In these extracts from interviews published in the Guardian and the Observer, the musicals maestro – who has died aged 91 – talks about rhyme, reviews and risk People say I always write …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMScoring his first big hit with West Side Story at 27, the US composer and lyricist raised the art form’s status with moving and funny masterpieces including Follies and Company Stephen Son…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06PMJeremy Pope and Paul Bettany play the art legends in The Collaboration staged by artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah It promised to be a knockout exhibition, with both artists wearing boxing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMLooking for a jolly good trip to the theatre this winter? Here’s our pick’n’mix selection of musicals, pantos and festive spectaculars, featuring circus tricks, high kicks and puppet r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PMHampstead theatre, LondonThis version of the day-in-a-life book, directed by Katie Mitchell, achieves the same lingering power using a quartet of actors Towards the end of Rebecca Watson’s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMChichester Festival theatreThe actor revisits his life and craft – not least playing Hercule Poirot – in neat but affecting touring show Has Ian McKellen started a trend? To mark his 80…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMThe Egg, BathWith a brilliantly physical performance from Ebony Feare, this toe-tapping show for over-sevens doesn’t shy away from the stage star’s tough times It took Josephine Baker f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMJermyn Street theatre, LondonPacing endlessly and rocking towards the big sleep, Siân Phillips and Charlotte Emmerson’s performances make this evening deeply affecting This no-frills cell…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06PMDrapers’ Hall, CoventryPunchdrunk Enrichment’s site-specific project for children aged six to 11 turns a historic building into a secretive library On the way to The Lost Lending Library…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonIt is spirited and witty, with superb puppetry and comedic performances, but this new musical’s songs don’t stay with you and the messages a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMReturning to the stage to play Faye Treadwell, formidable manager of the Drifters, the singer and actor explains how she faced down sexism and racism to forge her own career path in Britain …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMHighTide’s Inventing the Future weekender will feature six new scripts that playfully consider serious subjects, says artistic director Suba Das A sense of joy and playfulness is vital for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMCarrie Hope Fletcher is the star of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella; Oliver Ormson is in Disney’s Frozen. The pair discuss romance, musicals and returning to the stage amid theatre’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMMercury theatre, ColchesterWendy Kweh plays Creon as a politically minded queen in Merlynn Tong’s adaptation steeped in grief and decay The chorus has been banished, the cast of five has n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMWales Millennium Centre, CardiffThe true story of a family forced to flee the Taliban and seek lifesaving health treatment in the UK brings the search for home movingly to life This true sto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMDorset’s Inside Out festival brought audiences closer to nature with rock star-guided rambles, dirt-digging dances and a globe suspended in woodland Have you held a seashell to your ear, i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMTheatre Royal PlymouthBouncy songs explore three patients’ experiences in this ambitious and spirited show about the health service’s history and current crisis As audiences return to th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AMA newly rereleased documentary captures tense scenes in the studio for the 1970 musical’s original cast recording – and reveals much about the songs and their singers After a six-week tr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMHollywood actor will perform at Duke of York’s theatre, London, as Amanda Wingfield in one of Tennessee Williams’ most autobiographical plays The Hollywood star Amy Adams is to make her …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMHampstead theatre, LondonSet during the strange, out-of-time days between a death in the family and the funeral, Shelagh Stephenson’s 1996 play precariously balances riotous humour and pat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company’s artistic director has taken compassionate leave to look after his husband, the celebrated actor The actor Sir Antony Sher has been diagnosed with a termina…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMArrival, co-created with the local community, will take audiences on a journey around the historic industrial area set to welcome City Hall When the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, completes t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMComics including Romesh Ranganathan pay tribute to ‘caring and terrific’ standup, whose death from cancer has been announced The comedian Phil Jerrod, known for his richly lyrical observ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PMDystopian Trojan war play The Burnt City at site of Royal Arsenal will be company’s costliest and most ambitious immersive piece The immersive theatre company Punchdrunk, celebrated for cr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32PMOrange Tree theatre, LondonAthol Fugard’s portrait of two lovers defying an apartheid-era ban on interracial sex crackles with tension In Athol Fugard’s best-known play, Sizwe Bansi Is D…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMMarlowe theatre, CanterburyThis stage update adds new songs to the much-loved movie caper but despite deft illusions it lacks sparkle and eccentricity Well, hocus pocus and substitutiary loc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMGillian Lynne theatre, London Bewitching melodies abound as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s terrifically OTT but warm and inclusive musical finally arrives Delayed by a year because of the pandemic,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PMBill Bailey, Lee Mack, Harry Hill and Diane Morgan are among the fellow comics who have paid tribute to Lock, ‘an absolute genius’, who died at home from cancer, surrounded by family •…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMThe Line of Duty actor will play Claudius and the Ghost when the postponed play opens next month Adrian Dunbar is to join Cush Jumbo in the Young Vic theatre’s production of Hamlet which, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMThe outdoor theatre company will cover more than 12,000 miles this summer, visiting more than 60 venues. Guardian photographer David Levene joined the Macbeth road trip The Covid-19 pandemic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMRed Rose Chain will present Macbeth at the pop-up playhouse on the site of the greatest British archaeological discovery of the 20th century A new outdoor theatre is to open next summer at S…
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