75 stories from blogs.guardian.co.uk
My mother's love for theatre prompted me to become a critic. Now theatre must help me come to terms with her death
There are all sorts of clips from plays and musicals online, but the internet is a help not a hindrance to the stage. Isn't it?
The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organisation, so closely linked to British theatre, may be taken over. Shouldn't one of our West End magnates step in so it will never walk alone?
Two hit stage shows are preparing to migrate to film and speculation grows over which movie stars, such as the ubiquitous Meryl Streep, will be given the juicy main roles
The curtain will fall seven weeks early on Michel Legrand's Marguerite. Was the show flawed or are serious musicals simply doomed in today's Theatreland?
While previous productions of this age of Aquarius musical haven't hit the right note, the latest by the Public Theater in New York finds more favourable times
Will theatregoers find it possible to forget all about Doctor Who and believe in Tennant as the Prince of Denmark?
Nicholas de Jongh's proposal for shaking up the West End with revivals of classic texts is hardly radical. It's time producers took some real risks
Where once British audiences were content to applaud, they now increasingly rise to their feet. Why?
Some might say there has been a steady downturn in Broadway machismo ever since Marlon Brando left the theatre for the cinema.
Will the Broadway production's desire to keep it real be extended to other shows that have been Anglicised?
Broadway's Tony awards saw some predictions fulfilled and a few raised eyebrows, including a rather odd acceptance speech from Mark Rylance
This portrait of sculptor Louise Nevelson reveals a measure of the veteran American playwright's own concerns
He says his Hamlet and Chekhov didn't get a transfer because of an obsession with celebrity, but Jonathan Miller would do better to look at his own reputation for whingeing
To a native ear, an affected accent can be enough to ruin a show. But should we be worrying about accuracy or expectation?
Patrick Stewart and Rufus Sewell are among the British talent battling for a Tony award. My money's on Mark Rylance to fly high with Boeing-Boeing.
When an actor explodes into stardom the way Jonathan Slinger has, it seems churlish not to allow his audience to thank him properly
Lord Lloyd Webber's speech to the Lords identified the problems in the West End but failed to offer solutions
Epic shows like Gone With the Wind offer good value for money, but run the risk of exhausting audiences
On the Great White Way, David Mamet's comic November mocks US politics. Off-Broadway, Britain's Caryl Churchill gets more serious
Its talent shows give select musicals a box-office boost, but the Beeb is neglecting original drama
'There's no diversity problem in the arts,' my friend said. 'As long as you're middle class'
The Oscar-winning actor imparts as much assurance when directing a play for the stage as when he is in front of the camera
