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Friday, July 28, 2023

Despite Acquittal, Kevin Spacey Faces Uphill Battle for Hollywood Roles by Alex Marshall and Maya Salam

The actor, who was cleared of sexual assault charges in Britain this week, has parts in two small upcoming films. Yet his tarnished public perception makes starry roles unlikely.

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Friday, July 21, 2023

UK stars hold London rally in support of striking US actors by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Sucession star Brian Cox tells gathered members of Equity union 'we are at thin end of horrible wedge' Brian Cox, Imelda Staunton, Naomie Harris and Simon Pegg were among the British A-list …

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Thursday, July 20, 2023

Royal Court theatre appoints New Diorama's David Byrne as artistic director by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Byrne, who is also an award-winning playwright, said he would 'shape a rejuvenating culture' at one of London's most prestigious theatres David Byrne, an award-winning playwright and directo…

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

THE EMPRESS. Swan, Stratford upon Avon by Libby Purves and Friends

THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN?     Tanika Gupta's play is a sprawling,  angrily intimate epic about Indians in Britain during the height of empire,  thirteen years running up to old Que…

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Monday, July 17, 2023

THE SOUND OF MUSIC Chichester Festival Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

A FEW OF OUR FAVOURITE THINGS…         Let it be said first of all that Gina Beck is a glorious gamine Maria:  sings like a bird and is satisfyingly able to convey in her vo…

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Sunday, July 16, 2023

THE WIND AND THE RAIN Finborough, SW10 by Libby Purves and Friends

THE WAY IT WAS      Ah, the forgotten plays of the 30s and 40s, how they lure me to basements and pub rooms and tunnels:  Jermyn and Finborough and Southwark in particular!   …

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

'Hard to watch': a play about Harold Shipman by the grandson of one of his victims by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Edwin Flay brings his one-man drama, in which he plays the GP and serial killer, to the Edinburgh fringe He was a big man with a bushy beard and a bowl of sweets on his desk for good boys an…

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Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being author dies aged 94 by Richard Lea and Sian Cain

The Czech novelist found himself silenced by the communist regime at home, but achieved international fame with playfully philosophical fiction Czech writer Milan Kundera, who explored being…

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DR SEMMELWEIS Harold Pinter Theatre SW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

BIRTH, DEATH, SCIENCE , ANGER        "The smell " the smell " the sheets…"   Curtain up,  he is gripped by urgency, past or present. . Now a successful doctor home in Hun…

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Edinburgh festival 2023: 50 shows to see by Brian Logan, Arifa Akbar and Lyndsey Winship

Cracking comedy, an eclectic mix of theatre " and aerial dance in an ice rink. Our critics share their picks for the August arts extravaganza Rhod Gilbert: Work in Progress Gilded Balloon Te…

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Friday, June 30, 2023

Alan Arkin, Comic Actor With a Serious Side, Dies at 89 by Robert Berkvist and Peter Keepnews

He got laughs (and won awards) on Broadway in "Enter Laughing" and in movies like "Little Miss Sunshine." But he also had a flair for drama.

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Friday, June 23, 2023

Sales floor Stockholm syndrome by Kerry Reid and Dan Jakes

Remote work, for those fortunate enough to enjoy it, has killed off many aspects of professional life that were long overdue to be put down: Agonizing commutes. $18 cafeteria salads. Ramblin…

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Britain's 'first professional Jewish panto' to be staged in north London by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Pig will open during Hanukah in December at culture centre JW3 The corny gags, slapstick, cartoon baddies and singalongs beloved of traditional pantomime will…

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

DEAR ENGLAND. Olivier, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

COME ON MY SONS…     At the end of the first half of this exhilarating play, England is through to the World Cup quarter-finals in Russia after several bracing straight wins and  …

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Tony Awards Give a Box Office Boost to Prize-Winning Shows by Michael Paulson and Christopher Kuo

"Leopoldstadt," which was named best play, and "Kimberly Akimbo," which won best musical, saw considerable increases in ticket sales.

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Sunday, June 18, 2023

In memory of Glenda Jackson: 'She touched something central about what it means to be alive' by Susannah Clapp and Chris Bryant

Two people who watched the actor and Labour politician closely remember her desire to get to the truth that made her so powerful on stage, screen and in parliament I thought I had seen Glen…

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

Glenda Jackson obituary by Michael Coveney and Julia Langdon

Actor who was a fearless, ferocious presence in theatre, cinema and television, then turned to politics as a Labour MPMany leading British actors have mixed art and politics, but no great ac…

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Play about NHS creator Nye Bevan is among 12 new National Theatre plays by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

'Epic and deeply personal' Nye by Tim Price will star Michael Sheen and be directed by Rufus Norris A play charting the life of Nye Bevan and his battle to create the NHS is among 12 new pr…

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Rufus Norris to step down as National Theatre leader in spring 2025 by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Director says past eight years 'most challenging time in history' for sector, but audience figures finally back at pre-pandemic levels Rufus Norris is to step down as director of the Nationa…

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Rufus Norris to step down as National Theatre director: 'The greatest privilege of my career' by Roisin O'Connor and Jessie Thompson

British director joked that he wanted to be remembered as 'someone whose dress sense got better as time went on'

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

WHEN WINSTON WENT TO WAR WITH THE WIRELESS. Donmar. WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

1926 AND ALL THAT, ON THE AIR Fresh from doing cartwheels in the Bake Off musical up the road, Haydn Gwynne is now a strangely convincing Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin , in pinstripe.  O…

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ASSASSINS. Chichester Festival Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

QUIET DESPERATION, NOISY GUNSHOTS "Everybody tell the story Everybody sing the song, Every now and then a country Goes a little wrong…"         Hard for it not to feel topical,…

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Monday, June 12, 2023

Inside the 2023 Tony Awards After-Parties by Sarah Bahr and Nancy Coleman

Spirited celebrations that included a block party in Washington Heights and a gathering at the Carlyle Hotel extended past 4 a.m.

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Best and Worst Moments of the 76th Tony Awards by Jesse Green, Maya Phillips, Elisabeth Vincentelli, Laura Collins-Hughes, Alexis Soloski and Sarah Bahr

With a clever opening number and repeated support for striking writers, the Tonys celebrated Broadway's shows, performers and creative teams.

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Tony Awards 2023: The 5 biggest talking points by Isobel Lewis,tom Murray and Nicole Vassell

Ariana DeBose hosted night, which saw big wins for non-binary representation and British shows

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Tony Awards " live: Jodie Comer, Sean Hayes win big as Hamilton star makes 'Grand Wizard' joke about DeSantis by Nicole Vassell and Tom Murray

Jodie Comer, Jessica Chastain and Ben Platt are among the actors vying for the theatrical awards

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Sunday, June 11, 2023

Alex Newell Becomes First Out Nonbinary Performer to Win a Tony by Michael Paulson and Sarah Bahr

"Thank you for seeing me Broadway," the performer said of winning the award for best featured actor in a musical.

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Tony Awards " live: Lupita Nyong'o, Jodie Comer, Ariana DeBose and more arrive at Broadway's biggest night by Nicole Vassell and Tom Murray

Jodie Comer, Jessica Chastain and Ben Platt are among the actors vying for the theatrical awards

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THE MIKADO Wilton's Music Hall E1 by Libby Purves and Friends

HIGH NOTES AND KNOBBLY KNEES        I am a relative newcomer to Gilbert & Sullivan, having long thought I hated them  (heard too many gammony fans in my childhood wrecking…

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Friday, June 9, 2023

GROUNDHOG DAY 2023     Old Vic SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

WELCOME BACK TO PUNXATAWNEY        Seven years after its premiere at the Old Vic earned a  flurry of Oliviers, by way of a pandemic and a disappointingly short Broadway run , …

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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