75 stories from blogs.guardian.co.uk
His Old Vic tenure has had its ups and downs, but Spacey deserves his triumph with Speed-the-Plow
The National Theatre's The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other is the latest example of an art form exploring the possibilities of silence
While intelligent, urgent new plays such as Happy Now? find homes in subsidised theatre, the West End is increasingly saturated with filler
Neil LaBute thinks British playwrights have the edge when it comes to tackling political issues. Maybe he's watching the wrong American plays
Ossified, demoralised, opaque: the Arts Council should go. Hopefully successful theatres like the Orange Tree would no longer be penalised
After several days in New York, I'm heading back to London. Luckily there are plenty of reasons to return to the Great White Way this year
An 1898 play by the American satirist has been unveiled here in New York, but any reports of its greatness are exaggerated
The star of The Homecoming is one of the many Brits enjoying rave reviews on the Great White Way
In a town that lives for the next big musical, New York is unusually abuzz with plays - and David Henry Hwang's Yellow Face is the finest
Despite the dissenters this was a fine year for new plays. But did the Soho's Baghdad Wedding beat an explosive season at the Royal Court?
I'm not saying we should rewrite Macbeth with a happy ending, but a little more joy on the stage wouldn't hurt
Existing theatres can find my plays too experimental to risk showing, so I created my own
James Earl Jones played Shakespeare's tragic king back in the 70s. Surely it's high time the role was offered to a black British actor
Panto needs a little mischief and its celebrity guests should have plenty of it ...
At least that way more people would be able to see it, rather than just read the glowing reviews
The strike is over. Good news for visitors, but there may be trouble ahead for Broadway's new plays ...
Downtown in New York, it's business as usual - strike or no strike
Nicholas de Jongh is following in the footsteps of critic-playwrights such as Bernard Shaw. Good for him: more of us should practise what we preach
The success of the musicals Hairspray and Legally Blonde means more movies are heading for the stage. But will the magic work?
TV will die in a decade. Cinema will last a little longer. But those of us in the theatre believe live performance is going to be around for as long as humanity
Why do so many award-winning American plays perform badly on this side of the pond?
More British audiences are getting in on a time-honoured American routine and rising to their feet during the curtain call. Does this suggest a newly emotional public?
