'Miss Saigon' critics call the musical hurtful
Ordway Center defends the show for its powerful emotions and educational potential.
Ordway Center defends the show for its powerful emotions and educational potential.
The Guardian (UK) 09/05/13
The Rattlestick Playwrights Theater production of The Hilltown Plays — a five-play cycle featuring the work of Lucy Thurber, including the world premieres of Ashville and Stay &md…
As a theatrical form, farce is infinitely flexible, timeless and revelatory … and several recent shows prove it's ripe for a revivalFarce is in the ascendant right now. We've just had Feyd…
The Guardian (UK) 09/02/13
Michael Coveney WhatsOnStage ★★★★ …Jessica Swale's entertaining and well organised first play… The only minor problem is that no-one could possibly be surprised …
There's an unspoken assumption that critics should never discuss the show they're reviewing. Isn't it all a bit ... outdated?Some years ago I took my dad with me to the theatre. There were i…
The Critics' Circle is to host a conference next month to explore the future of professional theatre reviewing. The event marks the organisation’s centenary year since it launched. Cal…
A second production of Samantha Macher's "The Arctic Circle" was stymied -- perhaps because the playwright and the protagonist are both female? Now it's a nearly all-female project.
Lady Gaga's new album, Paul Klee at Tate Modern ... just two of the 25 treats in store for the new seasonRobert McCrumLuke JenningsLaura CummingTom LamontKitty EmpireSusannah ClappFiona Madd…
Pretty much everyone you can think of has been to see Unbroken Circle off-Broadway. From Audra McDonald and Michael Urie to Lilla Crawford and Andrea Burns! It’s crazy…
Far from being in opposition to professional critics, bloggers have come into their own at Edinburgh this yearAugust began with the bad news that the Independent on Sunday is foolishly dispe…
La Rondeby Rebecca EdgewoodCircle is a rare thing for a Fringe festival. It's a smart, sophisticated, well-crafted two-hander, with two solo performers: a comedic actress and a d…
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center announced that Dan Sullivan will retire as head of the National Critics Institute (NCI).
The Stage (UK) 08/16/13
Michael Coveney WhatsOnStage ★★★★ Such a pleasure to re-visit this engaging, elliptical, twisty and beautifully written play… Joe Schofield, played at full tilt by…
Theater Mania 08/16/13
With the coming of hit Broadway musical Wicked to Manila, James Cundall, CEO of Lunchbox Theatrical Productions Limited, one of the lead producers, is aware that not everybody is pleased wit…
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center announced today that Dan Sullivan, faculty member of the National Critics Institute NCI since 1977 and its Director since 1999, will retire as head of the l…
Will Remain On Faculty
Soul Doctor, the new musical about the life and music of controversial Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, officially opened on Broadway Aug. 15 at Circle in the Square.
Predicting stars-to-be is a haphazard business " as I know only too well. Plus: a grizzled comic gives us a blast from the past, and Edinburgh gets a glimpse of the futureTomorrow's stars to…
Performers at the Edinburgh Fringe were given a chance to have their revenge on critics this week, by pelting them with tomatoes. A handful of critics – including Amy Taylor from Th…
A new performing arts consortium formed from six outer-London venues has been launched to tour large-scale outdoor productions within the venues' resident boroughs. The Albany theatre in Dep…
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