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Long before her big-screen success as Elphaba, the British actor lit up the stage with performances in Sister Act, The Color Purple and other hit shows Continue reading...
Sadler's Wells, LondonA trio of choreographers respond to Muhly's vivid scores with works that veer from the meditative to the macabre
If you thought we had exhausted shows that were postpon…
Dorfman theatre, London David Eldridge's two-hander depicts the difficult conversations that follow one partner's cancer diagnosis
David Eldridge's trilogy has travelled across the early and…
A chance viewing of the comic's World Tour of Scotland made me swap Australia for the Highlands, although things didn't quite go to plan …
I was 23 and thought I had found my path in life.…
Royal Court theatre, LiverpoolPaul Duckworth's sweary Scrooge has romantic history with Marley's widow in a pun-heavy festive show
Whether it's Paul Hilton at London's Old Vic this winter or…
Southwark Playhouse Elephant, LondonA rollercoaster accident leaves six choristers in limbo, each having to make their case for a second chance on Earth in this eccentric show
Well, this is …
Roles as EM Forster and a young, gay American dying of Aids in the 2018 play allowed an opportunity for deep personal and social reflection
In 2018 I had recently lost my mother, so I was lo…
He's been in everything from Love Actually to Shakespeare with Al Pacino " but will he always be thought of as the string-vest-wearing boozy Glaswegian? Ahead of a tour as himself, the actor…
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickAll the major characters are present in Sonia Jalaly's update, but this is also a journey of self-realisation with brisk songs and cartoonish humour
Most people …
New Diorama, LondonTwo stories, centuries apart, are used to chart climate disaster in this ambitious musical with bitty scenes and cumbersome lyrics
This climate disaster musical takes plac…
The Shed, New York
The actor indulges his love of the past in a breezily enjoyable play about a man falling for a woman from the 1930s, played by a standout Kelli O'Hara
Tom Hanks is a star …
Choreographers hear, somehow, a larger heartbeat; it's fascinating and revelatory to have them reinterpret your compositions, writes the US musician, ahead of a triple bill featuring his mus…
The actor will appear opposite British film star Noah Jupe in a production directed by Robert Icke opening in March
Stranger Things' Sadie Sink is to make her West End debut next year in Rom…
From Chicago to Stan & Ollie, the Oscar-nominated actor has sung on screen for years. Now he arrives on stage " inside a trunk " to serenade the audience
In one of Hollywood's nicer iron…
Brazilian actor will star in The Trial: Enemy of the People, which examines modern political and environmental conflicts
The award-winning Brazilian actor Wagner Moura is to star in a new pl…
The Yorkshire comic was going nowhere with his act which relied on gimmicks, set-pieces and standing on tables. So he decided it was time to live a more interesting " and stressful " life
Wh…
Its 1981 New York premiere was a disaster but this told-in-reverse musical became a Tony award-winning hit with Daniel Radcliffe. The film version is a tear-jerking joy
I have made enough mi…
Imperial Theatre, New York
A 1980s concept album, from Tim Rice and Abba members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, is brought back to the stage with uneven results
According to plenty of c…
One of the most prolific and popular actors of his generation, he reflects on therapy, homophobia, why he suspects now is the worst time in history for trans people, and his secret life as a…
Thikra: Night of Remembering is Akram Khan Company's last touring show. Here, the choreographer and dancer's collaborators recall how he motivated them
Nitin Sawhney, composer, collaborated …
This madcap variety show sees its titular lead direct proceedings from her control desk. Rachel, her co-star sister and their mum explain what it reveals about disability in the UK
Rachel O…
The actor moved to LA 22 years ago. Now she's back in the UK to star alongside Bryan Cranston in All My Sons. She talks about the frightening rehearsal schedule, how she'd work again with Mi…
Royal Opera House, LondonIn an engaging triple bill, a new work from Cathy Marston explores the emotional charge of Britten's Violin Concerto, while works by Justin Peck and George Balanchin…
My friend Greg McCarthy, who has died aged 47 from a heart attack, was an in-character educator, and brought history to life for primary schoolchildren across the Midlands.
Through his own c…
Theatre503, LondonA young woman loses her grip on reality in writer-performer Tanya-Loretta Dee's unsettling monologue
At what point does infatuation tip over into something darker and more …
