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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

WHITE ROSE the musical Marylebone Theatre NW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

 HEROIC STORY, NEAR MISS    It could hardly be a better theme and story for this terrific little theatre, which since its opening has explored the darkness of Nazism and the heroism…

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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

S5E2: Maria Wirries by Women and Theatre

In this episode, Hayley and Amy talk with actor and writer Maria Wirries about creating equitable spaces, telling diverse stories rooted in truth, embracing the fluidity of identity, bui…

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Monday, March 3, 2025

Why Does Every Play Seem Political Now? by Mark Harris and Jennifer Livingston

Theater about current events " both literally and abstractly " is changing the conversation between playwrights, directors and their audiences.

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Saturday, March 1, 2025

ALTERATIONS Lyttelton, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A TROUSER-LEG TSUNAMI AND A COATHANGER DREAM        They came off the boats:  a Windrush generation,  wanting to work and live in cold strange Britain.    In an upper…

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

THE SCORE Theatre Royal Haymarket by Libby Purves and Friends

HEART AND HUMOUR, REALPOLITIK AND GOD         This is a wonderful play, all you could want: philosophy, history prefiguring  the present moment,  humour and character , …

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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Theatre Royal Drury Lane by Libby Purves and Friends

A RAVE IN MESSINA Get da kids into Shakespeare!  The world worries about it.  So Jamie Lloyd hits a formula hard to beat with one of the sunniest comedies (only one pretend death). So …

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Arts sector's use of unpaid interns for some roles could be illegal, experts say by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Concerns also raised that practice prevents young working-class people from finding paid work in creative industries Arts employers could be breaking the law by relying on unpaid interns to …

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

S5E1: Jennifer Ashley Tepper by Women and Theatre

In this episode, Hayley and Amy talk with theatre historian, author, and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper about authentic representation onstage and off, storytellers' responsibility to c…

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It's grand theft AI and UK ministers are behind it. Oppose this robbery of people's creativity | Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alastair Webber by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alastair Webber

The plan to weaken copyright law, allowing tech firms to profit for free from people's talent, is an outrage, and the nation would suffer We are father and son: one has written 16 musicals a…

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Friday, February 21, 2025

BACKSTROKE Donmar, WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

MOTHERHOOD, FOR LIFE        Had there been trigger warnings they might add "extreme nursing" alongside the usual alerts about sickness, death, abortion and conflict.  Believe …

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Thursday, February 20, 2025

EAST IS SOUTH Hampstead Theatre NW by Libby Purves and Friends

A THREAT CALLED AGGIE . Good when the news feeds theatre-moments.  This week, AI  solved in two days a medical conundrum which had baffled humans for a decade.  On the other hand,…

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At Kennedy Center, Trump Inherits a Tough Job: Fund-Raising by Robin Pogrebin and Javier C. Hernández

For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is to raise additional revenue through ticket sales and private dona…

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George Clooney Is Making His Broadway Debut With 'Good Night, and Good Luck' by Maureen Dowd and Thea Traff

He is making his Broadway debut with a stage version of his 2005 movie "Good Night, and Good Luck." He's ready, but also terrified.

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

HAMLET. Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon by Libby Purves and Friends

VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED ON SS ELSINORE Last time the ever-inventive Rupert Goold directed here it was the Merchant of Venice,  set in a casino so we could all write "merchant of Vegas"…

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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

RICHARD II Bridge Theatre SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

RICHARD II         Bridge Theatre, SE1   A THRILLING DANCE AROUND A CROWN        This  is one of the most lyrically lovely, metaphorically rich of Shakespeare's…

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Friday, February 14, 2025

Romance Your Broadway Valentine with Tix to a Hit... And a Rhyme by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

For Valentine's Day this year, why not give the gift of Broadway? To help you woo your plus one of choice"Valentine, galentine or whomever"Broadway.com offers up six poems tailor-made to the…

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Stars pull out of shows and positions at Kennedy Center after Trump takeover by Adrian Horton and Benjamin Lee

Issa Rae, Ben Folds and Shonda Rhimes among those who chose not to associate with the institution and president Donald Trump's takeover of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts i…

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UNICORN Garrick Theatre WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

A TRICYCLE MADE FOR THREE?     After Mike Bartlett's COCK " where one of a gay male couple falls for a girl " I wrote  that the poor sap of a hero thinks he he choosing a sexuality …

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Thursday, February 13, 2025

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CAD Watermill, nr Newbury by Libby Purves and Friends

A BRITISH BASTARD STALKS THROUGH HISTORY     What's to be done about truly awful people:  amoral, selfishly irresponsible, arrogant and greedy? A time-honoured British appr…

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

CHURCHILL IN MOSCOW Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond by Libby Purves and Friends

   A GREAT TURNING POINT, CAUGHT IN ASPIC   It is 1942.  Prime minister Churchill has travelled to Moscow to meet Stalin.  Each side has a problem at home with voices wanting …

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OUTLYING ISLANDS Jermyn St Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

WILD SHORES IN WARTIME     Risk taking a gap between seeing David Greig plays  and you forget how downright louche things are likely to turn out. (I had lately revelled in Prudencia…

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National Theatre to stage major work by 'forgotten' black British playwright by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Alterations, by Michael Abbensetts, follows a Guyanese tailor as he tries to establish himself on Carnaby Street The National Theatre's decision to stage a work by a "pioneering" and "forgot…

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Monday, February 10, 2025

THE YEARS. Harold Pinter Theatre WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

A FEMALE EVOLUTION, FRANK AND FINE First salute the cast: Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai, Gina McKee, Anjli Mohindraand Harmony Rose-Bremner, for an unpretentiously powerful tour de force. Ea…

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Thursday, February 6, 2025

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Coliseum, WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

    ABSURDITY AND SUBLIMITY After the glorious Parisian detail of the revived Rigoletto here ,  Johannes  Schutz' spare bland box with only four flat doors is an opposite take…

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

THE YEARS Harold Pinter Theatre, WC1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A FEMALE EVOLUTION,  FRANK AND FINE  First salute the cast: Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai, Gina McKee, Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose-Bremner, for an unpretentiously powerful tour de …

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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Royal Ballet school settles with former student over body shaming claim by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Ellen Elphick, 31, accused the elite institution in London of breaching its duty of care The Royal Ballet school has reached a financial settlement with a former student who said the body sh…

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Blue Man Group's 34-Year New York Run Comes to an End by Melena Ryzik and Vincent Tullo

Over 34 years, the show gave Fred Armisen a drumming gig, "Arrested Development" a hilarious story line and more. Now the cultural sensation comes to an end in New York.

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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Stage adaptation of Coraline cancelled after allegations against Neil Gaiman by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Producers say it is 'impossible to continue' with musical that was due to be staged at Leeds Playhouse from April A stage version of Neil Gaiman's Coraline has been cancelled after allegatio…

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

THE DOUBLE ACT Arcola, E8 by Libby Purves and Friends

FUNNY ABOUT THE UNFUNNY         Billy Bash,   rated the third most offensive comedian in Britain,  was once the dominant partner in Biddle and Bash.  He's still on tour,…

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Marianne Jean-Baptiste decries lack of great roles for black women by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Oscar-nominated actor says she has had to compromise because of dearth of complex roles in UK and Hollywood Hard Truths star Marianne Jean-Baptiste has said there is still "a dearth of grea…

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Thursday, January 23, 2025

150 Years of See and Be Seen at Paris's Palais Garner Opera House by Elliott Verdier and Catherine Porter

It's been 150 years since the Palais Garnier opera house opened in Paris. Today, it is still a working theater " with 172 performances scheduled for this season.

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All that Chat

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