51 stories by "Christopher D. Shea"
The actress-turned-politician Glenda Jackson will star as King Lear at the Old Vic in London in its 2016-17 season.
Ms. Dench won the best supporting actress award for her performance in "The Winter's Tale," produced by the Kenneth Branagh Theater Company.
Researchers have uncovered evidence that they say indicates his skull was stolen from his grave by a local doctor in 1794.
Playing in small theaters and to groups who may never have seen professional actors, the Globe has taken a pared-down "Hamlet" to about 200 countries.
This stage production, whose team includes the album's writer, cranks up the excess of "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds."
The National Theater's productions for coming seasons include "Angels in America" starring Andrew Garfield.
Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" will be reworked as "Imogen" at the Globe.
The American playwright found more success in England than at home.
The playwright talks about his new play, which is being staged at the Royal Court 15 years after the theater turned down his "Lieutenant of Inishmore."
An email sent by the National Youth Theater's artistic director that has been made public details concerns over a coming production about young Islamic State recruits.
The London Theater Company, a new venture, say it will open in the spring of 2017 in theater on the south bank of the Thames.
The National Youth Theater of Britain has canceled a production of "Homegrown," about young recruits of the Islamic State.
A dispute over privatization of some services leads to a strike at the National Gallery in London, which says it will remain open.
An adaption of "King Lear" in London stars one man and nine sheep.
Mr. Berry will leave after 20 years at the organization, which is one of London's two major opera companies but has faced large-scale internal struggles recently.
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," a new stage play centered on the blockbuster series, will be staged at the Palace Theater in the West End of London.
The director of Tate Modern, Chris Dercon, will step down, following the departure of the leader of Tate Britain.
Shermin Langhoff, a native of Turkey and the artistic director of the Maxim Gorki Theater, is putting immigrant actors and playwrights in the spotlight.
The 2015-16 season at the Royal Opera House in London will include 12 premieres.
Details of a Broadway run of "King Charles III," which won the Olivier Award in London for best new play, are to be announced Monday.
Judi Dench joins the cast of "The Vote," which will be broadcast live during the final hours of the British election on May 7.
Pop meets opera in South Africa, video art in Melbourne and the simple pleasures of still life in Paris.
A dance festival in The Hague, a focus on the artist Simon Starling in Mexico City and a production of "Die Fledermaus" in Tokyo are in this week's lineup of international art events.
The production, which has had huge success at the box office on Broadway, will open at the Theater Royal Haymarket in the city's West End in May.
The British Library has acquired more than 100 letters from Harold Pinter to add to its collection.
