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Friday, June 10, 2016

Mark Shenton’s top venues: Broadway’s 45th Street by Mark Shenton

This week, my top venue isn’t a single venue but an entire street – or at least part of a street that runs

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Maury Yeston: ‘No amount of money or scenery will fix a musical that doesn’t work’ by Mark Shenton

In my recent online list of the best musical theatre composers of all time, Maury Yeston made it in at number 26.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM

Mark Shenton’s theatre picks: June 9 by Mark Shenton

I’ve been writing a lot about the Tony awards this week already. I made some predictions about the awards, and interviewed Tony-nominated

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

John Doyle: ‘I was 53 when I won the Tony, and I was like the new kid’ by Mark Shenton

There are quite a few British nominees for this year’s Tony Awards, being presented on June 12 at New York’s Beacon Theatre.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

J.K. Rowling Issues Video Plea To Keep Surprises Of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child by Mark Shenton

The two-part show begins previews in London today.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PM

Mark Shenton: Is Broadway going from all-new to deja vu? by Mark Shenton

The 70th annual Tony Awards ceremony takes place this weekend. It traditionally marks the culmination of the season, this one spanning 2015/16.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Premieres Tonight in London by Mark Shenton

The world premiere will officially open July 30.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Monday, June 6, 2016

Producer Scott Rudin Withdraws from Groundhog Day Musical by Mark Shenton

It's the latest project from Matilda composer Tim Minchin.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:33PM

The Fix to Be Revived as Opening Production of London's New Union Theatre by Mark Shenton

The 1997 musical premiered at the Donmar Warehouse and was seen at the Union Theatre in 2012.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AM

Full Casting Announced for Jesus Christ Superstar at London's Open Air Theatre by Mark Shenton

Performances begin mid-July.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AM

Mark Shenton’s week: In a theatre far, far away… by Mark Shenton

Last summer, I wanted to be in Sydney in Australia to see Cate Blanchett (possibly my favourite screen actress) in The Present,

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM

Saturday, June 4, 2016

What’s Hot in London: May 28-June 3 by Mark Shenton

Harry Potter gets ready to cast a new spell on the West End, Rufus Norris denies revenge against theatre critics, and the London reviews are in for Jesse Eisenberg’s The Spoils.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Friday, June 3, 2016

Jeremy Jordan to Make U.K. Cabaret Debut in London and Edinburgh by Mark Shenton

He will appear at the London Hippodrome and at Edinburgh's Churchill Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AM

London's National Confirms New Productions of Amadeus and Peter Pan by Mark Shenton

David Hare will also premiere a new play and revive an old one.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AM

Audience Member Plunges from Balcony During Performance of Grease at Blackpool's Grand Theatre by Mark Shenton

Performances are scheduled to resume June 3.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AM

Further Casting Announced for London Premiere of Dreamgirls by Mark Shenton

Amber Riley to be Joined by Ibinabo Jack and Liisi LaFontaine to comprise “The Dreams.”

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:38AM

Mark Shenton’s top venues: Hackney Empire, London by Mark Shenton

I sometimes think that Hackney Empire is one of the loveliest of all London’s ‘local’ theatres – one of the grand variety

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Jesse Eisenberg's The Spoils Opens in the West End Tonight by Mark Shenton

Actor-turned-playwright Eisenberg makes his West End acting debut in his own play.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AM

Helen George: ‘I didn’t want to be a celebrity’ by Mark Shenton

Though Helen George has achieved fame as Trixie Franklin in the popular BBC series Call the Midwife, which recently finished its fifth series,

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM

Mark Shenton’s theatre picks: June 2 by Mark Shenton

The big news this week isn’t of an opening – though there are some high-profile ones – but the start of nearly

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Mark Shenton: Here’s what theatre critics can learn from their colleagues in the music trade by Mark Shenton

Writing about criticism itself, as I have often done in this column, is a peculiar kind of navel-gazing; but if critics matter at

