Kate Maltby: Theatre has much to lose when newspapers cut specialist critics
It's been more than a fortnight since Evening Standard critics Henry Hitchings and Fiona Mountford revealed on Twitter that they were being
It's been more than a fortnight since Evening Standard critics Henry Hitchings and Fiona Mountford revealed on Twitter that they were being
We are continuing the series with Tai (12), Isabella (14), and Charles (11), who tuned in for the 73rd Annual Tony Awards last weekend. Curious about what they thought about the ceremony?…
"Mainstream theatre criticism is unlikely to disappear. But professional, full-time critics, whose only real job is to review plays, may be a dying breed. It is unfortunately possible for pu…
Atlantic Theater Company' presents the world premiere of the new musical The Secret Life of Bees, book by Lynn Nottage, music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, directe…
Hannah and the Dread Gazebo by Jiehae Park, opening at the Fountain Theatre on August 17th in its Southern California Premiere, has been named a finalist for the Francesca Primus Prize, spon…
David Mamet's controversial new play Bitter Wheat began previews last Friday at the Garrick Theatre. When it was announced, this work described as
INDECENT at Ahmanson Theatre is now on stage! What did the critics think? Read all the reviews! 'Indecent,' by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, opened on June 9 at Center Theat…
Reviewers are supposed to be employees of the publisher. Mumble is using the writers' work to get traffic, which is monetisable. It's
The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, directed by Kenny Leon, opens tonight at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, running through Sun…
The world premiere of Kiss My Aztec! is currently running through July 14 at Berkeley Rep.
On Sunday, June 9, The American Theatre Wing's 73rd Annual Tony Awards was hosted by James Corden, live from Radio City Music Hall and broadcast on the CBS Television Network. Th…
What's the secret of success in theatre criticism? In my experience: Microsoft Excel. Forget carving out that neat turn of phrase. Don't
The 73rd Annual Tony Awards is under-way and the we're slowly finding out who is taking home a trophy for their hard work. After first-time winners and repeaters alike take to the stage to m…
See this year's Tony winners celebrate their awards at the 73rd annual ceremony.
The Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland took place at the Tramway in Glasgow on June 9. Here are the winners in
Long Lost celebrated opening night on Tuesday, June 4 at MTC.
Henry Hitchings and Fiona Mountford had been contract freelancers at the London Evening Standard, he for 10 years and she for 17. Their redundancy is part of what Standard ownership calls "n…
The news that theatre critics Henry Hitchings and Fiona Mountford will no longer be writing for the London Evening Standard is not
The Evening Standard has ended the contracts of its two theatre critics after a combined 27 years due to "necessary cost cutting".
Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard's new documentary about the most beloved opera singer of all time,PAVAROTTI, is set to open in theaters on June 7th.
The Ron Howard"directed film, which looks at the life of the Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, hits cinemas June 7.
As they take over the regular beat from Hilton Als, the two talk about where they come from and what they're looking forward to.
One fateful day in 1982, early in the original triumphant three-year run of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy, Carol Jackson of Bellmore, Long Island came into the city to catch a perfor…