, A CARDINAL, A CONFLICT   It is Twelfth Night, the feast of the Epiphany, 1941. In the Jermyn’s tight intimacy we are sitting in the clinical director’s office of a home…

Broadway Revival of ‘Glass Menagerie,’ Starring Sally Field, to Close Early by Andrew R. Chow and Michael Paulson

Ms. Field was nominated for a Tony for her performance as Amanda Wingfield in the play, but reviews were mixed and ticket sales were underwhelming.

OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS Hampstead, NW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

AFTER SADDAM: WHAT’S LEFT WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY A TYRANT?   An electrifying moment in this sharp, riveting play sees two bitter rivals, in a moment of stillness between blood-feud …

Gabriel Ebert talks winning a Tony for "Matilda" and the new play "Gently Down the Stream" by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

This was, without a doubt, one of the most fun and interesting interviews I've ever done, you guys. Gabriel Ebert talks being cast as Mr. Wormwood in "Matilda" at the age of 24--winning a To…

At home in Jerusalem: Micky Lay, the real-life rebel behind the role that wowed Broadway by Vanessa Thorpe, Arts and Media Correspondent

Mark Rylance's star turn as Rooster in Jez Butterworth's play owes much to the time he spent with the hard-drinking Wiltshire wild man who inspired the playwrightWhen Mark Rylance was toast…