Arrive at your seat in the Young Vic auditorium for "Twelfth Night" and you may well be greeted by an enthusiastic cast or chorus member in carnival garb who happily asks if you are pumped f…
It's easy to be dismissive of the concept of yet another "A Star Is Born" remake. Lady Gaga, a dance-pop star for years, gets chosen for the role with little movie experience. The film is pr…
From The Eagles and Eric Clapton to the New York International Fringe Festival, there is plenty of choice among performing-arts shows in the Big Apple this week.New Yorkers can also catch pr…
The London stage gets a lot of revolutionary new shows over the next few weeks.Martin McDonagh moves on from "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" with a new play; Charles Dickens's "S…
The New York International Fringe Festival is back. North America's largest event of its kind is a highlight of performing arts in the Big Apple this week.Other shows include concerts by Chr…
Gender-swapping is everywhere on the London stage. This week Stephen Sondheim's bachelor Bobby becomes a female Bobbi in "Company." Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden alternate in the lead roles …
Ralph Fiennes, always a crowd draw, plays a prowling General Mark Antony; Sophie Okonedo is the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. Fiennes lurks and sulks like a wounded tiger. Okonedo regally flounc…
Music still leads New York performing arts this week. Paul Simon follows his Madison Square Garden shows with one last big tour gig, at Corona Park, Flushing Meadows. Central Park SummerStag…
It is a week of stellar returns for the London stage this week. Ralph Fiennes is back at the National Theatre, this time playing Antony in "Antony and Cleopatra." Kylie Minogue takes over th…
America, get ready. The Magic Numbers are heading back. If you don't know this UK-based, Mercury Prize nominated band, now is a great time to catch up. They have returned with their first ne…
A string of new plays opened this week in London, led by "Foxfinder," starring Olivier Award-winner Iwan Rheon. Off West End, "The Village," "Distance" and "An Adventure" are also especially…
Music leads our choice of New York performing arts this week. Paul Simon is playing his last big shows in New York before retiring from touring, while David Byrne is returning to the Forest …
"Distance" is powerful, hard-hitting, shocking, challenging, thought-proving, bleak, and important, all in one. Alex McSweeney's play has just premiered at Park Theatre in London.On every se…
New York's autumn theater season adds another two shows this week: "Girl From the North Country," Conor McPherson's play with Bob Dylan music, and pool-room saga "The Nap." They join a pair …
London is saying farewell to the Proms for another year with the Last Night and looking forward to a lively autumn season for performing arts.The "Pinter at the Pinter" season is now startin…
"Dance Nation" starts with a wild, tightly-choreographed group dance. Don't be fooled by this scene, the show's title and its posters into thinking that this is all about dance, and the Alme…
This week, New York has two significant plays making their debuts: Theresa Rebeck's new comedy "Bernhardt/Hamlet" and "The True," Sharr White's political satire.Meanwhile, music fans have pl…
This week London is about to get some amazing transfers of acclaimed shows, both from New York and Edinburgh.One of New York's best plays of the past few years, the multi-award-winning "The …
Judith Owen's latest album "redisCOVERed" is a superb collection that reinterprets songs by Drake, Ed Sheeran, Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney and more. Owen radically reworks them as you have…
The beauty of "Swan Lake" makes it one of the most crowd-pleasing ballets. Tchaikovsky's familiar, enchanting music is entertainment enough for some audiences. That's not even to factor in t…
Londoners seeking entertainment in this bank-holiday week are spoiled for choice.Music fans can listen to Dizzy Rascal at the South West Four festival, Britney Spears at the O2 or Bernstein …
The new fall season looms in New York, with a lot to look forward to, including three shows that were big hits in London: "Girl From the North Country," with Bob Dylan songs; Jez Butterworth…
"The Rise and Fall of Little Voice" has become something of a British classic, especially after its film version.It's been revived many times. If you've not seen it, now is a good time to do…
The main batch of awards is coming in this week at the world's largest arts festival in Edinburgh. It is time for the final part of the BLOUIN ARTINFO pick of the best of 5,000 events scatte…
In one of the hottest musical tickets in months, Drake is at Madison Square Garden. "Pretty Woman" is another big seller as the hit movie comes to the New York stage. These are just two of t…