Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Hey-nonny-bo! The woman reclaiming maypole dancing with dancehall and drum’n’bass by Jak Hutchcraft

UK artist Linett Kamala was astonished to see a maypole in a Jamaican hamlet – a colonial relic, but one bringing joy. So she reinvented the tradition by ditching English folk tunes and ad…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00PM

‘The doorbell went at 5am. Six masked men were outside’: Belarus Free Theatre bring totalitarian terror to the Venice Biennale by Melissa Denes

They’ve been imprisoned, tortured and spied upon. Now dissidents from Europe’s last dictatorship are bringing the sights, sounds, smells and even tastes of brutal repression to the world…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM

Firewing review – tale of two twitchers in a bird hide is funny and fascinating by Arifa Akbar

Hampstead theatre, LondonA bond slowly builds between wildlife photographer Tim and his apprentice Marcus in David Pearson’s tender yet underdeveloped dramaA young aspiring wildlife photog…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM
Monday, April 27, 2026

The Lost Boys review – 80s vampire musical lacks Broadway bite by Jesse Hassenger

Palace Theatre, New YorkJoel Schumacher’s much-loved movie gets a splashy stage transfer which might be technically impressive but the songs never come to lifeBrand-dependent mega-musicals…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:59AM

Harvey Fierstein on Kinky Boots, addiction and survival: ‘When you get sober, it takes five years to get your marbles back’ by Chris Godfrey

He found roaring success on Broadway with Torch Song Trilogy, then appeared in blockbusters Mrs Doubtfire and Independence Day. But notoriety had a cost. The 73-year-old stage legend talks r…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AM

‘Omar, what the hell are you doing in Chichester?’: when Doctor Zhivago star Sharif came to Sussex by Arifa Akbar

Hannah Khalil’s new play sprang from her surprise at seeing the great Egyptian actor had performed at the Festival theatre in the 1980s. She explains how it entwined with a story of her mi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AM

Adjoa Andoh on Shakespeare, Bridgerton and DEI: ‘I don’t have to be the only one in the room’ by David Smith In Washington

Acclaimed stage and screen actor has taken part in Washington DC’s Folger Shakespeare Library residency program during a troubling time for the CapitolAddressing an audience at the Folger …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55AM

Louise Lecavalier: Danses Vagabondes – part witchy raver, part manic pixie dream grandmother by Lyndsey Winship

Sadler’s Wells East, LondonAt 67, the mercurial Lecavalier is in the I’ll-do-whatever-I-want phase of her career, choreographing solos that are worlds away from cosy retirementLouise Lec…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55AM

Heartsink review – terminally ill doctor struggles to be a patient by Arifa Akbar

Riverside Studios, LondonJeffrey Longford is pedantic and superior in Farine Clarke’s medical drama – griping at everything from hospital data systems to gender-neutral loosHeartsinks, i…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55AM
Sunday, April 26, 2026

I Saw Satan at the 7-Eleven review – gross, gruesome and sometimes sweet road trip with the devil by Kate Wyver

Soho theatre, LondonChristopher Brett Bailey reads his surreal novella and freewheels his way through extreme vice, erotic tension and dulled indifferenceNo one tells a story like Christophe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:40AM
Saturday, April 25, 2026

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone review – August Wilson play makes uneven return to Broadway by Juan A Ramírez

Ethel Barrymore theatre, New YorkDebbie Allen’s revival of the 1984 drama boasts a compelling cast, led by Taraji P Henson and Cedric the Entertainer, but too many notes are offEarlier thi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00PM

Please Please Me review – fascinating tale of Brian Epstein, the Beatles and that trip to Torremolinos by Emma John

Kiln theatre, LondonTom Wright’s play explores how the Fab Four, and a rumoured affair with John Lennon, helped shape the manager’s tragically short lifeAt the age of 30, the Beatles’s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AM

The Price review – Henry Goodman leads another Arthur Miller revival that’s right on the money by Arifa Akbar

