• Broadway Shows to See This Fall: ‘Our Town,’ ‘Gypsy’ and More
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    A guide to every show on Broadway, including new musicals, Tony winning-dramas, quirky hits and veterans like “Hamilton” and “Chicago.”
  • ‘Tammy Faye’ Musical to Close After Failing to Find Broadway Audience
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    Well-reviewed in London but poorly received in New York, the musical with an Elton John score will end its run on Dec. 8.
  • TKTS to Open Booth in Philadelphia, Hoping to Boost Local Theaters
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    The first domestic TKTS outpost outside New York comes at a time of rising concern about ticket prices and theater economics.
  • Morgan Jenness, 72, Dies; Her Artistic Vision Influenced American Theater
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    A beloved figure in the theatrical community, she redefined the role of dramaturg, influencing playwrights like David Adjmi and David Henry Hwang.
  • ‘Les Misérables’ Returns Home
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    The most famous French musical has never been popular in Paris. A major new production hopes to change that, reworking it for a contemporary French audience.
  • 7 Days in the Cultural Life of a Broadway Stage Manager
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    When he’s not herding performers at “Once Upon a Mattress,” Cody Renard Richard is bowling, catching up with theater friends and, to his surprise, bumping into Beyoncé.
  • ‘Shit. Meet. Fan.’ Review: Packed with Stars and Vulgarity
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    Neil Patrick Harris, Jane Krakowski, Debra Messing and Constance Wu star in the vulgar and entertaining new work from Robert O’Hara.
  • ‘The Vegetarian’ Review: Putting a Nobel Prize Winner’s Work Onstage
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    After Han Kang won the Prize in Literature last month, a stage version of her novel “The Vegetarian” sold out its run at a struggling Paris theater.
  • 11 Broadway Shows to See Before They Close This Winter
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    Many Tony Award-winning musicals and starry plays (Robert Downey Jr., anyone?) are wrapping up their runs in January. Catch them while you can.
  • Why ‘Tammy Faye’ the Musical Feels Like a Redemption
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    The televangelist defended gay men during the AIDS crisis. Now she’s getting perhaps the gayest tribute: a Broadway show led by Elton John.
  • The ‘Death Becomes Her’ Frenemies Take Their Youth Potion to Broadway
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    The campy supernatural movie comes to Broadway as a big, bawdy musical starring Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard.
  • Elf on Broadway Review: Grey Henson Is on the Nice List
    Sunday, November 17, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    The musical, starring Grey Henson, has gotten Buddy delightfully, entirely right. But he is trapped inside a creaky adaptation.
  • Review: Tammy Faye Was Over-the-Top. This Musical Makes Her Small.
    Sunday, November 17, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    “Tammy Faye,” a bland, tonal mishmash of a show opening on Broadway, seems afraid to lean into what made the televangelist so distinctive.
  • Uncovering Gay and Lesbian History in a 1941 ‘Sex Variants’ Study
    Saturday, November 16, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    The Civilians theater group has adapted a study of homosexuality into a work that explores the lives of lesbians and gay men in the early 20th century.
  • Big Apple Circus Review: A City Tour, Pizza Rats Included
    Friday, November 15, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    This year’s show is an underwhelming exercise in nostalgia. But it’s still a joy to be under the big top with acts like the Wheel of Destiny.
  • Timothy West, Who Portrayed Kings and Prime Ministers, Dies at 90
    Friday, November 15, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    A staple of British television, he played Churchill three times over a long career. Onstage, he was King Lear, Macbeth and Willy Loman.
  • Murder as Family Tradition in ‘Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists’
    Friday, November 15, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    Tiago Rodrigues’s play is intentionally a work of provocation, but it is also stylized to create a helpful distance from events and ideas.
  • ‘King Lear’ Review: Kenneth Branagh’s Latest Finds the Wrong Tone
    Thursday, November 14, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    Kenneth Branagh’s production of the Shakespeare classic speeds through the material and can’t quite figure out its tone.
  • ‘I’ve never seen Only Fools – but the musical had me in tears for one reason’
    Thursday, November 14, 2024 from Daily Express :: Theatre Feed
    OPINION: Only Fools and Horses is a British staple that has eluded me for decades - but I plunged into the deep end watching the live musical version.
  • ‘Strategic Love Play’ Review: A Slightly Dark, Not-Quite-Romantic Comedy
    Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    In this first-date comedy, Michael Zegen and Heléne Yorke play people who might just be willing to settle for each other.
  • Theatre tickets across the West End are on sale with no fees - but act fast, final days
    Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from Daily Express :: Theatre Feed
    LOVEtheatre has just axed fees on all shows across the country for LOVEtheatre Week. However we're now in the final days.
  • ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Review: Darren Criss and Helen J Shen Are Robots in Love
    Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from NYT > Theater
    A supersmart musical about making a connection arrives on Broadway in a joyful, heartbreaking, cutting-edge production.
  • Benjamin Button musical review: The West End’s best new show is joyous and life-affirming
    Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from Daily Express :: Theatre Feed
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button review. The West End's best new musical in years is joyous and life-affirming, with laughs and tears throughout.
  • ​​The Lehman Trilogy at Gillian Lynne Theatre: A must-see masterclass in performing arts
    Monday, November 4, 2024 from Daily Express :: Theatre Feed
    A cinematic journey into the very soul of the American dream, this three-hour epic tells the story of so much more than an investment bank.
  • Verdi Meets the Mafia in the ENO's Rigoletto
    Monday, November 4, 2024 from Daily Express :: Theatre Feed
    Jonathan Miller's acclaimed production of Verdi's Rigoletto is revived in fine style by the English National Opera.
