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325 stories from news.nationalpost.com

James Corden rides (and sings) with Broadway's best, including Lin-Manuel Miranda and Audra McDonald, on Carpool Karaoke by Matt Bobkin

Corden " the host of the upcoming Tony Awards " drove, sang and rapped along with the likes of Jane Krakowski and Jesse Tyler Ferguson

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 10:51am on June 7, 2016[SHARE]

J.K. Rowling says fans complaining about black Hermione in play are a 'bunch of racists' by The Telegraph

Rowling said she fully supported the casting because Noma Dumezweni was the best actress for the job

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 4:45pm on June 6, 2016[SHARE]

400 years after his death, why should we care about Shakespeare? by Robert Cushman and Mitchell Cushman, Special To National Post

National Post theatre critic Robert Cushman and his son Mitchell Cushman, who is directing adaptations of Shakespeare's histories, discussed the Bard and his works

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 10:43am on June 6, 2016[SHARE]

Nicole Scherzinger drops out of Broadway's Cats after producers refuse to give her top billing by Laura Hensley

"But never mind, there'll be another girl on Broadway and Nicole will not get her Tony Award," Cats composer Andrew Lloyd Webber said

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 3:56pm on June 3, 2016[SHARE]

He's young, talented " and tattooed. Meet the Montreal conductor N.Y.'s Met Opera is pinning its hopes on by Calum Marsh, Special To National Post

The Metropolitan Opera is in crisis. Its ticket sales are declining. Its budgets have been slashed. But Canada's Yannick Nézet-Séguin is hoping to change that

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 9:43pm on June 2, 2016[SHARE]

Bizarre opening ceremony for Switzerland's record-breaking railway tunnel featured goats and yodels by Matt Bobkin

For those counting down the days 'til the Olympics start in August to get your bi-annual opening ceremony fix, Switzerland has got you covered. And it's weird.

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 3:33pm on June 1, 2016[SHARE]

The Heidi Chronicles and A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder offers heights and depths by Robert Cushman

A Gentleman's Guide is running at the Princess of Wales Theatre, while The Heidi Chronicles is in repertory at the Young Centre

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 9:28am on June 1, 2016[SHARE]

Your first look at Harry, Ginny and Albus in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Hogwarts Bureau Chief, Sadaf Ahsan

The play will hit the London stage in June for previews, while a book version of the script will be published by Scholastic when else but July 31

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 3:14pm on May 31, 2016[SHARE]

Mirvish musical Kinky Boots nabs a leading 10 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations by The Canadian Press

The production featured music by pop star Cyndi Lauper, and earned nods for production, direction, choreography and ensemble

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 3:14pm on May 31, 2016[SHARE]

Kinky Boots, The Chasse-Galerie win big at the sixth annual Toronto Theatre Critics Awards by Matt Bobkin

The Mirvish production of the Tony Award-winning musical took home three awards, while a new take on a French-Canadian folktale won two

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 8:04pm on May 27, 2016[SHARE]

The enduring relevance of a romanticized childhood and The Little Prince, for boys, girls and grown-ups by Sabrina Maddeaux, Special To National Post

'The Little Prince is one of the greatest books ever written " and I don't mean children's books " I mean the greatest ever written'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 1:39pm on May 26, 2016[SHARE]

From first thought to final thread: How the National Ballet of Canada brought life to The Little Prince by Matt Bobkin, Brice Hall

Designer Michael Levine maps his vision, from initial sketches to final results, giving beauty, mobility and durability to the new production

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 1:39pm on May 26, 2016[SHARE]

Both causes to take cover, The Model Apartment and The Testament of Mary don't reveal enough by Robert Cushman

On The Harold Green Theatre's The Model Apartment and the Young Centre's The Testament of Mary

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 7:18pm on May 25, 2016[SHARE]

The Shaw Festival goes back down the rabbit hole, with Alice, Uncle Vanya and Mrs. Warren by Robert Cushman

'Our first sight of the Shaw Festival's Alice in Wonderland raises expectations and raises them high'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 3:43pm on May 18, 2016[SHARE]

Fabrizio Filippo's The Summoned is an uninspiring choice between the pain of mortality and the promises of technology by Robert Cushman

'It may be a tribute to Filippo's performance that he comes off so insufferable, but his being the author makes the play seem insufferable too'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 7:32pm on May 10, 2016[SHARE]

New Yorkers protest the return of Cats, the musical, calling it 'an insult' to theatre 'and the general populace' by Sadaf Ahsan

'The choreography doesn't even resemble feline movement! As a nation we owe it to future generations to STOP this musical'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 6:02pm on May 5, 2016[SHARE]

Botticelli in the Fire double bill plays a dangerous game and goes all in, in style and story by Robert Cushman

While Botticelli is creatively reimagined, Sunday in Sodom, despite its serious setting, feels jokey rather than witty

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 5:34pm on May 3, 2016[SHARE]

'The price was too high': Sergei Filin, former director of Bolshoi Ballet, discusses infamous 2013 acid attack by Marina Harss, The New York Times

'I came to a company full of scandals and divided into different factions. It was too political'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 5:34pm on May 3, 2016[SHARE]

Singing is primo in Maometto II, though the show is more about dynamic vocalism than plausible theatre by Arthur Kaptainis, Special To National Post

The 3-hour-and-20-minute show at the Four Seasons Centre can be recommended heartily to bel canto enthusiasts

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 5:34pm on May 3, 2016[SHARE]

Hamilton dominates 2016 Tony Award nominations, with a record-breaking 16 nods by Sadaf Ahsan

The historical musical beat out record holders The Producers' and Billy Elliot's 15 nominations from years past

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 11:20am on May 3, 2016[SHARE]

As part of the National Ballet of Canada's YOU Dance program, students and teachers show off their fancy footwork by Tyler Anderson

Over 1,100 local students and teachers in Grades 3 " 8 are participating in dance workshops in the city on behalf of the program

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 3:51pm on April 28, 2016[SHARE]

Theatre Smash's Das Ding is revue-sketch presentation, without revue-sketch wit by Robert Cushman

None of the other characters come to comparable life, while the text gives the actors little to work with

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 9:46pm on April 27, 2016[SHARE]

As the certified genius behind Hamilton, there's never been a better time to be Lin-Manuel Miranda by Peter Marks, Washington Post

Miranda was recently rewarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and landed the cover of Time's 100 Most Influential People issue

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 3:32pm on April 27, 2016[SHARE]

Visiting Bavarian band makes the most of a wartime score by Arthur Kaptainis, Special To National Post

Under Mariss Jansons in the Maison symphonique in Montreal, a great orchestra made a masterpiece of a score

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 7:08pm on April 20, 2016[SHARE]

Tracy Letts' Killer Joe spotlights the 'American Everyfamily,' reduced to its barest, most desperate essentials by Robert Cushman

'All the characters have to choose between love and business, and we're kept wondering which way each of them will jump'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 6:58pm on April 19, 2016[SHARE]
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