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As Ewan McGregor and Rupert Grint take to the New York stage, Matt Wolf looks back at the most memorable Broadway debuts.
“Last Night of the World”—not to mention the rest of the now-iconic score of Miss Saigon—has provided the first flush of stardom for Eva Noblezada, the teenager …
The play "Little Revolution," about the 2011 London riots, falters, while two other plays, "Breeders" and "The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd" underwhelm.
American performer and YouTube sensation Christina Bianco hasn’t exactly been sitting idle since moving to London. Not only is she in previews for the West End transfer of Forbidden Br…
First it was our star actors, now it's our award-winning dramatists who are set to storm Broadway, as a host of British plays transfer from London to the New York stage
The role of Albert in the long-running War Horse has produced some highly distinguished alumni, starting with Luke Treadaway, who went on to win an Olivier Award for The Curious Incident of …
The days are getting shorter, and in the theater world, that’s good news! The fall season is revving up, and this month marks the West End arrival of both Olivier Award-winning veteran…
The London summer openings of "Medea," "Julius Caesar" and "Dogfight" give pride of place to the actresses.
This has been a busy season for Off Broadway musicals crossing the pond to London, from Dessa Rose and Dogfight to Forbidden Broadway and See Rock City. But for simplicity of approach couple…
Who says you can’t go home again? Kerry Ellis has returned to her defining role as Elphaba in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre for a limited run through October, barring certain p…
Geronimo Rauch not only has one of the best names on the West End, but the Argentinian actor has also had two of the best jobs. He first played Jean Valjean in Les Miserables at the Queen&rs…
Lauren Bacall, who has died at the age of 89, was an iconic figure on screen. She spoke one of the immortal lines in film history when all but exhaling the remark, "You just put your lips to…
A superb staging of "My Night With Reg" opens at the Donmar Warehouse. "Holy Warriors" at Shakespeare's Globe tries to compress the history of the Middle East into two-and-a-half hours.
After nearly two years in the West End, the musical adaptation of the Whitney Houston film The Bodyguard will play its final performance August 30 at the Adelphi Theatre. Thea Sharrock&rsquo…
Benedict Andrews's ferocious new production of Tennessee Williams's "Streetcar Named Desire" at the Young Vic stars Gillian Anderson and Ben Foster.
Summer is officially winding down, but there’s no shortage of openings and special theatrical events all month long, from revivals of classic musicals (Guys and Dolls) to the European …
A London revival of Oscar Wilde's "Earnest" is the latest of several productions that have cast stage veterans in younger roles.
Film star Kathleen Turner is no stranger to the British stage, having twice appeared out of town at the Chichester Festival Theatre (in the solo play Tallulah and Somerset Maugham’s Ou…
Elaine Stritch, who has died aged 89, was a star of stage and TV. Here are her 10 best, or most defining, roles
At age 62, Nigel Havers might seem long in the tooth to be playing witty young bachelor Algernon (Algy) Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde's beloved comic masterpi…
Paul Chahidi stole the spotlight on both sides of the Atlantic with his sublimely funny and commanding turn as Maria in Twelfth Night, the all-male production of Shakespeare’s comedy t…
Is there no end to the London stage’s infatuation with all things American? You might think not in a month that promises major works by Tennessee Williams and the Gershwins, and with n…
In London, 'Mr. Burns' and 'Adler & Gibb' Stir Things Up; 'Khandan' Provides Relief
Alex Jennings won a 2003 Olivier Award for playing Henry Higgins in the Trevor Nunn-directed revival of My Fair Lady, and the protean actor is now back at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in an…
Three plays provide very different experiences for British audiences.
