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…
The cast of Circle Theatre’s “Urinetown.” (photo credit: Bob Knuth) Have you ever had to pee so badly you could nearly taste it? I remember one time I was at an Ann Hampton…
Our experts on theater, dance, visual arts and film wax nostalgic on three decades of reviews.
The Broadway season has just begun and already there is Tony Awards chatter about "Follies," the new revival of the 1971 musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman.The Broadway season has…
The Broadway season has just begun and already there is Tony Awards chatter about "Follies," the new revival of the 1971 musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman that originated at the …
The first opening of the fall theater season has arrived, and we can’t think of a better way to kick it off than with the highly anticipated Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Ja…
We searched high and low to find a dozen sharp, opinionated Broadway fans to review all of the new shows on the Great White Way as part of our 2011-2012 Word of Mouth panel. Without futher a…
Headlong Theatre and director Rupert Goold's site-specific exploration of 9/11 and its legacy, Decade, opened last night (8 September, previews from 1 September 2011) at St Katharine Docks. …
Arnold Wesker’s The Kitchen, set behind the scenes in a large West End restaurant, opened at the NT Olivier last night (7 September, previews from 31 August 2011) as part of the Nation…
Trevor Nunn’s starry production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest opened to critics at the Theatre Royal Haymarket last night (6 September 2011, previews from 27 August). Thought by…
The terrifyingly talented Jessica Blank (The Exonerated, Aftermath etc.) tried to write in a comment and it just wouldn't post. I asked her if I could just go ahead and post it to help keep …
Controversial 'Porgy and Bess' staging opens in Massachusetts