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Friday, May 6, 2016

Sinister, sexy and surreal - Brighton Festival's fringe has it all by Roy Greenslade

Hundreds of comics, musicians and actors ready to entertain the city for a monthOne of the joys of living in Brighton (& Hove) is its annual festival. There is so much to see, hear and v…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:25AM
Monday, January 11, 2016

A newspaper moment in Aidan Gillen's reading of The Dead by Roy Greenslade

How James Joyce used the Daily Express to illustrate Ireland’s coming clash There is much to appreciate about the story that concludes James Joyce’s Dubliners. After all, The Dead is reg…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:55AM
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Barrie Keeffe, a loss to journalism but what a gift to playwriting by Roy Greenslade

It was a genuine joy to watch a gut-wrenching drama by one of my oldest friends Journalism loses dreamers along the way who proclaim that they’re giving up newspapers to write The Great No…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:29PM
Thursday, March 6, 2014

Hilary Mantel is right - freedom is compromised by media bullying by Roy Greenslade

Throughout the Leveson process newspaper publishers and editors have been extolling the virtues of freedom of the press while casting themselves as tribunes of that freedom.Critics, by contr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AM
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Sunday Express theatre critic fired over gay website pictures by Roy Greenslade

Mark Shenton, the Sunday Express chief theatre critic for the past 11 years, has been fired in extraordinary circumstances.He has been accused of bringing the newspaper into disrepute becaus…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:43AM
Friday, November 29, 2013

100 leading figures urge newspaper publishers to accept royal charter by Roy Greenslade

More than 100 prominent people from literature, the arts, science, academia, human rights and the law have signed a declaration urging newspaper and magazine publishers to embrace the royal …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AM
Thursday, September 26, 2013

Journalist claims comedian punched him after critical tweets by Roy Greenslade

A US comedian upset by a journalist's tweets about his performance was arrested after allegedly assaulting him.Jokes told by Dan Nainan at the annual charity event in Washington, DC's funnie…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:09AM
Monday, September 9, 2013

How Shaw viewed newspapers as tame servants of war-mongering capitalism by Roy Greenslade

I saw the Abbey Theatre's excellent production of Major Barbara on Friday evening. George Bernard Shaw may be unfashionable nowadays but there is much to appreciate in his polemics.With only…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30AM
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Tom Stoppard wins PEN/Pinter prize by Roy Greenslade

Tom Stoppard, the playwright who has so often explored the nature of freedom in his work, is to be awarded the 2013 PEN/Pinter prize.Established in 2009 in memory of Nobel-laureate Harold Pi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:25AM
Friday, August 3, 2012

Peppiatt turns the tables on tabloid editors in Edinburgh fringe show by Roy Greenslade

Rich Peppiatt's one-man show at the Edinburgh festival is replete with some highly entertaining material in which he turns the tables on tabloid editors.In reporting parlance, he doorsteps t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:34PM
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Read all about it! 'Newsies' musical makes the headlines by Roy Greenslade

A musical called Newsies, based on the 1899 strike by young newspaper vendors in New York, is reported to be delighting audiences in Broadway theatre previews.The New York Post reports that …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:30AM
Monday, June 6, 2011

Norton-Taylor says farewell - but he isn't really going away by Roy Greenslade

One of The Guardian's most distinguished reporters, Richard Norton-Taylor, is stepping down from his staff job.In announcing the decision today - Norton-Taylor's 67th birthday - Guardian edi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15AM
Monday, April 18, 2011

Should newspapers pay sex workers to dish the dirt on their clients? by Roy Greenslade

The Sun made a song and dance last week about a gagging order that prevented the paper from naming an actor who "romped" with the woman "renowned" for previously romping with Wayne Rooney.It…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:16AM
Friday, February 18, 2011

The pains, and pleasures, of doorstepping by Roy Greenslade

I commend a piece on doorstepping, My life as a milk bottle, by Fleet Street veteran John Smith (aka Plain John Smith in his days on The People).Three anecdotes from his piece, on the gentle…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:07AM

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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