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Friday, December 6, 2024

RISE Series E9: Andrea Prestinario (Ring of Keys) by Women and Theatre

The Women & Theatre RISE Series presents mini-interviews conducted at the Inaugural RISE Summit with network partners of RISE Theatre, all of which are organizations working to incre…

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'An act of rebellion': Haitian theatre persists amid political crisis and violence by Tom Phillips and Etienne Côté-Paluck In Port-Au-Prince

Thespians recognize continuing to rehearse is a perilous business " but they are determined to fight on In a dimly lit rehearsal room in a city under attack, Jenny Cadet raised an imaginary…

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Thursday, December 5, 2024

THE LAST DAYS OF LIZ TRUSS         White Bear, Kennington by Libby Purves and Friends

LOOK BEYOND THE LETTUCE       It is a tribute to Greg Wilkinson's monologue play that I had not previously seen the rise and fall of Liz Truss as having a gripping dramatic line.Â�…

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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Dominion, W1 by Libby Purves and Friends

HIGH SPIRITS, HIGH COMEDY, EVEN HIGHER HEELS       Elton John, who jumped at the idea of writing the music,  calls the 2006 film a favourite; many of us nod in blissful agreement…

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Wednesday, December 4, 2024

NAPOLEON UN PETIT PANTOMIME Jermyn St Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

C'EST MAGNIFIQUE !       Napoleon, defeated at Trafalgar,  vows revenge on Britain and its  "bootlicking monoglot  monarchists". Stalking around in breeches and bicorn h…

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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

S4E8: Goal Setting by Women and Theatre

In this episode, Hayley and Amy chat about goal setting! How do we set personal and professional goals for ourselves and work toward achieving them? How do we cope with failure? How do w…

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THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Coliseum, WC1 by Libby Purves and Friends

TA-RAN-TA-RA !   Mike Leigh,  a veteran better known for films, Abigail's Party and theatrical experiments with scriptless rehearsal,  is also a dedicated devotee of the utterly scr…

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Sunday, December 1, 2024

DICK WHITTINGTON and his cat Greenwich Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

THE COOLEST CAT IN LONDON. AND SOME RATS.           Here's your traditional Christmas outing, proper panto.  No rackety popstar hype or tedious suggestive jokes from wor…

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Thursday, November 28, 2024

For Two Dapper 'Nutcracker' Princes, It's Showtime by Gia Kourlas and Stella Blackmon

This season, two vivacious boys at the School of American Ballet make their princely debuts in New York City Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker."

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Rupert Goold named as next artistic director of Old Vic by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Goold says he is seeking new challenge after more than decade in charge at the Almeida theatre Rupert Goold is leaving the Almeida theatre after more than a decade in charge to take over at …

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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

S4E7: Rachel Klein by Women and Theatre

In this episode, Hayley and Amy talk with director Rachel Klein about socioeconomic barriers to working in theatre, mentorship as a tool to make theatre work more accessible, the challen…

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Friday, November 22, 2024

'Glicked' Fans Rejoice in Bloodshed and Broadway Songs by Hank Sanders and Kate Christobek

"Wicked" and "Gladiator II," which opened on Friday, drew moviegoers who attended a double feature that emulated the rage over "Barbenheimer" last year.

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RISE Series E8: Marty Strenczewilk (Creative Nations Indigenous Artists Collective) by Women and Theatre

The Women & Theatre RISE Series presents mini-interviews conducted at the Inaugural RISE Summit with network partners of RISE Theatre, all of which are organizations working to incre…

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6 Minutes. 62 People. 1 Epic 'Sunset Boulevard' Sequence. by Sarah Bahr and Brian Karlsson

Down the stairs, out the doors and onto the sidewalk, a Broadway show hits the street. Here's how they pull it off.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

An (Accessible) Trojan Woman by Paul Hufker and Sara Farrington

...this radical idea that we take care of our own species, you know? Our own species! When I say it doesn't have to be this way, it really doesn't. It's our choice.

