Music Box Theatre
The current offering at Washington Stage Guild is a delight and unexpectedly so. It's a fascinating fictional tale (based on a very tiny nubbin of truth) of an episodic, shared journey throu…
What to make of 2021? It was the best of times, it was (not quite) the worst of times. It was hopeful. It was disappointing. And it was the second-best year of the last three years, say our …
Hackney Empire, LondonTweenies writer Will Brenton packs this festive frenzy with all the kids' favourite flourishes, but there isn't much for the adults beyond Rowe's delightful Dame Trot I…
By Christopher Caggiano Stephen Sondheim was the most influential musical-theater artist of the modern era. His death leaves a permanent hole in the art form and in the hearts of his fans. W…
For Christine Baranski and a generation of musical theater stars, Stephen Sondheim, the legendary Broadway composer who died on Friday at 91, was nothing less than a father figure, a musical…
Bernadette Peters, Audra McDonald, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and more paid tribute to the legendary composer on social media.
The unexpected death today of songwriter Stephen Sondheim at his Connecticut home will no doubt catch many by surprise, given his relatively robust persona, even at age 91. But while his pas…
The giant puppet representing a nine-year-old Syrian girl has reached the UK, making her first stop in Folkestone, Kent, after walking thousands of miles across Europe. Choirs sang and child…
Broadway star Kelli Rabke, a singer-actress of petite stature, got to thinking; it occurred to her that an abundance of legendary singing stars, particularly those who've even become iconic,…
"Little Amal" is on a 5,000-mile journey from Turkey to Britain to highlight the plight of Syrian refugees. But in Greece, some have objected to her presence, saying it could encourage more …
Twenty years after his death, the Nigerian dramatist Ola Rotimi is attracting renewed interest. San Diego State University hosted a webinar in April 2021 where the affection a…
Dr AudiYO's Giant Adventure, a rollicking, sound-led, choose-your-own-adventure show for the whole family will kick imaginations into overdrive at Arts
Red Giant, commissioned by Baltimore-based Indie Opera company, Rhymes with Opera, is a live, digital sci-fi opera directed by Ashley Tata. The music of the opera was composed by Adam Matloc…
Little Angel theatre, LondonNutty animals and witty puppetry liven up this at times bleak version of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's picture book The Little Angel Theatre celebrates its…
The 76-foot artwork off Halsted Street will be Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick's largest work to date and his first outdoor mural, a tribute to former artistic director Martha Lavey.
A musical production of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's children's book The Smartest Giant in Town is opening at the Little Angel theatre in Islington, north London. Guardian photograph…
Review: A Giant Dog Bed/ Reclining Duet, Take Me Somewhere Festival3.0Overall ScoreA Giant Dog Bed / Reclining Duet is a 30 minute online screened film created and performed by Lucy Suggate,…
Nevertheless, she persisted. Elaine May, who turns 89 on Wednesday, has enjoyed a late career resurgence, earning a Tony Award for her work in Kenneth Lonergan's play "The Waverly Gallery" a…
Taking the idea of having to adapt to a new world and transforming it into a surreal sci-fi adventure, The Giant Octopus Maritime School is a really interesting concept for the penultimate a…
"Origami in the Garden" features 18 large-scale installations, with "Master Peace," a tower of 500 cranes, situated in the main pool in front of the Climatron.
Ask any executive what the music business was like in the '00s and their face may take on an expression more commonly associated with narrowly averted disasters like car accidents or, more a…
Thanks to reader Michael KInter, who let it be known that baseball legend John McGraw (1873-1934) deserves a place in the vaudeville annals. Kinter is currently working on a musical about Mc…
Joan Weldon, stage actress and a Warner Bros. contract player in the 1950s who achieved lasting sci-fi fame in the creature feature giant ant classic Them!, died Feb. 11 at her home in Fort …
At 44, this former theater actress created an interior design business where she scours Home Goods and TJ Maxx for affordable finds.