Carole King, Michael Jackson, the Kinks and now Motown. Why are we so obsessed with jukebox musicals? We sent our music editor, Michael Hann, to join the non-stop singalong Related: Lazarus …
The Obamas have taken art from the edges and placed it front and centre. Their legacy " now at risk " is to make all Americans feel visibleIn the early days of Obama's historic presidency, t…
In the RSC's A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Play for the Nation, amateur actors feature alongside their professional peers: innovative theatre often has community involvement at its heart "We …
On Saturday nights in 1962 and 1963 Britain was unexpectedly quiet; people stayed at home to watch the BBC TV satire That Was the Week That Was, called TW3 for short; restaurants installed t…
St James, LondonTate's accent goes walkabout in a wannabe screwball comedy set during America's desert nuclear testsThis mildly likable but lame new musical is that increasingly rare thing: …
Sadler's Wells, LondonThis beguiling new work by the equestrian-dance maverick is dense with religious imagery and finds a wordless connection between man and beastDuring Easter week in sout…
Fresh from directing Gérard Depardieu in the role of Stalin, the French star is now staging Sondheim's Passion in Paris. She talks about the art of pretending, embarrassing her children and…
Sir Thomas More script is only surviving copy of a play in the bard's hand and is one of 300 texts being digitised in run-up to British Library exhibitionThe last surviving play script handw…
'You think that's going viral? Thats going viral', claims US president, clearly impressed with Lin-Manuel Miranda's performance in the Rose Garden. The video of Miranda, star and writer of t…
Atlantic Theatre Company, New YorkKenneth Lonergan once again explores the hypocrisy of likable characters in a play starring Timothy Olypahant that veers between farce, comedy and dramaStri…
The actor-turned-director on her career after cancer, coming from a broken home, and rolling into the West EndMaria Friedman is a three-time Olivier award-winning actor and singer, best know…
State Theatre, Arts Centre MelbourneAnnual contemporary bill is a welcome respite from the Australian Ballet's conservative repertoire and elevated by the inclusion of a Jiřà Kyliá…
"Alas Caesar must bleed for it" … In a dystopian near-future, Brutus (Mark Stanley, Game of Thrones) and his conspirators plot Caesar's demise. Filmed in London at the Treasury and the For…
Speaking in London, the composer also said stage musicals had become too homogenous and space for new and experimental work must be foundThe composer Stephen Sondheim has said he prefers Bri…
Public Theatre, New YorkThough the plot falters, this is an important show in its conviction that transgender people's social and romantic lives are as worthy of interest and empathy than an…
Project Arts Centre, DublinThere's venom and sexual frankness in this reworking, but little sense of why Northern Ireland should be the location Related: Patrick Marber interview: 'Your hear…
Adam Smith theatre, KirkcaldyAllan Stewart, Andy Gray and Grant Stott breeze through the kinds of routines that once graced the London PalladiumPlays about comedians always have a hurdle to …
The explosive comedian is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat on Wednesday 16 March at 1pm GMT " post yours in the comments below 1.43pm GMT As master of ceremonies at the …
Designer Jonathan Fensom explains why the costumes have to work overtime at the Globe " and asks how much Shakespeare himself thought about designWhen Dominic Dromgoole said that he wanted t…
Roald Dahl's The Witches hit Liverpool, Denise Gough reprises her role as a troubled actor at Wyndham's, and National Theatre Wales talks about democracyThe Solid Life of Sugar Water is fant…
Royal Opera House, LondonA bad performance can make Spartacus feel like the worst kind of choreography-by-numbers. Grigorovich's 1968 ballet delivers its monumental effects by repeating ever…
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide festival centreDark side of ubiquitous handheld devices revealed in part Beetlejuice, part Terry Gilliam-esque tale paired with breathtaking projectionsThese days…
Anne Perkins paints a misleading picture of Harold Wilson when describing him as the PM who presided over great liberalising reforms that paved the way for modest decriminalisation of homose…
In her new show, Made Visible, Deborah Pearson questions racial and cultural stereotypes. Theatre's lack of diversity, she says, is an issue for everyone to tackle. Staying silent is not an …
Southwark Playhouse, LondonIs her adopted war orphan son a terrorist, or just a boy pushing boundaries? JC Lee's play makes tantalising capital out of guilty feelings and a climate of suspic…