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Mark Shenton’s week: I’ve just taken a day off theatre, and this is why by Mark Shenton

I returned home from a 10-day holiday in San Francisco and Las Vegas last week, flying overnight (a 10-hour journey) to land

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:33AM

TICKETS: Mark’s Top Ten recommendations this week (30 May) by Mark Shenton

New entries this week are The Invisible Hand at the Tricycle Theatre and The 3 Penny Opera at the Natonal, and its the last chance to see Les Blancs, The Flick and People, Places and Things

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:02AM

Monday, May 30, 2016

Rory Kinnear: ‘All I ever wanted to do was work at the National’ by Mark Shenton

Rory Kinnear seems to have followed seamlessly in the footsteps of Simon Russell Beale and Alex Jennings to become one of the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM

Saturday, May 28, 2016

What’s Hot in London: May 22-28 by Mark Shenton

Jonathan Church exits Sydney Theatre Company, Donmar Warehouse heads to King’s Cross (and Brooklyn), and reviews in for Romeo and Juliet.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Friday, May 27, 2016

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All stories by Mark Shenton on BroadwayStars

Mark Shenton’s top venues: Broadway’s 45th Street by Mark Shenton

Maury Yeston: ‘No amount of money or scenery will fix a musical that doesn’t work’ by Mark Shenton

Mark Shenton’s theatre picks: June 9 by Mark Shenton

John Doyle: ‘I was 53 when I won the Tony, and I was like the new kid’ by Mark Shenton

J.K. Rowling Issues Video Plea To Keep Surprises Of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child by Mark Shenton

Mark Shenton: Is Broadway going from all-new to deja vu? by Mark Shenton

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Premieres Tonight in London by Mark Shenton

Producer Scott Rudin Withdraws from Groundhog Day Musical by Mark Shenton

The Fix to Be Revived as Opening Production of London's New Union Theatre by Mark Shenton

Full Casting Announced for Jesus Christ Superstar at London's Open Air Theatre by Mark Shenton

Mark Shenton’s week: In a theatre far, far away… by Mark Shenton

What’s Hot in London: May 28-June 3 by Mark Shenton

Jeremy Jordan to Make U.K. Cabaret Debut in London and Edinburgh by Mark Shenton

London's National Confirms New Productions of Amadeus and Peter Pan by Mark Shenton

Audience Member Plunges from Balcony During Performance of Grease at Blackpool's Grand Theatre by Mark Shenton

Further Casting Announced for London Premiere of Dreamgirls by Mark Shenton

Mark Shenton’s top venues: Hackney Empire, London by Mark Shenton

Jesse Eisenberg's The Spoils Opens in the West End Tonight by Mark Shenton

Helen George: ‘I didn’t want to be a celebrity’ by Mark Shenton

Mark Shenton’s theatre picks: June 2 by Mark Shenton

Mark Shenton: Here’s what theatre critics can learn from their colleagues in the music trade by Mark Shenton

Mark Shenton’s week: I’ve just taken a day off theatre, and this is why by Mark Shenton

TICKETS: Mark’s Top Ten recommendations this week (30 May) by Mark Shenton

Rory Kinnear: ‘All I ever wanted to do was work at the National’ by Mark Shenton

What’s Hot in London: May 22-28 by Mark Shenton

West End Run of Jesse Eisenberg's The Spoils Begins Tonight by Mark Shenton

Disney's Aladdin Begins at West End's Prince Edward Theatre Tonight by Mark Shenton

Go-Between, New Musical Starring Michael Crawford, Begins West End Performances Tonight by Mark Shenton

Stephen Daldry's An Inspector Calls to Return to the West End by Mark Shenton

Tony Kushner's Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide Will Make U.K. Premiere by Mark Shenton

Mark Shenton: The gripes, bugbears and pet peeves of the regular theatregoer by Mark Shenton