Theatre Royal, Bath; Sadler's Wells, LondonFresh talent shines, though nuance could try harder, in a 20th anniversary revival of Alan Bennett's glinting schoolroom comedy, while the Broadway…
CAUGHT BETWEEN A RACH AND TSAR-ED PLACE For those not familiar with composer and classical pianist Hershey Felder, he's something of a living homage to great composers of the last 200 years.…
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer spent her teen years devoted to big books and theater. Seeing Les Misérables all by herself in Philly in 1988 was a formative experience. Now she's going back to expl…
Royal Lyceum; Church Hill; Underbelly; PleasanceJack Lowden and Sean Gilder compel in David Ireland's crackling new AA drama; Amy Liptrot's wild addiction memoir somehow works on stage; and …
A FABULOUS FEVER DREAM Soft Power at Signature Theatre is a meta-theatrical production that begins with a semi-autobiographical portrayal of David Henry Hwang, who, following a near-fatal in…
A show unlike any other produced by Paper Mill Playhouse, this special concert features 122 talented young performers, including Rising Star Award winners and nominees. The 2024 New Voices C…
IF LOOKS COULD KILL … The strength of a person's spirit would then be measured by how much 'truth' he could tolerate, or more precisely, to what extent he needs to have it diluted, disguis…
Boat Inn, Kidlington; Regent's Open Air theatre; Shakespeare's Globe, LondonGroundbreaking Labour MP Jennie Lee is given her due in Mikron's vibrant new touring show; the 60-year-old musical…
Almeida, London; Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonExtraordinary performances from five actors all playing the writer Annie Ernaux add up to a five-star adaptation of her Nobel prize-winning book. An…
The comic on starting the career her ex was planning, how Jaffa Cakes help you judge people and why standups need Tupperware How did you get into comedy? I was dating a comedy nerd who want…
NINE IS A TEN AT THE KEN CEN In Nine, the musical adaptation of Federico Fellini's 1963 film 8½ now playing at the Kennedy Center, Guido Contini, a renowned Italian film director of…
Patti Yasutake, who was a regular on "Beef" and played Nurse Alyssa Ogawa on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," died Aug. 5 in Santa Monica of cancer. She was 70. Her manager Kyle Fritz said …
Rachid Ouramdane, who presented a major new dance as part of the Cultural Olympiad, directs the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris. How does he do it all?
Olympic gymnastics would be more enjoyable on TV and in the arena if choreography were less of an afterthought, our critic writes.
@sohoplace; Lyttelton, London; Gulbenkian Arts Centre, CanterburyThomas Coombes and Paapa Essiedu grip in an all too timely revival of Clint Dyer and Roy Williams's state-of-the-nation monol…
HAPPILY EVER EVER IN THE LAND OF NEVER NEVER There have been so many versions of Peter Pan over the years that current viewers might have been exposed to the character in numerous ways. Gran…
In recent years, one-off concerts of musicals both new and old have become increasingly popular. But what's behind this current trend? Let's explore!
Westwood Village's Bruin Theatre and Fox Village Theatre will screen their last films " for now " on Thursday as Regency Theatres' lease comes to an end at the two historic Los Angeles venue…
Off-the-wall Theatreworks production of a 1687 play is an unexpected delight The post 'Emperor of the Moon' is an al fresco romp in the Springs appeared first on OnStage Colorado.
The comic on her standup heroes, using depression as an inspiration for laughter and stereotypes about northerners How did you get into comedy?I'd always wanted to do it but was way too self…
ALICE IN STUNNED-ERLAND Lewis Carroll sure never saw this version coming. His 1865 novel Alice In Wonderland, probably best known from the 1951 Disney animated film, has been reinterpreted t…
Noël Coward; Donmar Warehouse; Almeida, LondonJeremy O Harris's gloves-off Broadway hit is overladen yet thought-provoking; sound design speaks loudest in a wordy Detroit story; and a las…
MACROBATS The one challenge in writing this review is my atypical, completely-blank notepad taken home from the theatre. But that's with good reason. Duel Reality " which opened last nig…
Well-chosen warm-up games can set the tone for the whole class, helping drama students to focus and foster a sense of community. Let's get started!
NOT LARSON'S BIGGIE, BUT IT PAID THE "RENT" One of the great heartbreaks of theater history is that Jonathan Larson, the author and composer of the rock opera Rent, his modern telling of Puc…