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The award-winning writer, whose hit musical originally opened on Broadway in the late 60s, died in New York City of cardiorespiratory arrest
James Rado, the award-winning co-creator of Hair,…
Mark Taper Forum, Los AngelesRajiv Joseph's play conveys the elation and heartbreak of sporting obsession, seen through the eyes of two friends
The king in this new American play is basketba…
The Independence Day star landed his first major role in his 30s, but has since made up for lost time. Now he's heading to the stage in a furious satire. He talks about family, fame and how …
There are so many examples of the arts being used to unite and galvanise people. Here it is being deployed as a tool of division
For most of my 25 years as a journalist, "the arts" have usua…
Geffen Playhouse, Los AngelesPrivacy, religion, abuse of power and the spotlight of Instagram are all explored in Anna Ouyang Moench's darkly comic tale
A group of women wield retribution on…
Dmitry by Peter Oswald at the Marylebone theatre completes a drama by the German writer that offers a complex historical perspective on Russia
A new London theatre, based in the Grade II-lis…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonEngaging, blokey, old-school standup about domesticity, parenthood and the frustrations of modern life is mixed with material specific to the scouse joker's l…
Linbury theatre, LondonA hardworking young company showcase a range of dance styles to music including classical, rock and contemporary
The Royal Ballet's Next Generation festival is a platf…
Rufus Norris says DCMS levelling-up scheme will have opposite effect to that intended
The director of the National Theatre in London is warning that the government's levelling-up agenda will…
One irritating theatre reviewer shouldn't hide the fact that too many writers pull punchesRemaining evening performances of Legally Blonde, showing at the Regent's Park Open Air theatre, are…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonBack in the role she first played in 1997, Hunter uses her extraordinary transformative powers to show us the king as a geriatric child at the head of a disintegra…
LA Dance Project, Los AngelesBenjamin Millepied's charismatic company shine in a performance shrewdly set to Caroline Shaw and Andy Akiho's rich compositions
Dancing to music is one thing; m…
Royal Court, London; Orange Tree, RichmondA revelatory drama about identity theft is let down by its thriller plot, while translator Martin Crimp adds wit to an outsized Marivaux comedy
The …
Festival theatre, ChichesterEven-handed to a fault, Stephen Beresford's new comedy coasts by on sub-Alan Bennett humour and the odd eye-roll at wokeness. But its hero's stance on balloons be…
Birmingham RepThis attempt to make Mustapha Matura's adaptation of the classic drama into a calypso-laced entertainment has lost something in translation
Something's not quite right. The sou…
Royal Albert Hall; Royal Opera House, LondonMatthew Bourne and Christopher Wheeldon bring Broadway dazzle and cinematic power to their adaptations of Bizet's Carmen and Laura Esquivel's 1989…
My friend Elizabeth Richie, who has died aged 76 from a pulmonary embolism, had a career and life that encompassed success in dance, theatre administration, complementary medicine and art.
I…
Royal Court, LondonOne play reveals another in a tangled web that pits the Home Office against two Guardian blind-daters
Lift up the cover of the playtext for That Is Not Who I Am by Dave Da…
Soho theatre, LondonMalign males on the dating scene are the focus of this heartfelt set, with keep-fit fans, activists and men who claim to be feminists also under the microscope
Hot on the…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonNoma Dumezweni is a compelling lead in Lucas Hnath's sequel, which is well drawn but a little too tightly controlled
A dark and heavy house fills the stage. Just bef…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThis mini festival celebrating the older dancer features powerful performers " and is defiantly not pretty
Founded in 2014, Sadler's Wells' Elixir festival is a season …
Soho theatre, LondonA delightfully silly but sneakily serious take on hook-up culture and its collateral damage, with bonus standup sets
Comedy show or treatment programme? Mary Beth Barone'…
Old Vic theatre, LondonA stylish rework of the August Wilson character-study sees a standout performance from Wil Johnson as the put-upon head of the titular cab station
Within a run-down st…
Soho theatre, LondonTwin stories of self-discovery are enacted by scintillating, energetic performers stacked with natural talent
Cue the music because here comes a play that feels like a cl…
Birmingham RepThis bright calypso musical, a feelgood reboot of Mustapha Matura's play, features a tremendous cast and sweet duets
Is it a musical or is it a play with songs? It's a moot poi…
