Monday, May 12, 2025

Overshare review – provocative tour inside a livestreamed breakdown by Rachael Healy

Greenwich Theatre, LondonExpanding her Edinburgh hit, Eleanor Hill replicates her Instagrammed mental health crisis and confronts the destructive compulsion to broadcast it all online Social…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AM
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Meow Meow review – kamikaze cabaret combines clownish comedy and crooning by Brian Logan

Soho Theatre, LondonWhether singing or crawling cleavage-first over the shoulders of her crowd, the eccentric diva asks what an artist should do in such ominous times ‘I do think in 90 min…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54PM

Marie and Rosetta review – Beverley Knight’s mighty vocal soars as the godmother of rock’n’roll by Ammar Kalia

Rose Theatre, LondonDidactic two-hander sees trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe face down racism with song as she tours the segregated US south with her fawning protege With her coffee table-…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM

Oona Doherty: Specky Clark review – distressed orphan out-dances the abbatoir’s raw reality by Lyndsey Winship

Sadler’s Wells, LondonWith an amazing sense of pure movement, Doherty’s bold, distinctive work takes the story of her great-great-grandfather beyond magic realism Here we are in an abatt…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM

Arts groups for people of color steel themselves after Trump’s NEA cuts: ‘They poked the bear’ by Gloria Oladipo

Trump’s slashing of millions in National Endowment for the Arts grants has most affected non-profits centering Black, brown and LGBTQ+ communities Summertime at the Upijata Scissor-Tail Sw…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Friday, May 9, 2025

Two Pints review – Roddy Doyle’s boozy banter is a masterclass in comedy by Mark Lawson

Belgrade theatre, CoventryThe writer’s gift for gags is on full display in this adaptation starring two men offering up laddish chat along with questions of life and death in an Irish pub …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PM

Einkvan review – Nobel-winner’s eerie, evocative study of estrangement and solitude by Ryan Gilbey

Coronet theatre, LondonA sinister, clinical chill permeates this beguiling production of a new work by Norwegian dramatist Jon Fosse, aided by clever lighting and a ghostly piano score The d…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM
Thursday, May 8, 2025

Here We Are review – Sondheim’s desperate diners have a double helping of Buñuel by Arifa Akbar

Lyttelton, LondonThis energetic look at the charmed lives of the 1% features some signature sparks, but the class satire is not potent enough in the composer’s swansong Stephen Sondheim’…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PM

Les Misérables actors to boycott Kennedy Center performance over Trump attendance by Marina Dunbar

At least 10 of musical’s cast members will not participate in June show the president is expected to attend At least 10 cast members from the current North American touring production of L…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:14AM

A Festival of Korean Dance: Jungle review – muscular intensity and wonder by Lyndsey Winship

The Place, LondonThis year’s festival launches with a multi-layered exploration of human connection from Korea National Contemporary Dance Company K-pop, K-drama, K-beauty: South Korean cu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AM

Three Hens in a Boat review – Jerome K Jerome inspires funny voyage of family reflection by Chris Wiegand

Reading Rep theatreThree generations of soon-to-be-weds unload their emotional baggage into the Thames in Camille Ucan’s comedy Jerome K Jerome was not kind about Reading in Three Men in a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM

Could a new wave of urgent theatre hold the key to tackling climate change? by Kate Wyver

From a New Forest giant inspiring an asthmatic teen to a herd of animal puppets walking to the Arctic Circle, theatre far and wide is taking action – but with energy and optimism, rather t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM

‘We’re not here to slander Sondheim!’ Inside the master’s wild final musical, completed at last by Emma John

Here We Are, a satirical mashup of two surrealist movie masterpieces, was finished after musicals maestro Stephen Sondheim died – outraging some fans. As the show hits Britain, its stars a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AM

David Harewood to return to Othello almost 30 years after groundbreaking National Theatre production by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Harewood – who became the first black actor to play Othello at the NT in 1997 – will play the role at Theatre Royal Haymarket opposite Toby Jones as Iago David Harewood is returning to t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AM
Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Hamlet Hail to the Thief review – study of righteous anger links Shakespeare to Radiohead by Mark Fisher

Collaboration with Thom Yorke is worth hype in tragedy played with clarity and verve In all the hype around the collaborators on this co-production between the Royal Shakespeare Company and …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32PM

The Gang of Three review – inside an old boys’ club of Labour intrigue by Mark Lawson

