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Monday, June 24, 2019

Edinburgh fringe 2019: 10 essential shows by Brian Logan, Miriam Gillinson, Mark Lawson, Mark Fisher, Judith Mackrell, Bridget Minamore and Lyndsey Winship

Jessie Cave’s intimate standup, a beatbox Frankenstein and a twist on the star-crossed lovers are among the Edinburgh shows we’ve previously reviewed. Here’s what we said … Pleasance…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AM
Monday, December 17, 2018

Top 10 dance shows of 2018 by Judith Mackrell and Lyndsey Winship

Romeo and Juliet muddled into middle age, Akram Khan suffered shell-shock, Rambert2 lost control – and William Forsythe gave ballet a stratospheric street shakeupMore best culture 2018 Ove…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PM
Friday, July 20, 2018

What to see this week in the UK by Andrew Pulver, Michael Cragg, John Fordham, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Mark Cook and Judith Mackrell

From Generation Wealth to Biodiversity, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AM
Saturday, June 30, 2018

What to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Michael Cragg, John Fordham, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Mark Cook and Judith Mackrell

From Leave No Trace to Little Mix, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM
Friday, May 25, 2018

What to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Harriet Gibsone, John Fordham, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From Zama to Tacita Dean, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM
Saturday, December 9, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Hannah J Davies, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From festive horror-comedy Better Watch Out to Mariah Carey’s Christmas tour, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue r…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AM
Saturday, December 2, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Hannah J Davies, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From Michael Haneke’s Happy End to Marilyn Manson’s latest tour, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AM
Saturday, November 25, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Hannah J Davies, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From Malian band Songhoy Blues to the Natural History Museum’s show about venomous beasts, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven da…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AM
Saturday, November 18, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Michael Cragg, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From wartime race drama Mudbound to Phil Collins’s UK tour, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AM
Saturday, November 11, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Michael Cragg, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From the Taylor Wessing photo prize to Hedda Gabler’s UK tour, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AM
Saturday, November 4, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Michael Cragg, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From the return of Bananarama to a new play by the writer of Doctor Foster, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue rea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AM
Saturday, October 28, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Michael Cragg. Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From the Wildlife Photographer of the Year show to Beowulf on stage, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM
Sunday, October 15, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose , Michael Cragg, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From the return of St Vincent to Dr Seuss on stage, here is our pick of the best films, gigs, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM
Saturday, October 7, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Michael Cragg, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Introducing our regular roundup of the best films, gigs, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance, including Blade Runner 2049, Little Mix and Dalí/Duchamp Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AM
Friday, September 29, 2017

Things I Know to Be True and Wayne McGregor: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Two companies collaborate to take a delicate look at family dynamics, while the esteemed choreographer brings a deeply personal show to Sadler’s Wells1 Things I Know to Be TrueThis collabo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM
Friday, September 22, 2017

Follies and Acosta Danza: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Dominic Cooke’s revival of Stephen Sondheim’s beautiful musical continues its run at the National, while the celebrated choreographer returns to London1 FolliesStephen Sondheim’s flawe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM
Friday, September 15, 2017

Jane Eyre and Royal Ballet Gala: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Sally Cookson’s witty, inventive take on Charlotte Brontë’s novel comes to Hull, while the city’s New theatre reopens with a visit from the Royal’s dancers1 Living With the Lights O…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AM
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Angels and demons: the unmissable theatre, comedy and dance of autumn 2017 by Michael Billington, Lyn Gardner, Judith Mackrell and Brian Logan

Hamilton hits London, Bryan Cranston’s news anchor goes berserk, Wayne McGregor turns his DNA into dance, Mae Martin revisits her teen addictions and Toyah Willcox is a time-travelling que…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AM
Friday, September 8, 2017

War Horse and Grand Finale: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris’s staging of the children’s novel returns, while Hofesh Shechter’s new show imagines an anarchic apocalypse1 War HorseWith it becoming such a huge and d…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM
Friday, September 1, 2017

Me & Robin Hood and DeadClub: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Shôn Dale-Jones turns his attention to the increasing divide between rich and poor, while Requardt & Rosenberg deliver an intense performance about memory1 Me & Robin HoodIn his las…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AM
Friday, August 25, 2017

Oresteia and Rosalind: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Zinnie Harris’s retelling of Aeschylus’s drama adds muscle to the tale, while As You Like It is the inspiration for James Cousins’ latest choreography1 Oresteia: This Restless HouseThe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM
Friday, August 18, 2017

Touch and Sacrifice: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Fleabag director Vicky Jones’s filthily enjoyable play enters its last week at Soho theatre, while Iceland Dance Company takes over Royal Festival Hall1 TouchVicky Jones’s filthily enjoy…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM
Friday, August 11, 2017

Much Ado About Nothing and Blak Whyte Gray: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Shakespeare’s play gets a Mexican makeover in Matthew Dunster’s revival, while Boy Blue Entertainment explores images of freedom in a turbulent world1 Much Ado About NothingShakespeare�…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM
Friday, August 4, 2017

Jesus Christ Superstar and Tero Saarinen: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

One of the unexpected pleasures of last summer returns to Regent’s Park, while the Finnish choreographer addresses masculinity and brutality1 The Flying Lovers of VitebskWhat is the cost o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM
Friday, July 28, 2017

Touch and Mariinsky Ballet: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Fleabag director Vicky Jones returns with a candid, honest play about sex, while Russia’s finest enjoy a second week at the Royal Opera House1 TouchDee is living in chaos in a bedsit in Lo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM
Friday, July 21, 2017

Ink and Mariinsky Ballet: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

James Graham takes on the Sun and Rupert Murdoch, while the great Russian troupe bring Don Quixote and Swan Lake to the Royal Opera House1 The FerrymanNow extended into 2018, Jez Butterworth…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM
Friday, July 14, 2017

1972 and Latitude festival: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

The Wardrobe Ensemble looks back at the sexual fumblings of the baby boomers, while Matthew Bourne, Sisters Grimm and others visit Suffolk’s arts jamboree1 1972: The Future of SexThe Wardr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM
Friday, July 7, 2017

Bat Out of Hell and Available Light: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Revel in the over-the-top wackiness of the new Meat Loaf musical and take in Lucinda Childs’s poetic classic of minimalist dance1 Bat Out of HellRomeo and Juliet meets Peter Pan in this dy…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM
Friday, June 30, 2017

Kiss Me and Voices of the Amazon: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Richard Bean’s tale of war, loss and reproduction enters its final week, while Sadler’s Wells hosts Sisters Grimm’s river-inspired production1 Kiss MeRichard Bean is best known for the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM
Friday, June 23, 2017

An Octoroon and Nicht Schlafen: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Race fuels the drama behind the Orange Tree’s latest hit, while Alain Platel of Les Ballets C de la B returns with a darkly surreal performance1 RotterdamAlice has been living in Rotterdam…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04AM
Friday, June 16, 2017

Persuasion and Elixir festival: this week’s best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Jane Austen’s novel is transported to a foam party in Lyme Regis, while the season that celebrates older dancers returns with an ambitious programme1 GolemSly wit and brilliant use of anim…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic