Robert Downey Jr is oddly restrained as an AI-using novelist in Broadway debut McNeal
Ayad Akhtar's latest topical play muses on concerns over technology but fails to capture the messiness of real life
Ayad Akhtar's latest topical play muses on concerns over technology but fails to capture the messiness of real life
Two originals accompany classic show tunes such as 'That's Entertainment' and 'If My Friends Could See Me Now'
David Edgar's drama at Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre focuses on a dispute between the two theatrical giants
Past and present blur in Lyndsey Turner's stunning production
James Macdonald captures the play's emotional depth and its political power at London's Theatre Royal Haymarket
The group's programme at London's The Place features two contemporary pieces " 'The Flock' and 'Moving Cloud'
Stella Feehily's play is about the real-life obstacles 20th-century physicist Cecilia Payne faced
Waleed Akhtar's new play looks at the relationship between a queer man and a straight woman across two decades
Their performances as a naive Iowan and a gruff New Yorker invigorate at the Booth Theatre, New York
There's love and heartache amid the metatheatrical mischief
Gemma Arterton, Lesley Manville and Mark Strong also star in Anand Tucker's layered 1930s-set movie
Alisa Khazanova embodies women who have faced jail for speaking freely in an oppressive society
'The New Real' and 'Here in America' focus on the battle between principle and pragmatism in charged circumstances
James McArdle is brilliant as a self-absorbed playwright trying to depict matters of the heart
Chichester Festival Theatre's production has an excellent lead in Rory Keenan's disillusioned spy
The first stage production of John le Carré's thriller 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' examines loneliness and the crossovers between theatre and espionage
The pair's Muslim faith is a vital component of the show
Six German scientists debate atomic bombs and morality in Katherine Moar's fascinating play
Jerry Bock's score gave birth to songs including 'Tradition' and 'If I Were a Rich Man'
Michael Bennett and Marvin Hamlisch's audition musical looks behind the scenes at Broadway's hard-knock life
This adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel, starring Cherry Jones and Harry Treadaway, is brutally beautiful
The part of 'Annie' is taken by five actors who carry the audience from youth onwards
A tech employee's crisis prompts reflections on a soul-sick world in Max Wolf Friedlich's play
Writer Atoosa Sepehr and dramatist Hannah Khalil want the audience to see the country in a new way
Lucas Hnath's black comedy revolves around a man trying to qualify for the American Olympic team