King’s Head theatre, LondonRoy Jenkins, Denis Healey and Anthony Crosland debate among themselves in Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky’s look at the big beasts of 70s Westminster Denis Healey…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PM

An Oak Tree review – Tim Crouch’s tricksy two-hander is still a theatrical wonder by Kate Wyver

Young Vic, LondonA guest star – here, a delighted Jessie Buckley – is fed their script during the performance in this now two-decade-old revelation of theatre-making An Oak Tree unpicks …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM

Dogs on the Metro review – all stations to teenage angst by Mark Fisher

Live theatre, NewcastleThe Tyne and Wear Metro is the setting of Emilie Robson’s evocative new play about two teen friends but something darker rumbles beneath Emilie Robson’s insinuatin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM

Pierre Audi obituary by Barry Millington

Innovative founder of the Almeida theatre in London and director of the Dutch National Opera Based successively in London, the Netherlands and France, Pierre Audi, who has died suddenly age…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AM

Shedinburgh festival returns with new 100-seat venue at Edinburgh fringe by Chris Wiegand

Francesca Moody and Gary McNair’s innovative DIY solution to Covid restrictions will be revamped for a series of in-person, one-off shows When the 2020 Edinburgh fringe was cancelled due t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AM
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Abuse, witch-hunts and hangings: why Arthur Miller’s masterpiece The Crucible still haunts us by Michael Billington

What’s behind all the revivals of the shocking parable about terrifying McCarthyism in 1950s America? Our writer reflects on how, through the decades, each fresh production finds new meani…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM

Jamie Cullum to compose music for RSC’s The Constant Wife starring Rose Leslie by Chris Wiegand

The musician is to debut as a theatre composer for W Somerset Maugham’s 1926 comedy adapted by Laura Wade and directed by Tamara Harvey Jamie Cullum is to make his debut as a theatre compo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AM
Monday, May 5, 2025

The Hamlet Syndrome review – soldiers turn to Shakespeare as Ukrainians deal with the war by Phuong Le

A searingly intimate observation of an alternative production of Hamlet, where many of the actors are soldiers from the frontline What is the use of art in time of war? Shot a few months pri…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM

The Empire Strips Back review – Chewie gets jiggy in galactic burlesque parody by Brian Logan

Riverside Studios, LondonHumour abounds in this Star Wars-themed cabaret, as Boba Fett bumps and grinds while Han Solo and Chewbacca share a Backstreet Boys number Might there be an overlap …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM

Homefires burning: how a cache of passionate love letters shows the second world war on two fronts by Rosanna Greenstreet

The intimate correspondence of a Manchester Guardian journalist and his wife is the basis for a theatre piece marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day During a house move, a cardboard box belo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AM
Sunday, May 4, 2025

Helena Bell obituary by Atiha Sen Gupta

Artistic director of Kali Theatre, the company founded to encourage writing by south Asian women From 2016 until her death, at the age of 64 after being diagnosed with cancer, Helena Bell wa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PM

Sophie McCartney: One Foot in the Rave review – the ‘comedimum’ riffs on wild youth and motherhood by Guardian Staff

Bloomsbury theatre, LondonProfundity is in short supply in this celebration of received thinking about wrinkles and randy husbands – but McCartney makes the familiar shine ‘Give me a sho…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PM

Arts agency terminates dozens of grants after Trump proposes eliminating NEA by Edward Helmore

National Endowment for the Arts notifies organizations that offers of government grants were terminated Dozens of US arts organizations have been notified that offers of government grants ha…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38AM

Romeo and Juliet review – star-crossed lovers transported to the wild west by Arifa Akbar

Globe theatre, LondonDirector Sean Holmes’s high concept production shows that the frontier works surprisingly well as Shakespeare’s fractious Verona The warring Houses of Montague and C…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM
Friday, May 2, 2025

Sara Lemkow obituary by George Peacock

My mother-in-law, Sara Lemkow, who has died aged 102, was, under the stage name Sara Luzita, an acclaimed dancer for 20 years. As a dance student in London at the outbreak of the second worl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PM

Why are Hollywood stars lining up to appear in a play they know nothing about? by Anya Ryan

Toby Jones, Frances McDormand and Mike Myers are some of those who have appeared alongside Tim Crouch in An Oak Tree, despite never having seen the script before. As the play celebrates its …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre