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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Ukraine war has reignited 'cold war strategies', says John le Carré's son by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Nick Harkaway sees parallels with postwar period as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold comes to the West End Russia's war in Ukraine has reignited "cold war strategies", according to the son…

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Monday, May 19, 2025

Trump's Kennedy Center Comes Into Focus With Theater and Dance Plans by Michael Paulson and Javier C. Hernández

Some big shows and troupes will perform, while others will stay away. And in a shift, the center will present some Broadway shows with nonunion casts.

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The Ex-Marine Who Counteracts Boot Camp With Ballet by Brian Seibert and Dina Litovsky

Before he served in Iraq, Román Baca was a ballet dancer. Now he helps other veterans deal with their trauma " through dance.

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Friday, May 16, 2025

Darren Criss Does the Robot by Rachel Sherman and Vincent Tullo

He trained as a movement actor. Now he's leaning into physical theater as a Helperbot in the Tony-nominated "Maybe Happy Ending."

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Thursday, May 15, 2025

THE DEEP BLUE SEA Theatre Royal, Haymarket by Libby Purves and Friends

DROWNING PASSION,   TIMELESS RESCUE Marvellous play, this: wrenches the heart out of you , patches it up and sets it back on the hard road of life and love.  It wrenched Terence Rattig…

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GIANT A few thoughts on revisiting by Libby Purves and Friends

I said it all at the Royal Court " https://theatrecat.com/2024/11/09/giant-royal-court-theatre/ " and it is an event not to miss, especially the way the world is in 2025.   Ev…

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Broadway.com's 25 Big Moments, Movements and Milestones of the Last 25 Years by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

When Broadway.com came on the scene 25 years ago, long-running hits like Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon were neighbors with new musicals like Aida, Contact and …

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THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES by Libby Purves and Friends

WELL WORTH THE MONEYPENNY        This is glorious: just what we all needed.   In the company's spirit of never wasting a terrible joke, I absolutely Bond-ed to it.   Follow…

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

THE BRIGHTENING AIR Old Vic SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

HOME AND FAMILY, BEAUTY AND SADNESS  Few days late to the party with this , poor old theatrecat having seemed to fall off the press list;  but very well worth the ticket (Old Vic prici…

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Monday, May 12, 2025

To Play Betty Boop, Jasmine Amy Rogers Had to Transform by Elisabeth Vincentelli and Dana Golan

The Broadway rookie has a Tony nomination and star power, but inside she's still this "weird little girl."

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In 'Operation Mincemeat,' the Crack Timing Required to Put on a Show by Brian Seibert and George Etheredge

In the Tony-nominated musical "Operation Mincemeat," five performers play a slew of roles. The choreography onstage and off is fast, elaborate and exacting.

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Friday, May 9, 2025

HERE WE ARE Lyttelton, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

AFFLUENZA APOCALYPSE       As Aubrey de Mandeville puts it in the great Antrobus books, "God, here's a strange lozenge-shaped affair!"   Buñuel meets Monty Python,  cour…

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Thursday, May 8, 2025

NOISES OFF New Wolsey, Ipswich & touring by Libby Purves and Friends

 A MODERN CLASSIC DONE WITH VIGOUR   Michael Frayn's play-about-actors is always welcome: a comic masterpiece and loving study in theatre's own absurdity. The first act shows a final l…

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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Axis Dance Explores New Frontiers With Mobility Technology by Margaret Fuhrer and Aaron Wojack

A new work by Axis Dance Company, "Kinematic/Kinesthetic," uses mobility technologies to reshape ideas about moving and about the devices themselves.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Ragtime, Starring Caissie Levy, Joshua Henry and Brandon Uranowitz, Is Coming to Broadway by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

The New York City Center production of Ragtime, mounted in 2024 in a two-week gala presentation, will transfer to Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont Theater. Tony nominee Joshua …

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An Actress of Many Passions, Now Making History in 'Wicked' by Salamishah Tillet and Dina Litovsky

"The place where Elphaba and I meet is empathy and advocacy for justice," said Lencia Kebede, who is the first Black actress to play the role full time on Broadway.

