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Sunday, November 26, 2023

Police investigate fight during Hamilton performance in Manchester by Jessica Murray

Officers were called to altercation between two audience members at touring hit show at Palace Theatre Police are investigating after a fight broke out between theatregoers during a performa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PM
Saturday, April 22, 2023

‘Shakespeare can help us survive war’: Ukrainian academic toasts bard in UK visit by Jessica Murray

Nataliya Torkut likens Zelenskiy to Henry V at Agincourt as she visits Stratford-upon-Avon to mark playwright’s birthday Ukrainians need not only weapons but culture and art in order to su…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

It’s no teddy bear’s picnic: the football mascot showing how local politics works by Jessica Murray

Giant teddy bear Bordesley is put in charge of Birmingham city council’s £3bn budget in Stan’s Cafe’s fun new production All Our Money “It came from a place of … what is the worst…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM
Saturday, February 26, 2022

Ballet goes on as UK audience backs Russian dancers by Jessica Murray

State Ballet of Siberia performs as fans say it’s not performers’ fault they have ‘despot as leader’ Ukraine invasion: latest updates Outside Northampton’s Royal & Derngate the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AM
Monday, June 7, 2021

New play recounts ‘petticoat rule’ in the UK’s first female-majority council by Jessica Murray

Frankie Meredith’s Petticoat Council – to be performed as part of Coventry’s city of culture celebrations – celebrates women’s pioneering achievements in Bishop’s Itchington In a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM
Thursday, June 3, 2021

‘We needed a sanctuary’: new art-house seeks justice for Birmingham’s creatives by Jessica Murray

After the city’s Rep theatre leased itself to a Nightingale court, marginalised locals decided to set up their own creative space When the Birmingham Repertory theatre (Birmingham Rep) ann…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PM
Sunday, August 30, 2015

On my radar: Doc Brown’s cultural highlights by Jessica Murray

The rapper, comedian, actor and screenwriter on Slow West, Ray Celestin’s The Axeman’s Jazz, The Waters by Mick Jenkins and the magic of Kermode and MayoBen Bailey Smith, AKA Doc Brown, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards