29 stories by "Louis Train"
The audience couldn't get enough at Main Men of Musicals, a concert at Cadogan Hall last night featuring West End starsLuke Bayer, Ben Forster, Trevor Dion Nicholas, Liam Tamne, and some ver…
It happens every now and then that a reputation becomes so prominent, it's hard to see the person inside of it. Sergei Polunin, the Ukrainian ballet dancer, is dwarfed by two gigantic reputa…
Sergey Kuryshev is a titan of the Russian stage, a highly regarded interpreter of Chekhov, an occasional film star, and a mainstay of St. Petersburg's Maly Drama Theatre.Sergey and the Maly …
Amour, which opens soon at the Charing Cross Theatre, isn't just a musical - it's a musical fantasy. Tinged with love, longing, and imagination, it's a show that not only provides, but deman…
I was sat outside the English National Opera reading a novel when Kelsey Grammer walked by, humming cheerfully about a bleak and unbearable world. He was getting ready for a rehearsal of Man…
Louis de Bernieres' novelCaptain Corelli's Mandolin, about the German occupation of the Mediterranean during World War Two, was a smash hit when it came out in 1994, selling millions of copi…
You never imagined Margaret Thatcher could be so vulgar, but then, it seems weirdly plausible. Like all good drag, Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho is outrageous and unreal, and sometimes fun.
Playwrights, directorsand producers gathered at the May Fair Hotel on Monday for the third annual Tonic Awards, celebrating the achievements of women in theatre. In attendance, in addition t…
Whether you know him as a contestant on The X Factor, as a member of Union J, or from his work on stage, there's a good chance you've heard Jaymi Hensley sing.Now, he's taking Joseph and the…
An upright piano, a bottle of something strong, a door leading somewhere else. Billy Bishop Goes to War, on now at the Southwark Playhouse, after transferring from the Jermyn Street Theatre,…
Diana Vishneva earned a thunderous ovation at Sadler's Wells last night, not only from the audience, but from the beaming assembly of dancers who stood behind her.
Jonathan Hyde is currently starring in Gently Down the Stream, a new play at the Park Theatreexploringan intergenerational gay relationship.Jonathan told BroadwayWorldwhat makes this show po…
This new production of Arthur Miller's rarely-produced play, on now at the Old Vic, offers some emotional and aesthetic rewards, but misses more often than it hits.
Shelley Maxwell doesn't stop. Born in Jamaica, trained in Cuba, practised in New York, and based in London, she has turned heads as a choreographer and performer, in contemporary dance and m…
A hail of cigarette boxes, bicycles, jazz, and divine intervention. Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre's The Good Person of Szechwan, at the Barbican Centre, is unpredictable, intense, and cathart…
'It's not always easy for foreigners to get to London,' the theatre's general administrator told me. 'They asked us a lot of questions Who are you What are you here for' But, he pointed out,…
A bird, a bunny, and a baby a shoemaker and a clock and a critter on a walk. Waltz of the Hommelettes is a breezy, charming distraction of a play, 50 minutes of children's illustrations brou…
The Sun Line is currently playingat Sadler's Wells. Russian stage director and actor Viktor Ryzhakovdiscusses the show, as well asthe universality of theatre, the relationship between art an…
When I first saw The Sun Line, at The Meyerhold Centre, in Moscow, I was so jolted by its aggressively inventive technique that I started recommenidng it to all my friends.
In Trevor Nunn's extraordinary new production of Fiddler on the Roof, at the Menier Chocolate Factory, a dimension of intimacy and immediacy recasts a familar show, dragging it, sometimes te…
Not many people know the name Claude-Michel Schonberg, but everybody knows his music as the composer of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, Claude-Michel is present in everyone's playlist, in a …
Guys and Dolls has come to the Mill at Sonning, and brought with it all the sleazy music, flashy dancing, and good, clean fun you could want in an evening.
Chris's new book, Rise Up, looks at Broadway and American society from Angels in America to Hamilton. In an interview with fellow critic Matt Wolf, at the Bloomsbury Institute yesterday, Chr…
Put simply, Ruby's caricaturistic portrayal of Golda Meir, the former Prime Minister of Israel, does great injustice to the source material, and blends comedy and melodrama so unevenly as al…
Now, the London Musical Theatre Orchestra have added their own spin, mounting Girlfriends as a concert with only minimal narration, rather than a fully produced musical. It seems they've fou…
