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Sunday, September 11, 2022

‘I’m black, I’m gay, I’m a woman. My country hates me!’: actor Samira Wiley on love, confidence and the Handmaid’s Tale by Rebecca Nicholson

Samira Wiley shot to fame in Orange is the New Black, then confirmed her status in The Handmaid’s Tale. Now she’s at the National Theatre. She talks about the timeliness of her roles –…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AM
Saturday, February 8, 2020

Sheila Atim: ‘I had impostor syndrome until I picked up my MBE by Rebecca Nicholson

The actor has channelled Bob Dylan and received an honour at just 29. Now she’s finally ready for primetime Sheila Atim would not call it a shrine, exactly, but in her London flat, there i…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AM
Sunday, August 18, 2019

Edinburgh fringe roundup: the sound of fighting talk by Rebecca Nicholson

Personal stories – of exile, homelessness, illness and existential terror – jostle for hearts and minds with farts and live bread-baking It will come as no great shock that much of the E…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AM
Sunday, August 11, 2019

Edinburgh fringe roundup: smut, stalkers and supremely silly slapstick by Rebecca Nicholson

From the big stage to a dripping cave and someone’s front room, performers run the gamut from light to darkIt was a sticky, stormy and rain-soaked first week at the Edinburgh fringe, but n…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AM
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams: 'I'm still petrified of my peers' by Rebecca Nicholson

Her role as Arya Stark won her millions of fans but left her bullied at school. Now the 21-year-old is making her stage debut, starring in a Marvel horror – and finally getting her fingern…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM
Sunday, August 12, 2018

Edinburgh fringe roundup: twists and stick for the old boys’ club by Rebecca Nicholson

Masculinity rather than #MeToo is a preoccupation this year, for male and female performers alike, along with race, nostalgia – and Harold WilsonWith more than 3,500 different fringe shows…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AM
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Mark Bonnar: 'I do a good cold, hard stare' by Rebecca Nicholson

After playing corrupt cops and tortured barristers in TV shows like Line of Duty and Unforgotten, Bonnar is returning to the theatre – in a dystopian drama about replacing a dead childMark…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AM
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Chewing Gum's Susan Wokoma: 'The door shuts firmly on us a lot quicker' by Rebecca Nicholson

She was a demon hunter, stole scenes as Michaela Coel’s sister and is in a farce about Labour’s identity crisis. But Susan Wokoma is turning to her own family to write her next roles‘Y…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PM
Monday, July 10, 2017

Workin’ it! How female drag queens are causing a scene by Rebecca Nicholson

Women dressing up as men dressing up as women are embracing camp glamour to playfully subvert gender and femininity. Miss Malice, Holestar and Victoria Sin explain why they are revamping que…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PM
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

A lover and a fighter: Cush Jumbo on The Good Wife's spinoff and her raucous new play by Rebecca Nicholson

Cush Jumbo is back home in Britain to star in Common, a wild drama about sex and murder in 1800s London. She talks about filming a Josephine Baker biopic – and her new friend ‘Mezza’ S…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33AM
Thursday, March 16, 2017

Phoebe Fox: 'I'm always playing bloody aristocrats!' by Rebecca Nicholson

The actor currently slinging punches in Twelfth Night talks about falling asleep before auditions, 10 years of horrendous teeth – and her love of ‘proper fighting’In Simon Godwin’s r…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AM
Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Christmas Day TV: gifts from Doctor Who to Downton, but not much cheer by Rebecca Nicholson

Festive sentiment in short supply as beach scenes, polio vaccines or reflections on mortality dominate old-faithful blockbustersThere was a distinctly old-fashioned and gloomy feel to this y…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PM
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Bridget Christie: 'I've a long way to go' by Rebecca Nicholson

The winner of this year's Edinburgh Comedy award is one of our sharpest and most political standups – but reckons she still has a lot to learn. She talks about success, her unorthodox camp…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM

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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