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The singer Self Esteem, aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor, is an incarnation of late 1960s counterculture in a new London production of David Hare's "Teeth 'n' Smiles."
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A new London staging of the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical makes the most of its comedic elements and delivers a visual treat.
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Alice Birch's latest play offers two modish genres for the price of one: the trauma narrative and the earnest inquiry into masculinity.
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"Born With Teeth," which premiered in the West End of London this week, imagines the writers' working relationship as heavy on bawdy flirtation.
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Several theater productions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, including drama, comedy and musicals, deal with the effects of psychic pain.
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The shows that have gotten tongues wagging this year include stand-up gigs, character skits and a routine that ends with its performer covered in goo.
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The "Succession" star, playing the ghost of the Scottish philosopher Adam Smith, is a bright spot in a new play about the 2008 banking crunch.
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"Inter Alia," at the National Theater in London, is a successor to the award-winning "Prima Facie." It brings familiar tropes, and melodrama.
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The band's frontman, Thom Yorke, created a show with the Royal Shakespeare Company that is both admirably ambitious and a little foolish.
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Times critics discuss the big winners " a new play about Roald Dahl, a "Fiddler on the Roof" revival and a folk-rock "Benjamin Button"" at London's theater awards.
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A new one-woman show from the producer of "Baby Reindeer" and "Fleabag" is an irreverent allegory about wildfires and global warming.
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Thanks to Blanchett's charismatic turn as a fading actress, this new Chekhov adaptation in London hangs together in spite of Thomas Ostermeier's antics.
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The actor, on a hot streak after "Wicked," takes on his biggest stage role to date. In London, he plays Shakespeare's unfortunate king as a flouncing sociopath.
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Sophocles is suddenly everywhere on the city's stages. In concurrent shows, Rami Malek is playing Oedipus and Brie Larson is taking on Elektra.
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Dave Malloy's musical, which was a hit in New York, comes to London in an antirealist staging that loses the 1812 setting and some emotional punch.
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Our critics discuss which A-lister performances on the West End were worth the ticket price, and why so many new musicals struggled this year.
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