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62 stories by "Ruth Leon"

A LETTER FROM LONDON: The National Announces New Director and The Light Princess' Effects Dazzle by Ruth Leon

The monthly missive from Across the Pond offers an insider's look into the Royal National Theatre's new director and a first glimpse of Tori Amos and Samuel Adamson's new mu…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on October 26, 2013

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Immersive Theatre Takes to the Streets and Mid-Day Performances Offer Classics for Lunch by Ruth Leon

The monthly missive from Across the Pond offers an insider's look into immersive theatre and a glance at lunchtime theatre in Great Britain.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on September 19, 2013

A LETTER FROM LONDON: The Profumo Scandal Takes the Stage, Shakespeare Travels the Globe and Small-Stage Musicals are a Big Hit by Ruth Leon

The monthly missive from Across the Pond educates readers on historical scandals, a globe-trotting Hamlet and scaled-down productions of The Color Purple and Titanic.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on August 30, 2013

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Soaking Up the Summer Sun, an Amusing Private Lives and Daniel Radcliffe Goes Dark in The Cripple of Inishmaan by Ruth Leon

The monthly missive from Across the Pond introduces readers to summer in the city, Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor in Private Lives and Daniel Radcliffe in The Cripple of Inishmaan.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00pm on July 17, 2013

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Once Goes Busking and Strange Interlude and Sweet Bird of Youth are Revived by Ruth Leon

Subway travelers in London and New York are accustomed to being serenaded by a dizzying variety of musicians as we wend our weary way from one platform or line to another. We rarely pay atte…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on June 22, 2013

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Helen Mirren as The Queen, a Mercer and Short Memorial and More by Ruth Leon

The monthly missive from Across the Pond introduces readers to Helen Mirren taking The Queen to the streets, a cabaret concert and some puddle-jumping plays. *

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on May 28, 2013

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw in Peter and Alice, Henry Goodman in The Winslow Boy and More by Ruth Leon

The monthly missive from Across the Pond takes readers to John Logan's imaginative piece Peter and Alice, James Graham's political work This House and Henry Goodman in The Winslow Bo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on April 22, 2013

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Shakespeare's Historic Curtain, The Judas Kiss, Quartermaine's Terms and More by Ruth Leon

The monthly missive from Across the Pond looks at the historic London venue known as the Curtain, Morley Prize-worthy books and productions of Our Country's Good, The Vortex, Quartermain…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 16, 2013

Something Wicked This Way Comes: Meet Matilda Villain Bertie Carvel by Ruth Leon

Look out, Miss Hannigan. Broadway has a new, deliciously wicked villainess, Miss Trunchbull, played by one Mr. Bertie Carvel, already an Olivier Award winner for the new musical Matilda.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 3, 2013

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Recommended London Theatres; Books Worthy of the Morley Prize by Ruth Leon

The monthly missive from Across the Pond offers perspective on a handful of London's essential theatrical institutions, James Hogan's Ivy and Joan, the year's most engaging …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00pm on February 12, 2013

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Merrily We Roll Along, Privates on Parade, Constellations, Kiss Me, Kate and More by Ruth Leon

Maria Friedman, John Lithgow, Simon Russell Beale, Alex Bourne, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins, Harriet Walter, Phyllida Lloyd, Hannah Waddingham punctuate this month's look at London theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on January 3, 2013

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Howard Davies, Mark Gatiss, Adrian Lester, Ken Stott and Anna Friel Enliven the London Stage by Ruth Leon

This month's report from England looks at productions of Uncle Vanya, Berenice, 55 Days at Hampstead, Lolita Chakrabarti's Red Velvet, and explores how cabaret blooms at night in Lon…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on November 28, 2012

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Much Ado in India, Cabaret and I Am a Camera, Alan Ayckbourn's Chorus of Disapproval by Ruth Leon

A look at London's East Indian-set Much Ado About Nothing; Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon in All That Fall; Cabaret and its source material, I Am a Camera; A Chorus of Disapproval; and…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on November 3, 2012

Douglas Hodge Talks About Playing Cyrano, a Romantic Who Thumbs His Nose to the World by Ruth Leon

Tony Award winner Douglas Hodge and director Jamie Lloyd on why the verse classic Cyrano de Bergerac still speaks to us after more than a century. To wit: "Each of us has some kind of n…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on October 4, 2012

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Jonathan Pryce in King Lear, the Refurbished Bristol Old Vic, Josie Rourke's Donmar Slate by Ruth Leon

An amble through the landscape of U.K. theatre, with stops at Matilda, the Donmar Warehouse, Lear at the Almeida and Hedda at the Old Vic and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on October 1, 2012

A LETTER FROM LONDON: London Wonderground, Miriam Margolyes, The Last of the Haussmans and More by Ruth Leon

This month's missive offers a reflection on World Stages London, a peek at the freaky London Wonderground, a reunion with Dickens' Women, plus The Last of the Haussmans, The Physicis…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01am on September 17, 2012

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Ragtime, The Sunshine Boys, New Venues and More by Ruth Leon

In London, finally a late-night dinner option in the theatre district. Plus, a look at The Sunshine Boys, Birthday, Ragtime and actress-singer Janie Dee.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 23, 2012

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Mary Shelley Comes Alive, and So Does The Browning Version (Twice) by Ruth Leon

London attractions at the moment include David Hare's South Downs, paired with its inspiration, Terence Rattigan's The Browning Version, plus Helen Edmundson's Mary Shelley, a ne…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on June 24, 2012

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Chichester Festival, York Mystery Plays, Kim Cattrall and More by Ruth Leon

If you're not planning to see Singin' in the Rain, Long Day's Journey Into Night or Collaborators in London, how about a weekend in the country, far from the crowds?

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on May 27, 2012

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Stephen Sondheim Takes a Bow, Plus Eve Best and Sweeney Todd by Ruth Leon

A roundup of spring parties in London, including the presentation of the Sheridan Morley Prize to Stephen Sondheim, plus visits to his Sweeney Todd and the Old Vic's Duchess of Malfi sta…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on May 8, 2012

The Return of Andrew Lloyd Webber; The Truth Is He Never Left Us by Ruth Leon

With the spring arrival of two revivals of his past classics — Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar — Phantom composer Andrew Lloyd Webber will have three musicals on Broadway at the sa…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on February 20, 2012

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Simon Russell Beale, Lindsay Duncan, Ibsen, Shaw and The Curious Incident of the Dog by Ruth Leon

The monthly roundup of London's theatrical events past, present and future includes a peek into the Young Vic, the National, the Noel Coward and the Rose.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on February 7, 2012

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Matilda, Pippin, Eddie Redmayne as Richard II, One Man, Two Guvnors and More by Ruth Leon

A look at London theatrical events, including Menier Chocolate Factory's Pippin, the Roald Dahl-based musical Matilda and the Broadway-bound One Man, Two Guvnors.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on January 9, 2012

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Come for the Olympics, Stay for the Theatre by Ruth Leon

A walking tour of recent, current and upcoming London theatrical events, including programming for 2012 World Stages London, plus Broken Glass, Crazy for You, The Lion in Winter, Collaborato…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04am on December 5, 2011

A LETTER FROM LONDON: Come for the Olympics, Stay for the Theatre by Ruth Leon

A walking tour of recent current and upcoming London theatrical events, including programming for 2012 World Stages London, plus Broken Glass, Crazy for You, The Lion in Winter, Collabators …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on December 5, 2011
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