The Verdict: Critics Review Samantha Barks in Amlie Musical
The world-premiere musical Amélie, based on the imaginative Academy Award-nominated French film of the same title, officially opened Sept. 11 at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
The world-premiere musical Amélie, based on the imaginative Academy Award-nominated French film of the same title, officially opened Sept. 11 at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
It's not hard to stumble across an excess of reviews for any given Broadway show these days, but there is a group of theatregoers that is wildly underrepresented when it comes to opinions on…
Matthew Lopez's The Legend of Georgia McBride, presented by MCC Theatre, tells the story of an Elvis impersonator turned drag queen. Following previews that began Aug. 20, the world prem…
The jukebox musical of Dusty Springfield's life finally opens in the West End
How many shows can you name that have their opening night more than a fortnight after their run was scheduled to end? Dusty is London’s own Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, a fraught hig…
When the acclaimed new Tiananmen Square play "Chimerica" was selected to open Studio Theatre's new season, Beijing-born Helen Huang was a natural fit to design the costumes. She had emigrate…
In the highly stratified world of opera-going, the seating area known as the founders circle is the modern-day equivalent to Valhalla, an exclusive domain located on high and populated by go…
By Stephen Collins What long running show should you see first in London? We have compiled this list to save you the trouble of working it out! It’s just our view – and everyone …
By Stephen Collins What play should you see first in London? We have compiled this list to save you the trouble of working it out! It’s just our view – and everyone has one ̵…
By Stephen Collins What Musical should you see first in London? We have compiled this list to save you the trouble of working it out! It’s just our view – and everyone has one …
Adapted from the 1999 film with Jake Gyllenhaal, October Sky is a new musical about boys, rockets and big dreams. Following previews that began Aug. 19, the world premiere officially opened …
Whorl Inside a Loop, a new play by Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott, officially opened at Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre Aug. 27, following previews that began Aug. 4. The pre…
Terry Johnson's production received a warm reception in Bath
Misty Copeland, a principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, joined the cast of On the Town Aug. 26.
Star of 'Sherlock' and 'The Imitation Game' gets better reviews than does the London production.
MoviesThe films David Edelstein can't wait to see. Experimenter Oct. 9Peter Sarsgaard as Stanley Milgram, the Yale researcher who ordered test subjects to deliver shocks to a stranger, their…
LONDON (AP) -- It's a "Hamlet" with Hollywood-level hype and an A-list star in Benedict Cumberbatch. But London's latest stage sensation is more than a Shakespearean star vehicle....
As one critic stated upfront: the press night is a major anti-climax. Nevertheless, while the verdicts don’t make a blind bit of difference to the box office on a production that sold …
Since previews began Aug. 5, the London press has written about little else besides Benedict Cumberbatch's London stage return in the title role in Hamlet, with three major outlets -…
"I try not to pay attention to notices, reviews. I try not to read them. But I have no discipline. I try to be cool about the good ones; the bad ones kill me." Edward G. Robinson (with Leona…
By Barbara & Scott Siegel Hot and Cold Running Critics There are essentially two kinds of critics operating in our theater.…
Beautiful HAMILTON subway display greets downtown 1 train commuters.
The newly aligned Fringe and EIF enter their second week