Lucy Prebble's new play The Effect, a co-production between the National Theatre and Headlong, opened at the NT Cottesloe last night (13 November 2012).The Effect is about two volunteers tha…
A theatre in Catalonia has started selling carrots in lieu of tickets in protest against a 13Â per cent rise in VAT on cultural activities in Spain.
"Annie" first leaped from newspaper comics pages to the Broadway stage in 1977, not pretending to be anything but a cartoon come tunefully to life. Director James Lapine's new revival of the…
Enthusiasts of the work of Samuel Beckett will note the recent debut of the new Beckett Circle Web site. Described as the “official Web site of the Samuel Beckett Society,” the o…
Alan Bennett's hotly-anticipated new play People, details of which were closely guarded, premiered last night (7 November 2012) in the NT Lyttelton.People spoil things; there are so many of …
A white picket fence is all very well, but that emblem of middle-class aspiration can't shut out the past. And it's no defense against moral accountability. Those thoughts might fleet throug…
Roundabout Theatre Company presents BAD JEWS, a world premiere comedy about the holy and the holier-than-thou by Joshua Harmon, directed by Daniel Aukin. Tickets only 20 for performances now…
A major revival of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, set in late 19th century Russia, opened to the press last week (2 November 2012) at the West End's Vaudeville Theatre.The play centres on the …
After 26 years as a company member and 9 years as Artistic Director, Kevin Bellie will step down from his current position on November 14th. This date marks the opening of Pippin: A Bollywoo…
"The Heiress," Ruth and Augustus Goetz's oft-revived 1947 stage adaptation of "Washington Square," Henry James' novel of 1850s New York, is back again -- Thursday was opening night for the l…
Disney’s landmark Broadway musical The Lion King is getting set to mark its 15-year anniversary on the Great White Way. Julie Taymor's groundbreaking production began performances …
 WHAT: A Private Party: Celebrate the sounds and sights of Bollywood at Circle Theatre's Annual Benefit  THE HOOK Relax and enjoy Circle Theatre's special invitation-only perf…
Meet the Critics! Introducing the 2012-2013 Broadway.com Word of Mouth Panelists A Jersey Shore girl, a writer from Mexico and a handful of New York natives! Get familiar with Broadway.com&…
Emmy Winner Richard Schiff rose to TV stardom as White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler on Aaron Sorkin’s long-running drama The West Wing. At age 57, the actor, who has…
Jim Leonard fictionalizes the Abu Ghraib scandal to examine why soldiers in faraway combat zones might become abusers and torturers. A musical score by Rob Cairns and Beth Thornley facilitat…
A Jersey Shore girl, a writer from Mexico and a handful of New York natives! Get familiar with Broadway.com’s new Word of Mouth panelists as the 2012-2013 season begins.
The top English-language playwrights of all time are regular visitors on Broadway. Shakespeare, Shaw, Wilde, Coward, all fairly common sights. But you can count the classic French dramatists…
London’s critical darling at the moment is Howard Barker’s Scenes from an Execution, directed by Tom Cairns and featuring Fiona Shaw as Galactia, at the National Theatre. (A new …
SEMI-CIRCLE The drawing room comedy has fallen out of fashion over the years. These extremely well-made, light, sophisticated plays center around members of polite society whose lives unrave…
Jonathan Lewis's Our Boys, starring Arthur Darvill, Matthew Lewis and Laurence Fox, amongst others, opened to press last night (3 October 2012).The play gives a funny yet candid account o…
It's theater in the form of an mp3:…In the wacky universe of Banished? Productions that sounds like business as usual." " Washington Post banished? productions takes theatre to the streets…
Manhattan Theatre Club's new version of Henrik Ibsen's AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes opened on Thursday and was hailed by critics. B…
KIDS KILL THE DARNEDEST THINGS Much has been made recently of the physical and psychological dangers of bullying and hazing. Less is said of their value as a teaching element that makes …
The Canadian Theatre Critics Association have named Judith Thompson, "one of Canada's darkest and most daring playwrights," as recipient of the 2012 Herbert Whittaker-CTCA Awar…
Let It Be, the theatrical concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Beatles, opened to press last night (24 September 2012).Let it Be is jam-packed with over twenty of their greatest …