  • Dr Strangelove review: Steve Coogan triumphs in Kubrick's Cold War satire
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from Daily Express :: Theatre Feed
    Coogan finally lays the ghost of Alan Partridge to rest for a challenging four roles in Armando Iannucci's stage adaptation of the classic film
  • Michael Sheen's critically-acclaimed NHS drama is free to watch for limited time
    Tuesday, October 29, 2024 from Daily Express :: Theatre Feed
    Michael Sheen stars in the National Theatre's surreal medical drama Nye, which will be available to stream for free for five days next week.
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank Review: A hysterically funny satire
    Friday, October 25, 2024 from Daily Express :: Theatre Feed
    The scorching dialogue inflicts flesh wounds on national identity, the importance of family, money, faith and hypocrisy.
  • Mixed Fortunes for Beethoven's Fidelio at the Royal Opera House
    Thursday, October 24, 2024 from Daily Express :: Theatre Feed
    The magnificent music in Beethoven's only opera is poorly served by an over-zealous director in the current Covent Garden production.
  • Benjamin Britten's Turn of the Screw gets an effective modern interpretation from the ENO
    Thursday, October 24, 2024 from Daily Express :: Theatre Feed
    A Victorian ghostly horror story is given a modern twist in Isabella Bywater's new interpretation for the ENO.
  • Coronavirus: Matthew Bourne productions to be broadcast on TV
    Thursday, April 16, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
    Matthew Bourne shows including Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake and The Car Man will be screened on Sky Arts as part of
  • Coronavirus: Graeae and Jack Thorne collaborate on digital lockdown programme
    Thursday, April 16, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
    Disabled-led theatre company Graeae has announced plans for a three-month digital programme designed to celebrate D/deaf and disabled artists. Harry Potter playwright
  • Cross-party research into creative diversity calls for evidence
    Thursday, April 16, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
    The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Creative Diversity is calling for evidence for a year-long research project into how to boost diversity and
  • Coronavirus: Future of rural touring at risk as 1,000 performances cancelled
    Thursday, April 16, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
    More than 1,000 performances in rural communities have already been cancelled as a result of coronavirus, leaving many organisations at risk of
  • Coronavirus: Old Vic will need ‘critical’ fundraising, warns Matthew Warchus
    Thursday, April 16, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
    Old Vic artistic director Matthew Warchus has revealed plans to reopen the venue in November, but has warned that “a critical and
  • Coronavirus: Bristol Old Vic launches online platform
    Thursday, April 16, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
    Bristol Old Vic is launching a digital theatre platform for its audiences and artists during the Covid-19 pandemic. Called Bristol Old Vic
  • Coronavirus: Octagon Theatre forced to delay reopening following £10m redevelopment
    Thursday, April 16, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
    The reopening of Bolton’s Octagon Theatre following a £10 million redevelopment has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the organisation
  • Coronavirus: London fringe theatre feeds vulnerable local people
    Wednesday, April 15, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
    West London venue the Playground Theatre has begun to make free meals for local elderly and vulnerable people while its doors are
  • Coronavirus: Leading drama schools move teaching online for remainder of academic year
    Wednesday, April 15, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
    Top UK drama schools including RADA and Arts Educational Schools London have shifted all teaching online at least until September. The move
  • Coronavirus: Seyi Omooba tribunal postponed as lockdown continues
    Wednesday, April 15, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
    A tribunal being brought against Curve Theatre in Leicester by Seyi Omooba – the performer removed from a production of The Color
  • Review: Outsiders and Gun Violence in This Flat Earth
    Monday, April 9, 2018 from TheaterMania.com
    Lindsey Ferrentino's latest drama takes place in the wake of a school shooting.
  • Theater News: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Makes Broadway Box Office History
    Monday, April 9, 2018 from TheaterMania.com
    The new play conjures the highest grosses ever for a play.
  • Theater News: Corkscrew Theater Festival Announces Lineup for Second Season
    Monday, April 9, 2018 from TheaterMania.com
    The monthlong event will take place at Paradise Factory.
  • Theater News: Mary McDonnell to Be Presented With 2018 Pell Award
    Monday, April 9, 2018 from TheaterMania.com
    Trinity Repertory Company will award the honor on May 21.
  • Theater News: Cynthia Erivo, Judy Kuhn Set for Classic Stage Company's 50th Birthday
    Monday, April 9, 2018 from TheaterMania.com
    Donna McKechnie will also be part of the lineup of performers.
  • Theater News: Robert O'Hara to Direct New York Premiere of Aziza Barnes's BLKS
    Monday, April 9, 2018 from TheaterMania.com
    Barnes's play will be presented by MCC Theater.
  • Photo Flash: Phylicia Rashad-Led Our Lady of 121st Street Now in Rehearsals
    Monday, April 9, 2018 from TheaterMania.com
    The production marks the New York directorial debut for Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad.
  • Theater News: Full Cast, Creative Team Announced for New Group's Peace for Mary Frances
    Monday, April 9, 2018 from TheaterMania.com
    Heather Burns, J. Smith-Cameron, and more will join Lois Smith in the world premiere of Lily Thorne's new play, directed by Lila Neugebauer.
  • Theater News: Tony Nominee Colman Domingo Joins Feeding the Dragon Talkback
    Monday, April 9, 2018 from TheaterMania.com
    The new work is written and performed by Sharon Washington.
  • Theater News: Little Known Facts Host Ilana Levine Joins Play That Goes Wrong Talkback
    Monday, April 9, 2018 from TheaterMania.com
    The Olivier Award-winning comedy opened on Broadway last April at the Lyceum Theatre.
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