Good Night, Oscar " Sean Hayes hits the right notes in quippy pianist bio-drama
Mental health and the ghost of Gershwin loom large in Doug Wright's Tony-winning play about the darkly witty Oscar Levant
Mental health and the ghost of Gershwin loom large in Doug Wright's Tony-winning play about the darkly witty Oscar Levant
Non-professional actors crank up the authenticity in this father-daughter tale set in the Corsican underworld
An Oscar winner for Children of a Lesser God, she talks candidly about a life of struggle, trauma and activism
This venerable and entirely distinctive conductor-and-orchestra partnership produced energising Beethoven and shimmering Bartók
How to choose from 3,853 shows? Tastemakers pick their favourites, from James Graham's latest play to anarchic hidden gems
Johnny McKnight's show tells the story of panto and his own part in dragging it into the 21st century
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan reunite 22 years on as a podcasting therapist and a business manager/single mother
Sandy Grierson excels as the banker who led RBS to ruin and a hammy Brian Cox is Adam Smith in premiere at Edinburgh International Festival
Damiano Michieletto's staging is stark but singers and orchestra take JanáÄek's opera to the height of intensity
Dan Colley's play about an elderly actor in a care facility adds painful new poignancy to Shakespeare
The young South Korean pianist performed a lucid Fourth Concerto at the Royal Albert Hall, despite a startling interruption
The Italian dancer is still performing to sold-out crowds around the world. What's his secret?
The Baroque orchestra's founder Sigiswald Kuijken offers the concertos as delicate, stylish chamber performances
A visionary director " and a controversial patron " are putting the Hamburg State Opera under fresh scrutiny
Marking his 90th birthday year, choral pieces by the Estonian composer and others were performed at a hushed Royal Albert Hall
The pop star " who got her break in Broadway's 'Mean Girls' " shows off her versatility in her freethinking second album
Historian Martha Sandweiss turns detective in a quest to identify a mystery woman surrounded by white male colonisers
The Jam and Style Council singer gives Seventies songs an enticing folk-rock groove, with guest turns from Noel Gallagher and Robert Plant
Holders of seats say venue is infringing rights of access dating back to 19th century
Director Peter Sellars' attempt to create music drama from three separate pieces is just a glorified concert programme
Warfare between men and women is central to Yaël Farber's staging at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
The 2010 film gets a plot-heavy, ponderous reimagining at London's Savoy Theatre
Dmitri Tcherniakov's production at the Haus für Mozart is staged with dramatic flair, though there are musical shortcomings
In his short creative career, Lehrer crafted witty, political and subversive songs that still feel timely
This safe haven for music lovers broke down racial barriers " and hosted luminaries including Marvin Gaye, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald