148 stories by "Alex Marshall"
The hit musical about the beloved bear won seven awards at Britain's equivalent of the Tonys. "Evita," starring Rachel Zegler, took home two prizes.
For half the price of a great seat at a Broadway show, you can see "Paddington" in the West End (if you can find a ticket) and snack on a marmalade sandwich.
The two musicals secured 11 nominations each for Britain's equivalent of the Tony Awards. Cate Blanchett, Bryan Cranston and Rachel Zegler are also among the nominees.
The actor Chadwick Boseman was a playwright, too. At Shakespeare's Globe in London, his "Deep Azure" is drawing attention to a lost talent inspired by the Bard.
Gaulier often insulted his pupils, but many became stars, including Sacha Baron Cohen, Emma Thompson and Rachel Weisz.
Miet Warlop's work is visually breathtaking, but there are deep questions to ponder beneath the showy surfaces.
Two years after the assault, Marco Goecke is staging a nontraditional "Nutcracker." Ballet Basel hopes the focus will stay on his choreography.
Audiences are falling in love with the title character in "Paddington: The Musical." Bringing such a beloved bear to the stage was "a huge responsibility," the show's director said.
Some psychologists and parents argued that it risked glamorizing the condition, but one performer described the experience as empowering: "Onstage, I can be who I really am."
Critics initially panned it, but public love for the musical with songs like "One Day More" and "On My Own" has kept it going strong for four decades " and counting.
Dolly Parton in Vegas, a shrine to David Bowie, a new standup special from Kumail Nanjiani and other picks from our critics and writers.
The shows that have gotten tongues wagging this year include stand-up gigs, character skits and a routine that ends with its performer covered in goo.
Performers are delighting crowds with bubble blowing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, using a mixture of dish soap, water and lube " and occasional acrobatics.
The Australian breaker tried to shut down a musical about her. Now, it's attracting dancing crowds at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Crowds are converging outside the London Palladium to watch Rachel Zegler sing "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from a balcony " while paying theatergoers inside see it on a screen.
Sarah Kane's "4:48 Psychosis" premiered to rave reviews shortly after the playwright killed herself. A quarter-century later, the original cast is reviving the production.
Weeks after dancers accused Demis Volpi of creating a "toxic working environment" at the company, he has agreed to depart.
The play, about Roald Dahl's antisemitism, took home three awards at Britain's equivalent of the Tonys. So did a "Fiddler on the Roof" revival and a folk rock "Benjamin Button."
Descendants of characters in "Operation Mincemeat," a hit British musical now in New York, have gotten more out of seeing it than a few catchy melodies.
The acclaimed revival, which is about to transfer to London's Barbican, scored 13 nominations at Britain's equivalent of the Tonys.
He played a complicated hero in "The French Connection" and an arch-villain in "Superman." Here are some of Hackman's career highlights.
"The Years," running in London, dramatizes a woman's life from teenage thrills to later-life sex. One intense scene is causing audience members to pass out.
The composer who put Anna Nicole Smith's life onstage has a new piece: an adaptation of a cult movie about child abuse.
Armando Iannucci, the mastermind behind "Veep," has adapted "Dr. Strangelove" for the theater and insists that laughing at nuclear disaster couldn't be more timely.
As Rufus Norris prepares to leave the London playhouse he has led since 2015, he reflects on his quest to make the theater represent the audience it serves.
