7,863 results for "Outer Critics Circle"
Backbeat, an adaptation of Iain Softley's 1994 film on the birth of The Beatles, opened last night (10 October 2011, previews from 24 September) at the Duke of York's Theatre, marking its We…
Michael Billington: "In so doing, one denies oneself the possibility of a change of heart." (He says he should know.)...
Reviewers who refuse to cover certain kinds of theatre are doing the art a disservice. And I should knowJohn Gielgud once said he sympathised with critics. It must be awful, he felt, to cons…
Abstract: Zhang Ling has been dogged by allegations of plagiarism in her new book out Oct. 8 from Penguin. But she says she's never read the books she's accused of taking ideas from.
A new lunchtime review show kicked off at the Criterion Theatre yesterday, convened by producer Sam Hodges, in association with Whatsonstage.com, and it was a resounding success.
Or at leas…
The playbills are folded and the red velvet curtains are poised to go up on Broadway for a new fall theater season.
This season includes revivals (and revise-als), of "Porgy and Bess" and "F…
Whatsonstage.com has teamed up with the West End's Criterion Theatre as media partners of their new monthly lunchtime debate, Critics at the Cri, which will see eminent drama critics and
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Whatsonstage.com has teamed up with the West End's Criterion Theatre as media partners of their new monthly lunchtime debate, Critics at the Cri, which will see eminent drama critics and
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The Seattle fringe theater Open Circle Theater, closing after two decades, specialized in eclectic, dark-tinged fare.
On Sept. 30, Seattle's Open Circle Theater disbanded. "Choosing to dissolve one of Seattle's longest existing fringe theater companies was difficult, but the organization's financial standin…
A symptom of our times: two books by self-described critics that aren't particularly critical. Informed, lucid, thoughtful, and explanatory, yes "- strongly evaluative, no
This fall from October 18 - November 20, 2011, the Public Theater will be presenting a new production of what many consider Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, regal, emotionally powe…
Lyn Gardner: "Without Osborne and Pinter, Kenneth Tynan would have been just another mid-20th-century critic admiring the French window sets. But does it also work the other way? I think it …
Quantum Leap star Scott Bakula, Men Behaving Badly's Caroline Quentin, Ghost Stories' Andy Nyman and Pulling's Sharon Horgan star in the world premiere of Saul Rubinek's Terrible Advice whic…
On the Guardian theatre blog today, Lynn Gardner revisits the perennial topic of theatre and criticism. Her post’s title sums it up: theatre and critics need each other. Her post was i…
Why is National Theatre Wales running a scheme to nurture new critical voices? Because theatre cannot flourish without critics " and vice versaTheatre criticism does not exist in a vacuum. I…
Circle Mirror Transformation, at the Gamm TheatreGratuitous Violins rating: *** out of ****At the beginning of Circle Mirror Transformation, which takes place in an acting class at a communi…
Editor's Note: It seems that at most major transition points of my writing career, Laura Axelrod has been there. When I first started theater blogging, playwright Laura Axelrod was-- along w…
Ayelet Waldman called online reviewers “f***ing MORON(s)” because they gave Chabon's The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man one star out of five on amazon.com.
Broadway import Rock of Ages opened to press last night (28 September 2011, previews from 31 August) at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
Set in LA’s infamous Sunset Strip in 1987, Rock of Ag…
What price a bit of honest publicity? The rapidly changing face of theatre reviewing is grist to the bloggers' mill this weekWhat happens if you can't get a critic to see your show? Most the…
Should we lay down rules on relationships between critics and artists? Or should reviewers find their own moral compass?An awards committee on which I frequently serve has a long-standing r…
Whatsonstage.com today announces another new West End media partnership. Following on from our ongoing support of the Live at the Delfont Room cabaret series at the Prince of Wales Theatre a…
THEATER REVIEW: "Urinetown" at Circle Theatre in Oak Park ★★★
KERRY REID reviews "Urinetown" at Circle Theatre in Oak Park ★★★ ...
Tossing a spitball in …
"When somebody fails to appreciate something you yourself have deeply enjoyed, it's hard not to feel personally affronted. This isn't logical " why should your own pleasure in something be l…