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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

S4E6: Rose Van Dyne by Women and Theatre

In this episode, Hayley and Amy talk with music director, artist, and educator Rose Van Dyne about building inclusivity, aligning actions with personal values, leaning into the intersect…

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Friday, November 15, 2024

THE FORSYTE SAGA           Park Theatre, N4 by Libby Purves and Friends

GALSWORTHY ?  WELL WORTH SEEING      With late Victorians, there's plenty to bite on:  a rising bourgeoisie aflame with parvenu ambition,  piety , pannier skirts ,patriarch…

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RISE Series E7: Maria Porto and Shane Dittmar (Access Broadway NY) by Women and Theatre

The Women & Theatre RISE Series presents mini-interviews conducted at the Inaugural RISE Summit with network partners of RISE Theatre, all of which are organizations working to incre…

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Beyond Broadway: A Mad King, A Spritz of Hairspray, A Lonesome Cowboy and More by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

This November and early December, as leather-jacket weather turns into puffer-jacket weather, New York's most appealing non-Broadway offerings include a first-date comedy, a performance-art …

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Thursday, November 14, 2024

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Ambassadors Theatre, WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

WISDOM IN A LIFE BACKWARDS      Forget the awful fim made from Scott Fitzgerald's story about a life lived backwards " a man born in old age, working towards youth and infancy in re…

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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

THE TRUTH ABOUT HARRY BECK                London Transport Museum  by Libby Purves and Friends

  A JOURNEY OF JOURNEYS      A map is a lovely thing, but sometimes practically speaking a diagram is better. And can also be lovely: especially when its useful elegance has beco…

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Monday, November 11, 2024

Judith Jamison, acclaimed dancer and Alvin Ailey artistic director, dies aged 81 by Maya Yang In New York and Agencies

Jamison joined Alvin Ailey's dance company in 1965 and performed there for 15 years, premiering solo Cry in 1971 Judith Jamison, an acclaimed dancer and choreographer who for two decades was…

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Saturday, November 9, 2024

GIANT Royal Court Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

THE BIG  RATHER UNFRIENDLY  GIANT       Tom Maschler, legendary publisher  and once a Kindertransport child,  summed up the appeal of Roald Dahl:  his stories offer…

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Friday, November 8, 2024

Don't Say 'Macbeth' and Other Strange Rituals of the Theater World by Juan A. Ramírez and Daniel Terna

Pulling back the curtain on the peculiar customs and enduring superstitions that help define life backstage.

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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

S4E5: Rachel Walker Mason by Women and Theatre

In this episode, Hayley and Amy talk with songwriter and musical theatre writer Rachel Walker Mason about bravely making the things you dream of, leaning into authenticity and speaking a…

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Monday, November 4, 2024

'I've stumbled deep into alien territory': our sportswriters and arts critics swap jobs by Louise Taylor, Barney Ronay, Jonathan Liew, Tanya Aldred, Robert Kitson, Lyndsey Winship, Arifa Akbar, Alexis Petridis and Flora Willson

What would happen if our arts critics and sports writers swapped roles for a day? How does the English National Opera compare to the Premier League … or the NFL to a West End musical? Our …

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Kwame Kwei-Armah: arts education cuts pose danger to diversity in theatre by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Outgoing artistic director of Young Vic calls for urgent government action to redress arts funding in schools Kwame Kwei-Armah, the outgoing artistic director of the Young Vic, has warned th…

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Friday, November 1, 2024

RISE Series E6: Heather Shields and Erica Rotstein (The Business of Broadway) by Women and Theatre

The Women & Theatre RISE Series presents mini-interviews conducted at the Inaugural RISE Summit with network partners of RISE Theatre, all of which are organizations working to incre…

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GUARDS AT THE TAJ. Orange Tree, Richmond by Libby Purves and Friends

1648, Agra: marble and murder, a terrible beauty     One of the worst photo-ops of Princess Diana's collapsing marriage was that shot at the Taj Mahal, billed by romantics as "eternal …

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Thursday, October 31, 2024

SUMMER 1954 Theatre Royal Bath & TOURING by Libby Purves and Friends

LOOK BACK IN COMPASSION          The Rattigan renaissance of the last few years is more than welcome:  ever since Flare Path hit the West End fourteen years ago there seems…

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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