280 stories by "Richard Jordan"
"For show freaks, this has been a night unlike any other," starts a particularly memorable paragraph in Ken Mandelbaum's terrific book Not Since
Last week, global ticketing agency Ticketmaster launched its new FlexPay plan in the US. It will allow customers to buy tickets to
There is much pleasure to be had in rediscovering a show, an experience I recently had at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's revival
For whatever reason, some musical theatre shows are virtually written off before they have even opened. It can't be because the premise
During recent weeks, it has seemed that the drama broadcast by television networks has often had little to do with new writing but
It was the late, great theatre maverick, mischief-maker and showman Ken Campbell who used to say that a play should be either less
Next month it will be a year since The New York Times broke the news story about Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct. It exposed a toxic
What happens when the leading man in a play at your theatre, which has no understudies, has to go to the hospital
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe ended on Monday and, as it all packs up for another year, a question has been nagging me.
We're entering the final days of the Edinburgh Fringe, but where's the buzz? This fringe has seen no shortage of quality " especially in new writing. Neither has ther…
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe may once have been considered a rite of passage, where many of today's leading performers cut their teeth and before
The Edinburgh Fringe officially began last Friday. I love the last few days before the opening each year – there is a
The entertainment industry has been raising awareness of the issue of mental health among its workforce of late. Does it not also
When John Logan’s play Red ends its West End revival this Saturday, audiences will remember Alfreds Molina and Enoch for their star turns in the
Have we got to the point where some theatre classics are unstageable, or at least only stageable with significant editing? A few
I have been closely following the World Cup, although I have not watched a single game. The reason is, if you ever
A few weeks ago, the Hungarian State Opera was staging its own production of Billy Elliot. This was its third season of
At first glance, theatre and aviation may not have much in common. However, a recent experience got me thinking. In March, four days
Understudy Steph Parry’s story of stepping out of 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane and moments later into the lead role in Mamma Mia! down the street
Carole Rothman, artistic director of New York’s Second Stage, caused a bit of a stir last year. At the launch event ahead
Here's a challenge: can you remember the best musical nominees at this year's Olivier awards? What about those nominees a year earlier
It's so 1980s. That's a criticism, and one that has been frequently levelled at the recent London revival of Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny
Theatres have long sought to entice prospective audiences through their doors by emblazoning their marquees and accompanying signage with rapturous quotes from
On a recent visit to see Once on This Island at New York's Circle in the Square Theater, I experienced a new level of security check.
A new musical staging of Pretty Woman arrives on Broadway in July. The movie-to-musical format is not a new concept; works such
