The long theatre shutdown in New York has taken its toll on the industry but a renewed and reinvigorated outlook towards diversity could have a major impact When Ruben Santiago-Hudson walks …
To the author Jeffrey Wilson, the former president is Caesar, Lear, Bottom and more, all rolled into one The time is out of joint. When lost for words, as many have been over the past five y…
Playwright Eduardo Machado discusses his revealing new play that looks at the relationship between the Cuban revolutionary and Celia Sánchez Fidel Castro is back in the news. Senator Bern…
Dean Cain heads up a dramatic retelling of the controversial anti-Trump FBI texts aimed at a rightwing audience It was not your typical Broadway or West End crowd. On Thursday night, audienc…
The comedian's life was upended in 2016 when his wife died. He discusses her role in the Golden State Killer case, the 'shadow slog' of grief " and the reaction to his remarriage The sad clo…
In his new role as artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington DC, the National Theatre and RSC star talks about swapping Brexit for Trump As Donald Trump surged towar…
Musical is dividing residents on island where creator Lin-Manuel Miranda spent childhood summersJavier Ortiz likes to look on the bright side in San Juan, the pretty and gritty capital of Pu…
In the new show Kleptocracy, a House of Cards writer takes us back to a pivotal moment in history and shines a light on the Russian president's interior lifeThere is a bear in the woods. Vla…
In retelling the story of students dismantling a colonialist statue in Cape Town, a vibrant dance-filled production carries prescience for contemporary America"Rhodes was suspended in the ai…
The award-winning show about the Labour party has opened in Maryland and a Democratic congressman has found a string of parallelsThe bar is offering The Labour, "a refreshing gin-based cockt…
Hit musical, which vice-president was booed at during a 2016 performance, opened at Kennedy Center for three-month runThe mega-hit musical Hamilton made a triumphant debut in Washington on T…
Composer and lyricist Jeremy Schonfeld has created a multimedia event to pay tribute to his father's journey in AuschwitzStories of the Holocaust have been told in memoirs, novels and films.…
The actor and writer has brought Noura to the Washington stage and believes that the political climate in Iraq has predicted the current state of the USA decade ago, Ni Qasey, an Iraqi who i…
With 27 productions in the 2017-18 season, the 35-year-old writer has brought incisive wit to the stage and she's thrilled to be at the forefront of a cultural shift in a male-dominated worl…
He's a double Oscar-winner and one of the best-connected people in Britain. And though he hit the headlines last week, he can still dine unrecognised in the West End. David Smith on the enig…
The British playwright, who works as the artistic director of the Baltimore Center Stage theatre, talks about the role of art in troubled times like theseAs a Briton who has lived in America…
The Tony-winning director talks about bringing Fun Home to Washington on the doorstep of a president whose cabinet threatens to roll back LGBT rightsDonald Trump has proved a gift to TV sati…
As Roe, a stage production centered on the landmark abortion case of the 1970s, hits Washington DC, playwright Lisa Loomer discusses its presicenceIn a normal election year, without the doze…
She's worked on stage with Edward Albee, befriended Maggie Smith and, in Body Heat, played one of the definitive screen femme fatales. Now Kathleen Turner is turning her thoughts to bereavem…
The musical tells the story of travellers grounded in the remote Canadian town of Gander on 9/11 " yet despite the sensitive subject matter, it has received huge ovations and is bound for Br…
Secretary of state for whom all the world's a stage writes essay for British Council, praising heroine's diplomatic skills and the restorative effect of comedyPoliticians around the world mi…
A leading genealogist has traced the family tree of the creator and star of Hamilton, discovering a forbidden interracial relationship and flight to MexicoHe has dazzled audiences with his v…
His play An Octoroon has been called the most eloquent drama about race this decade " but, says the playwright, his work is really about the human conditionIt started when he was about 13. B…
The 1916 Irish rebellion against British rule that in six days left 485 people dead is the cue for a festival of Irish arts and culture in WashingtonWhile on the election campaign trail for …
Paul Watson's photo of a US soldier's corpse being desecrated by a mob in Somalia won him the Pultizer " but resulted in decades of trauma explored in a new play called The Body of an Americ…