Review Round-up: Critics catch Coward's Fever
Noel Coward’s ever-popular 1924 play Hay Fever is back in the West End and is the first production to be performed at the theatre now named in the playwright’s honour. The outra…
Noel Coward’s ever-popular 1924 play Hay Fever is back in the West End and is the first production to be performed at the theatre now named in the playwright’s honour. The outra…
By: Sandi Durell The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has selected six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, reco…
Zach Braff of Scrubs and Garden State fame has brought his new comedy All New People to the West End following a short national tour.Braff, who makes his playwriting debut with the play, als…
Soho Theatre and the Waltham Forest Cinema Trust have unveiled plans to reopen the former Granada Cinema in Walthamstow as a live entertainment venue.
The Guardian (UK) 02/26/12
The millionaire standup comedian tells those who have sneered at his routines: 'If it's so easy then why don't you do it?'Michael McIntyre's brand of observational comedy has made him comedy…
The millionaire standup comedian tells those who have sneered at his routines: 'If it's so easy then why don't you do it?'Michael McIntyre's brand of observational comedy has made him comedy…
I've been asked to write a play. What a dreadful idea'Critics," said the Irish writer Brendan Behan, "are like eunuchs in a harem. They know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, bu…
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Theodore Mann, co-founder and Artistic Director of Circle in the Square, passed away on February 24. He was 87 years old. Broadway theaters will dim their lights on at 8PM on February 24 in …
Theodore Mann, who, as the co-founder of Circle in the Square Theatre, was one of the foremost figures in the birth of the Off-Broadway theatre movement, died Feb. 24 following a brief illne…
The Circle in the Square Theatre School will present a Theodore Mann production of Aesop's Fables: A New Musical, a children's play performed by CITSTS alumni, beginning March 5 at B…
The nominations for the inaugural Chicago Theater Critics' Beat Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced in late March. Nominations have been made in 19 categories, w…
Circle X Theatre Co. is set to present the world premiere of Leo Geter's Naked Before God, March 24-April 28. Geter will direct. In Naked Before God, Kristen Burrows has a plan to com…
Shatner has shared hundreds of onscreen kisses and has been killed 19 times (most recently he died in a fiery tourist bus explosion in a Priceline ad).Shatner has shared hundreds of onscreen…
Critics have mixed reviews on William Shatner's one-man Broadway show, "Shatner's World: We All Just Live in It."
William Shatner may have celebrated the Broadway opening of his new solo show Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It on February 16, but that didn’t stop the octogenarian …
William Shatner may be best known for his bout as Captain Kirk on the television series Star Trek, but he doesn't address that until about an hour into his new one-man show Shatner's World: …
Richard Maxwell, once an intern for the Wooster Group, is now directing the group's production of Eugene O'Neill's "Early Plays."
Elizabeth Morgan as Googie Gomez in Circle Theatre’s “The Ritz” There comes a point in Circle Theatre’s production of Terrence McNally’s The Ritz where you real…
This week online, a row in Australia begs the question: when bloggers slag off theatre is it trolling or fair dinkum?Quite a brouhaha in Australia this week, where theatre bloggers have not …
The San Diego Theatre Critics Circle named The Old Globe's 2011 production of Tracy Letts' drama August: Osage County the Outstanding Dramatic Production in the 10th annual Craig Noe…
In June 2011, Lyn Gardner and I co-hosted a discussion through Improbable’s ‘Devoted and Disgruntled Satellites’ with the question: “What are we going to do about the…
Jamie Lloyd’s production of She Stoops to Conquer opened at the National Theatre this week (31 January, previews from 24 January 2012). The comedy of manners, written by Oliver Goldsm…
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles, Orange County and Ventura County theatre for the year 2011. The 43rd Annu…