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Monday, May 8, 2017

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…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Sunday, May 7, 2017

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…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AM
Friday, May 5, 2017

Golem and Brighton festival: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Catch 1927’s fable about our over-reliance on machines and explore the best of dance, as curated by Kate Tempest. Plus: Every Brilliant Thing and Voodoo1 GolemFew companies have the all-ro…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AM
Thursday, May 4, 2017

ANGELS IN AMERICA : MILLENNIUM APPROACHES Lyttelton, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

REAGAN, RELIGION, AND REMEMBERING…   Direct comparisons are dangerous, even when – as this week – two consecutive days see major works opening in London, both set in the 1…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:10PM
Wednesday, May 3, 2017

THE FERRYMAN Royal Court, SW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

IRELAND OF THE SORROWS: THE KIDS, THE  CRAIC AND THE KILLING   It is 1982 in  County Armagh. Not a good time to be Irish, not there. Not with internees still in the H blocks and ten r…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:48PM

CYRANO Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds by Libby Purves and Friends

NOBILITY AND THE NOSE  on tour     You’ve hardly sat down before there’s a jolly mass drinking-song in pantaloons, leather breastplates and hat-feathers being romped through in fr…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 10:32AM

THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI Donmar Warehouse WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

GUEST REVIEWER CHARLOTTE VALORI FINDS THE DONMAR’S NEW VERSION OF BRECHT CRIMINALLY IRRESISTIBLE How do you get, keep and wield power? What do you use it for, and why? And, if you will sto…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:56AM
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

‘I’m in Love With Everybody’: Tony Award Nominees React by Michael Paulson and Erik Piepenburg

Josh Groban, Lynn Nottage, Ben Platt and others talk about how it feels to be nominated.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:24PM

2017 Tony Awards: Our Theater Critics Discuss the Nominations by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

The co-chief theater critics Ben Brantley and Jesse Green, on the nominated plays, musicals and actors.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:06PM
Monday, May 1, 2017

Eva Noblezada: Miss Saigon's Leading Lady by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

You Guys, I said it the day it happened and I'll say it again: The chat I had with Miss Saigon's Eva Noblezada is one of the most memorable I've ever had. I can't put my finger on exactly wh…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Saturday, April 29, 2017

THE TREATMENT Almeida N1 by Libby Purves and Friends

BILIOUS BUT BRACING: THE METROPOLIS AND THE MOVIES Simon may be from the wrong side of New York, a roughneck who ties his wife Anne to a chair and tapes her mouth for being “critical&…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:53AM
Friday, April 28, 2017

Breakin’ Convention and The Toad Knew: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

James Thierrée creates fairytale-style marvels, while the world’s biggest hip-hop dance-theatre festival returns for its 14th year1 The Toad KnewAs weird as it is compelling, the latest f…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AM
Thursday, April 27, 2017

ROMEO & JULIET Globe, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

GUEST REVIEWER CHARLOTTE VALORI SEES ANCIENT GRUDGE BREAK TO NEW MUTINY AT THE GLOBE The recent spats at the Globe, between the now outgoing Artistic Director Emma Rice and The Powers That B…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:40PM

FORTY YEARS ON Chichester Festival Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

1918..1968..AND NOW.. ALAN BENNETT’S ENGLAND   In his 1994 diaries Alan Bennett described the funeral of a Dunkirk veteran in a village church. “crammed with the men who won the war…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 02:43AM
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Review: The Little Foxes at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer and Charles Wright

our review now covers a report on both Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon's performances.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:42AM
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

OBSESSION Barbican, EC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

VAN HOVE, VISCONTI, AND OUR JUDE   London is  getting used to Ivo van Hove of Toneelgroep Amsterdam. But his tremendous A View from The Bridge (in a bleak arena)  and his striking NT …

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:26PM
Monday, April 24, 2017

"Come From Away"s Jenn Colella by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

At Long Last the Jenn Colella interview is here! We couldn't be more excited to talk with the fabulous Broadway star about her work in this season's "Come From Away" and to hear her AMAZING …

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Friday, April 21, 2017

Junkyard and Mayerling: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Teen misfits save the day in Jack Thorne and Stephen Warbeck’s play, while the Royal Ballet tackles the Austro-Hungarian empire1 JunkyardIt may be more of a play with songs than a fully fl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM
Thursday, April 20, 2017

THE PHILANTHROPIST Trafalgar Studios SW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A WINDOW ON AN IVORY TOWER…     Full disclosure: I bought a ticket for an early preview, because press night was my husband’s birthday but I couldn’t resist checking out Chr…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:39PM

Ariana DeBose: "Hamilton"s Bullet & "A Bronx Tale"s Leading Lady by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

You guys, We're OBSESSED with Ariana DeBose! Ariana is Currently co-starring as Jane in the critically acclaimed "A Bronx Tale"--directed by Robert De Niro and Jerry Zacks. She made her …

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

WHISPER HOUSE The Other Palace SW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

GHOSTS OF WAR AND SHIPWRECK   “When all the world’s at war, it’s better to be dead”. Pallid pessimistic ghosts roam around a lonely Maine lighthouse in WW2, with heaving sepia s…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:09AM
Monday, April 17, 2017

Federal judge denies Clay's lawsuit seeking re-hanging of controversial painting by Chuck Raasch and Adam Aton St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Judge says David Pulphus’s painting, “Untitled #1,” was government speech, and therefore legally removed by members of Congress who objected to its content.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:31PM

Gideon Glick: Significant Other's Leading Man by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

28-year-old Gideon Glick is giving one of the most buzzed-about performances on Broadway this season as Jordan Berman, an unlucky in love New York City bachelor in the play "Significant Othe…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Friday, April 14, 2017

The Lion King and The Legend of Mulan: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Two tales tackled by Disney are reimagined for the stage. Plus: Sally Cookson adapts Fellini’s La Strada and Dance International Glasgow returns1 The Lion KingIn hindsight it seems absurd …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AM

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