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Saturday, May 3, 2025

The Young Virtuoso Roman Mejia Now Has the X Factor: Nobility by Gia Kourlas and Thea Traff

Roman Mejia, a New York City Ballet principal, shows how bravura and subtlety can exist side by side in a season that includes a sparkling "Apollo" debut.

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Friday, May 2, 2025

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR.          Chichester Festival Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

      A SATIRICAL WARNING FROM OLD UKRAINE       Not long ago a rompingly funny version of Gogol's satire on official incompetence ran at Marylebone ( https://theatrecat.co…

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

Unpacking the 2025 Tony Nominations: Surprises, Standouts and Takeaways by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

The countdown to the Tony Awards is officially on! New musicals Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending lead the pack with 10 each. Close behind with seven are…

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Tony Nominations Snubs and Surprises: Denzel Washington Misses for 'Othello' and More by Jesse Green, Alexis Soloski and Scott Heller

Ensemble-driven plays like "Purpose" and "English" received a slew of nominations, while Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal and Idina Menzel were overlooked.

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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

MY MASTER BUILDER Wyndham's Theatre WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

MATHILDE AND THE BUILDER (can he fix it? Probably not)          The set is glassand towering, city-chic backed by reeds and seashore; the figures before us NYC glamorous,  …

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Monday, April 28, 2025

New York City's Creative Churn: The View From the Dance Floor by Brian Seibert and Yuvraj Khanna

"Urban Stomp" at the Museum of the City of New York chronicles the metropolis's social dance. It also invites you to join the party.

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

Penn Station's Not-So-Secret Other Life: The People's Dance Studio by Rachel Sherman and Mohamed Sadek

Smooth floors. Public restrooms. A built-in audience: The lower level of Moynihan Hall doubles as a rehearsal space for a variety of dance groups, including K-pop, salsa and Brazilian Zouk.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Arts Council England a victim of 'London-centric' media coverage, CEO says by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Darren Henley says regional arts leaders do not have same newspaper coverage as those in the capital The chief executive of Arts Council England has launched an impassioned defence of the or…

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Climate Activists Interrupt New York City Ballet Performance by Javier C. Hernández, Rachel Saltz and Amanda Webster

Protesters interrupted an all-Balanchine program on the company's spring season opening night, which coincided this year with Earth Day.

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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Royal Shakespeare Theatre , Stratford upon Avon by Libby Purves and Friends

WINNERS, WAGS AND WRONGS Well, here's a summer romp.    Hot on the heels of Tom Hiddleston  in a disco version up Drury Lane, here's the RSC take on one of the sunniest  Shakespe…

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Friday, April 18, 2025

It's All Rhythm: A New Festival Embraces Percussive Dance by Brian Seibert and Mark Sommerfeld

The Uptown Rhythm Festival will mix styles, including tap, swing and flamenco, that are flourishing despite problems of rehearsal and performance space.

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Monday, April 14, 2025

How 'Stranger Things' Scaled Up for Broadway by Erik Piepenburg and Graham Dickie

A big opening scene that took about two-and-a-half years to perfect plunges theatergoers into the sci-fi world of the hit Netflix series.

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Friday, April 11, 2025

SHANGHAI DOLLS Kiln, NW6 by Libby Purves and Friends

TWO WOMEN, LONG YEARS ACROSS HALF A CONTINENT       1935: below projected headlines about Communists executed in Shanghai and the war between Japan and Red China comes an audition c…

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

THE PLAYS THE THING. wiltons music hall by Libby Purves and Friends

A HAMLET THAT STANDS ALONE "is it not monstrous that this player here,But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,Could force his soul so to his own conceitThat from her working all his visage w…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off