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RIP Stephen Sondheim, who has died age 91
The master of musicals remembered, and revered
Stephen Mangan is the best Scrooge yet, with Oli Higginson and Rachel John amongst those lending sterling support
Two London productions that play fast and loose with their literary sources lack the theatrical magic of another show that gives viewers the original, unadorned.
Arthur Darvill as Henry Finn in Royal Court play dogged by controversy; Hamish Pirie directs
Alex Mugnaioni gives a breakout performance in London premiere of 2018 Broadway play
Much-traveled musical needs a narrative makeover - but the songs are cool
Lizzy Connolly stars in a musical in search of music, and a point-of-view
On British stages, Saoirse Ronan, Cush Jumbo and Ian McKellen present contrasting approaches to Shakespeare and Chekhov.
An ageless Stockard Channing excels in fitfully effective revival of Marsha Norman Pulitzer winner
Ian Shaw plays his late father, 'Jaws' co-star Robert Shaw, in a play the younger Shaw has co-written
Tom Mothersdale excels yet again, this time at the Donmar and directed by Elayce Ismail
Suzan-Lori Parks has tweaked her Off Broadway play to mixed results
"I can't sleep": So goes the fateful opening line of White Noise, the Suzan-Lori Parks play disturbing enough to spark ma…
A new work by Caryl Churchill, the final installment in Hilary Mantel's Cromwell saga and a Larry Kramer play deploy their running times with varied success.
Sophie Stanton in 25th anniversary revival of Ayub Khan Din's debut play
Ovid comes to refreshed life courtesy 3 playwrights, 2 directors, and 4 actors
The Olivier winner and Tony nominee returns to the historical well
Bess Wohl two-hander gets a superlative production
A stealthily powerful play gets the production of its dreams in Camp Siegfried, which marks a high-profile UK presence for the American wr…
Aleshea Harris play has a powerful UK debut at the Royal Court
"Frozen" and "Back to the Future: The Musical" are sure to please fans of the original screen works, without offering much more of interest.
Paula Vogel's play - delayed at the Menier by the pandemic - is even more moving in London than it was in New York.
Time hasn't been kind to The Memory of Water, Shelagh Stephenson's play about three sisters brought together following the death of their mother.
In "Rockets and Blue Lights" and "Once Upon a Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia," British playwrights make grand gestures. Sometimes too grand.
Here's one interesting feature of the London theatre as autumn hoves into view: for whatever reason, the capital's stages are unusually alive to Jewish stories just now.
After months of pandemic-mandated postponements, the British composer's new show finally had its premiere. It's fun.
