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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Barcelona review: Lily Collins should have stayed in Paris by Annabel Nugent

The star of ‘Emily in Paris’ makes her West End debut in a play about another American abroad – but its contrived plot means that this story of two unhappy strangers fails to make an e…

SOURCE: The Independent at 03:12AM
Saturday, October 26, 2024

David Oyelowo: ‘There is a tendency to diminish oneself in the UK. In America, it’s almost the opposite’ by Annabel Nugent

The Golden Globe-winning actor and star of ‘Selma’ is currently tearing up the National Theatre stage in ‘Coriolanus’. But it’s a rare trip back home for the British-Nigerian actor…

SOURCE: The Independent at 01:06AM
Saturday, July 20, 2024

Cherry Jones: ‘I did feel bad about quitting The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Annabel Nugent

Over lunch with Annabel Nugent, in between rehearsals for ‘The Grapes of Wrath’, the Emmy-winning star of shows such as ‘Succession’ and ‘24’ talks about lines she won’t cross,…

SOURCE: The Independent at 01:54AM
Saturday, July 6, 2024

Is London ready for Slave Play? How boycotts, walkouts, and Rishi Sunak made this the hottest ticket in town by Annabel Nugent

Jeremy O Harris’s play scooped a record 12 Tony nominations back in 2021 – but not before its interrogation of race and sexuality inspired walkouts, petitions, and death threats against …

SOURCE: The Independent at 01:32AM
Monday, June 17, 2024

Angelina Jolie says she owes her first ever Tony award to her 15-year-old daughter by Annabel Nugent

Jolie served as producer on the award-winning musical with her teenage daughter as her assistant

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:24AM
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

David Harewood says white actors should be able to play Othello in Blackface by Annabel Nugent

‘If you want to Black it up – have at it, man,’ said the ‘Homeland’ star

SOURCE: The Independent at 04:06AM
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Can Stranger Things replicate Harry Potter and save the West End? by Annabel Nugent

The production team behind the most anticipated show of the year tell Annabel Nugent about what makes ‘The First Shadow’ so different from the usual screen-to-stage adaptation, and why t…

SOURCE: The Independent at 04:36AM
Thursday, August 24, 2023

Lily Allen hurried off stage during The Pillowman play in ‘emergency evacuation’ by Annabel Nugent

Audience was escorted outside while the fire brigade investigated a ‘false alarm’

SOURCE: The Independent at 04:55AM
Friday, August 4, 2023

Georgie Grier performs to packed out Edinburgh crowd hours after tearful tweet by Annabel Nugent

‘Hello Wembley!’ joked the comedian upon seeing the crowd

SOURCE: The Independent at 04:04PM

Paapa Essiedu opens up about the first role that made him doubt himself by Annabel Nugent

‘The fact that I did do it I think taught me something about myself,’ said ‘Black Mirror’ star

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:13AM
Sunday, June 18, 2023
Monday, June 12, 2023

Tony Awards 2023: Full list of winners by Annabel Nugent

‘Kimberly Akimbo’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ were among the big winners of the night

SOURCE: The Independent at 03:43AM

Alex Newell and J Harrison Ghee make history as first openly non-binary actors to win a Tony Award by Annabel Nugent

Newell and Ghee won for their roles in ‘Shucked’ and ‘Some Like It Hot’, respectively

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:25AM
Sunday, June 11, 2023

Tony Awards: Viewers baffled after director Michael Arden’s impassioned acceptance speech is censored by CBS by Annabel Nugent

Arden won Best Direction of a Musical for his revivial of ‘Parade’

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:19PM

Tony Awards 2023: Full list of winners by Annabel Nugent

See a rolling list of winners, updated in real time, below

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:13PM

‘I am live and unscripted – buckle up’: Ariana DeBose opens Tony Awards with passionate monologue by Annabel Nugent

Actor explained how the writers’ strikes affects tonight’s awards show

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:13PM
Monday, April 24, 2023

Matthew Rhys regrets not stepping in after Kathleen Turner photographed nude onstage: ‘I let her down’ by Annabel Nugent

Rhys and Turner starred in the 2000 stage production of ‘The Graduate’

SOURCE: The Independent at 02:48AM
Saturday, April 22, 2023

‘I let her down’: Matthew Rhys regrets not stepping in after Kathleen Turner photographed nude onstage by Annabel Nugent

Rhys and Turner starred in the 2000 stage production of ‘The Graduate’

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:54AM
Sunday, March 26, 2023

Nicholas death: Andrew Lloyd Webber announces his son has died aged 43 from gastric cancer by Annabel Nugent

Nicholas, also a successful composer, died surrounded by family at hospital in Hampshire

SOURCE: The Independent at 03:47AM
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Stranger Things: The First Shadow reveals plot for new stage show – and how to get tickets by Annabel Nugent

‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ will have its world-premiere in London later this year

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:55AM
Sunday, February 5, 2023
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Monday, December 19, 2022

Jodie Comer, a gen-Z Elle Woods and a giant swimming pool: The best theatre of 2022, ranked by Jessie Thompson,isobel Lewis,nicole Vassell and Annabel Nugent

The Independent’s theatre critics have chosen their top stage shows of 2022, a year in which fresh new writing and charming musicals reigned supreme

SOURCE: The Independent at 02:42AM
Sunday, December 4, 2022

Quentin Oliver Lee: Broadway star dies aged 34 by Annabel Nugent

‘It was peaceful and perfect,’ recalls Lee’s wife of his death

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:48AM
Saturday, June 25, 2022

Emilia Clarke addresses panned Broadway debut nearly a decade later: ‘It was a catastrophic failure’ by Annabel Nugent

Clarke played Holly Golightly in a production of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’

SOURCE: The Independent at 04:07PM
Monday, June 13, 2022

Andrew Lloyd Webber booed by crowd after calling Cinderella musical a ‘costly mistake’ by Annabel Nugent

Webber’s remark prompted confused looks from the cast on stage

SOURCE: The Independent at 04:48AM
Sunday, May 22, 2022

Anne-Marie Duff speaks out about decision not to get Botox: ‘Some people think it’s bonkers’ by Annabel Nugent

‘Shameless’ star says the choice has not impeded her career

SOURCE: The Independent at 02:24AM
Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Force Majeure review: Rory Kinnear is a man out for himself in an uneven adaptation of a Swedish triumph by Annabel Nugent

The play trades in the original film’s darkly comic outlook for a more straightforward humour

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:03AM
Friday, December 3, 2021

Life of Pi review: Lifelike tiger impresses in theatre-shaking production by Annabel Nugent

Every flick of the tail and padding of paws somehow carries the same weight as the real thing

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:24AM
Thursday, October 14, 2021

Yaël Farber on The Tragedy of Macbeth: ‘Our fatal flaw as a species is that we cannot manage power’ by Annabel Nugent

Her play is arguably the hottest ticket this theatre season. The playwright and director speaks with Annabel Nugent about creating an ‘intense’ on-set atmosphere, growing up amid the ‘…

SOURCE: The Independent at 02:32AM
Thursday, August 12, 2021

2:22 A Ghost Story review, Noël Coward Theatre: Lily Allen makes an eerily good stage debut in tense horror by Annabel Nugent

An all-star ensemble cast lead the way in Danny Robins’s prickly and effective thriller

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:18AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime