Friday, December 14, 2018
Around this time of year, when critics start compiling their best of the year lists and then thinking about their resolutions for
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It would be great if theatre could be a habit, but for most people it is actually an occasion. That’s partly a
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With Clive Rowe back at Hackney, Julian Clary in his third consecutive year at the Palladium and Berwick Kaler in his 40th
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The transfer of Lee Hall’s stage adaptation of the 1976 film Network, first seen at London’s National Theatre last year, should fit
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Accessibility is theatre’s greatest challenge. Since it happens at a specific time and place, it usually requires its audience to be there,
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From two-handers spawned above London pubs and subsidised productions to West End commercial hits, there are many different routes a show can
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Star casting, especially in the West End, is standard practice: putting a ‘name’ above the title is perceived to be good for
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“The ladies are about to storm the men’s loos. They can’t manage to have a drink and a waz at half time,”
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For more than 30 years, the comedian has entertained stage and TV audiences with innuendo-stuffed repartee and outrageously camp jibes. As he
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Casey Nicholaw is currently Broadway’s most prolific director/choreographer. He adds a fourth title to his portfolio with this joyously affectionate musical. Like
Linked From The Stage Registration at 03:20AMWe critics have long accepted our role in the forever-hungry theatre publicity machine. In return for the access we are (mostly) freely
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Ian McKellen, who has recently completed a West End run in the titanic role of King Lear and is approaching his 80th
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One of Broadway’s leading men, with a CV ranging from Shakespeare to The Lion King, Patrick Page is making his UK stage
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News and reviews from London and Broadway, plus interviews and tweets of the week.
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In two recent interviews, musical theatre star Sheridan Smith has been very frank and revealing about her own mental health issues –
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Next year marks the 50th anniversary of Stonewall – the famous Greenwich Village pub riot in New York that sparked the birth
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Mark Shenton offers reviews, news, interviews and tweets of the week from the West End, Broadway and beyond.
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The timing could not be more apt for a Broadway theatre to offer a play that puts race at its centre. This
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Thirty-six years since its Broadway debut, Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song returns to its original home, now owned and operated by Second Stage
Linked From The Stage Registration at 08:01AMCritics have their opinions, but ultimately, it’s always the reader who decides whether or not to act on them. That decision may
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New work is the lifeblood of theatre, pushing our perceptions of the world in new directions and telling us fresh stories. But
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Mark Shenton’s news, reviews, quotes, tweets and farewells of the week, from the West End, Broadway and beyond.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMIn Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado, Ko-Ko sings: “I’ve got a little list/Of society offenders/Who might well be underground/And never would be
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Here it is: the top 10. Broadway critic and resident musical theatre expert Mark Shenton selects his favourite songs in the history
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Comedy and writing legend Elaine May, now 85, returns to Broadway for the first time in well over half a century to
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In the usual run of things, Broadway specialises in musicals and London in plays. The typical transatlantic traffic between these two world
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A big week in London theatre, with three of the most anticipated openings of the autumn: Marianne Elliott’s new production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s 1970 musical Company, Ma…
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Over 20 plays have already been announced to open on Broadway this season, but there’s unlikely to be a family drama teeming
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Things are starting to get serious as our associate editor, Broadway critic and resident musical theatre expert Mark Shenton counts down his
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