Review Round-up: Did Wright's Wells impress critics?
Joe Wright's revival of Victorian comedy Trelawny of the Wells opened at the Donmar Warehouse this week (26 February 2013). Arthur Wing Pinero's play, which has been given "respectful additi…
Joe Wright's revival of Victorian comedy Trelawny of the Wells opened at the Donmar Warehouse this week (26 February 2013). Arthur Wing Pinero's play, which has been given "respectful additi…
Anne Hathaway's "dream" came true at last night's 85th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Hathaway (Twelfth Night at Shakespeare in the Park) took home the Oscar for her portrayal of the …
Those in the audience who had never seen "Barber" -- or any opera -- must have left the theater eager to explore the art form.
Few events draw more prognosticators than the Oscars, and the Arts Fuse movie critics join in on the universal guessing game. The trio agree on one thing: the field this year is rich with wo…
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T.G.I.F., Broadway fans! Before we head out for happy hour, we’re revisiting the most important lessons we learned over the last seven days on the Great White Way. From Taydina dream c…
Also this week, Mrs Brown's Boys causes a heart attack and Harry Hill comes to the rescueThis week's comedy newsJohnny Vegas has claimed that Daniel Kitson made him quit standup " but is vow…
Now in its last days, "Farewell to Surrealism: The Dyn Circle in Mexico" is an exquisite exhibition about a little know mini-movement in art history. The Surrealism movement in France lost i…
The Guardian 02/06/13
From Misha Berson, Seattle Times theater critic:
Carl Zuckmayer's 1931 satire The Captain of Kopenick has been revived by former RSC artistic director Adrian Noble at the NT Olivier, where it opened to press last night (5 February 2013). T…
If ever a TV series did not need professional reviews, it’s Smash, the backstage musical about Broadway that begins its second season tonight on NBC at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. I’d n…
Showbiz: Book Review for Stage and Cinema
MOUNTING OLYMPUS Think of it as Twilight for the theater geek or Smash in literary form. You may love to hate it or hate to love it, but Ruby Preston’s new novel Showbiz is an undeniab…
When we started HowlRound a couple of years ago we intentionally avoided reviewing plays. We didn't want theater artists to wake up in the morning to a bad review. And two years later, we st…
Bristol Old Vic's co production with Sherman Cymru of new play Before It Rains has won the best script and best female performance prizes at the inaugural Theatre Critics of Wales Awards. Wr…
Lindsay Posner’s The Turn of the Screw opened at the Almeida Theatre last week (24 January 2013). Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s new stage adaption of Henry James’ play stars Anna M…
With five nods apiece, “Silence! The Musical,” Center Theatre Group’s revival of “Waiting for Godot,” and South Coast Repertory’s “Jitney” col…
The LADCC (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle) has announced its choices for the 44th annual awards that will take place on March 18 at the Los Angeles Theater Center. French Stewart (3rd Rock…
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) announced nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre's 2012 calendar year on Jan. 24. Topping the…
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announced on Thursday its nominations for its 2012 awards. Leading the way, with five nominations each, were productions of August Wilson's "Jitney," "Si…
KERRY REID reviews "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" by Promethean Theatre Ensemble ★★½ and "Sugarward" at Side Project ★★ "The Caucasian Chalk Circle"Â
"Rain" is not always easy to follow, and makes demands of its audience, but it also rewards us well for our patience. Its intellectual challenge and refusal to be predictable are what's most…
From Sheridan's Sneer to Stoppard's Birdboot, fictional critics are often portrayed as monsters. We review some of the bestReading on a mobile? Watch hereWho'd be a critic? "Like eunuchs in …
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