Danai Gurira Talks Theater, Directing and London Revival of Her Play 'The Convert' by Stephen Dalton

The 'Walking Dead' star discusses the impact of her screen roles and her blossoming theater career, including the new production headlining 'Black Panther' co-star Letitia Wright.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:55am on December 16, 2018☆⚑

'Long Day's Journey Into Night': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

2018 Oscar nominee Lesley Manville and Jeremy Irons share top billing in director Richard Eyre's Brooklyn-bound revival of the Eugene O'Neill classic.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:26pm on February 7, 2018☆⚑

'The Exorcist': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Ian McKellen plays a diabolical vocal role in this London stage premiere based on William Peter Blatty's 1971 novel and William Friedkin's classic 1973 horror movie.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:52pm on October 31, 2017☆⚑

'Amadeus': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Peter Shaffer's classic psychodrama about the murderous musical rivalry between Mozart and Salieri, 'Amadeus,' returns for its first major London revival in almost 20 years.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:34pm on October 28, 2016☆⚑

'The Entertainer': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Kenneth Branagh slips into Laurence Olivier's tap-dancing shoes to revive John Osborne's classic 1957 musical drama about the dying days of the British Empire.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:57am on August 31, 2016☆⚑

'Groundhog Day': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Director Matthew Warchus, composer Tim Minchin and the team behind 'Matilda' turn the much-loved Bill Murray screen comedy into a lavish stage musical. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:47pm on August 16, 2016☆⚑

'Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

'Billy Elliot' creator Lee Hall tackles a wilder kind of teen escapism in this riotous stage musical about a choir of foul-mouthed Catholic schoolgirls on the hunt for sex, booze and excitem…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00am on August 11, 2016☆⚑

'The Trial of Jane Fonda': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Veteran Oscar nominee Anne Archer plays Hollywood screen legend Jane Fonda in Terry Jastrow's dramatic reassessment of Fonda's controversial antiwar activist past. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:06am on July 15, 2016☆⚑

'Unreachable': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Erstwhile Doctor Who Matt Smith returns to the London stage in an experimental comedy about diva directors and egomaniac actors, devised in rehearsals by director and cast. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:26am on July 9, 2016☆⚑

'Wild': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Edward Snowden inspired this timely British drama from Mike Bartlett ('King Charles III') about secrecy and surveillance, which combines absurdist comedy with dazzling special effects. read …

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 1:15pm on June 21, 2016☆⚑

'Sideways': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Rex Pickett combines elements of his original novel with Alexander Payne's Oscar-winning buddy comedy for this new stage version of the boozy California bromance. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 1:18pm on June 1, 2016☆⚑

'3Penny Opera': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Rory Kinnear stars in this new adaptation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's lusty lowlife musical at the National Theatre, the first London revival in over 20 years. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:49am on May 27, 2016☆⚑

'The Caretaker': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Timothy Spall returns to the stage after two decades' absence in Harold Pinter's cryptic classic about three lost souls thrown together in a drab London attic. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:25am on April 7, 2016☆⚑

'Sunset Boulevard': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Glenn Close makes her belated West End stage debut, reviving her 1995 Tony-winning role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Hollywood noir musical based on the Billy Wilder film. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:30pm on April 4, 2016☆⚑

'The Sessions': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

This lightly dramatized new Beatles musical features 60 songs, 45 performers and a high-tech stage set that includes a full-scale replica of Abbey Road recording studio. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:05pm on April 4, 2016☆⚑

'The Painkiller': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Kenneth Branagh makes a rare return to the West End stage in this lively French farce. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 2:24am on March 18, 2016☆⚑

'Escaped Alone': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Veteran British dramatist Caryl Churchill mixes domestic comedy with dystopian horror in her latest London premiere.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:18am on January 29, 2016☆⚑

'Les Liaisons Dangereuses': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Dominic West and Janet McTeer play scheming serial seducers in this classic sexual revenge drama, which is back in the West End for a 30th anniversary revival.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:26pm on December 17, 2015☆⚑

'Evening at the Talk House': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Premiering at the National, Wallace Shawn's first new play in seven years is a dark political farce set in the gossipy backstage world of theaterland.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:55pm on November 25, 2015☆⚑

'Photograph 51': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Nicole Kidman throws her star power behind this drama about scientist and feminist icon Rosalind Franklin, long denied full credit for her groundbreaking work on DNA.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 6:31pm on September 14, 2015☆⚑

'Song From Far Away': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Hot director Ivo van Hove teams up with Tony-winning playwright Simon Stephens for this chamber drama about a New York banker shaken by family tragedy.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:46am on September 8, 2015☆⚑

'Mrs. Henderson Presents': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

A new stage musical based on the Judi Dench movie about an infamous London theater impresario who shocked the British establishment with full frontal nudity.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 6:59pm on August 26, 2015☆⚑

'Bakkhai': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

James Bond co-star Ben Whishaw plays a seductive, vengeful, sexually ambivalent god of pleasure in this new version of the ancient Greek classic by Euripides.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:48pm on July 30, 2015☆⚑

'The Skriker': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

British national treasure Maxine Peake plays a shape-shifting demonic spirit in Caryl Churchill's nightmarish horror fable, featuring music by Antony Hegarty and Nico Muhly.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:29am on July 5, 2015☆⚑

'Wonder.land': Theater Review by Stephen Dalton

Co-written by Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz, this high-tech British stage musical reboots Lewis Carroll's classic novel for the social media generation. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 1:24pm on July 3, 2015☆⚑