Marylebone theatre, London A tremendous cast lifts what might have been a formulaic drama into a compelling examination of contested memoryArthur Miller is evidently speaking to the moment. …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AM

‘I don’t need to see you naked’: Urzila Carlson on becoming a comedy superstar and fending off horny fans by Sian Cain

The South African-born New Zealand comedian reflects on how her traumatic childhood shaped her humour and refusing to roast her 13-year-old daughter’s friendsGet our weekend culture and li…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AM

Michael Patrick obituary by Lucy Webster

Actor and writer who confronted his motor neurone disease diagnosis in his work, and went on to play Richard III When Michael Patrick became the first actor in Ireland’s theatrical history…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AM

Susan Chlopicki obituary by Marissa Burgess

My colleague and friend Susan Chlopicki, who has died aged 59 of lung cancer, was a comedian, activist and charity worker. As a standup she performed across the UK and her written work was f…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AM

Conteh review – the dazzling rise and bruising fall of a 70s boxing great by Mark Fisher

Royal Court theatre, LiverpoolWriter-actor Aron Julius captures the sparkling charm of Liverpudlian fighter John Conteh in a punch-by-punch account of his careerDon King is singing the prais…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AM
Friday, April 24, 2026

‘You have to reflect the language to capture people’s souls’: Martina Laird on calypso, patois and the RSC by Arifa Akbar

The former Casualty actor wrote Driftwood – a family drama set against the backdrop of Trinidadian independence – as a private act after reconnecting with her roots. It was like solving …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15AM

‘An act of real faith’: Mass writer Fran Kranz on forgiveness in the wake of unspeakable violence by Fran Kranz

The parents of a school shooter meet those of a victim in the film Mass, which is now a play. It explores the bitter proposition – and extraordinary sacrifice – of restorative justiceThe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15AM
Thursday, April 23, 2026

The Rocky Horror Show review – campy musical returns to Broadway in need of an energy boost by Richard Lawson

Studio 54, New YorkThe 1973 cult favorite is back with a stacked cast, including Juliette Lewis, Luke Evans and Rachel Dratch, but only flashes of genuine funRichard O’Brien’s The Rocky …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:30PM

Caroline: A New Musical review – hearty hits in pirate radio jukebox tale by Emma John

New Wolsey theatre, Ipswich Vikki Stone’s freely adapted version of the once notorious seafaring broadcaster’s history is a terrrific premise for delivering a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:45PM

The Waves review – superb staging of Virginia Woolf’s deep dive into friendship by Lucinda Everett

Jermyn Street theatre, LondonDeft production follows six friends as they morph from truth-blurting children into weary midlifers in effortless and capable performancesRead Virginia Woolf’s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:05AM

Alexander Morton obituary by Anthony Hayward

Scottish actor who played Golly Mackenzie in TV’s Monarch of the Glen and Andy Semple in Take the High RoadAlexander Morton, who has died of heart failure aged 81, was a stalwart of Scotti…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:10AM

Double Indemnity review – leaden drama turns crime classic into a very cold case by Chris Wiegand

Churchill theatre, Bromley James M Cain’s hard-bitten novella gained bleak power on screen but this version, giving Mischa Barton her UK stage debut, loses its flinty edgeThe West End’s …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:10AM

Taraji P Henson: ‘It’s exhausting to have to fight for my worth’ by Kaitlyn McNab

The Oscar-nominee on Hollywood burnout, Black resilience and her Broadway debut in August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and GoneOn a Wednesday evening in midtown New York, generations X thr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM

‘Feels very special’: Michael Sheen to star as Salieri in new production of Amadeus by Sundus Abdi

The play about Mozart’s jealous rival – a co-production with the Welsh National Theatre set up by the actor last year – will open in Cardiff before a 16-week run in London’s West End…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:40AM
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Beaches review – 80s weepie makes for soggy Broadway musical by Richard Lawson

Majestic theatre, New YorkA standout turn from Jessica Vosk, taking on the Bette Midler role, isn’t enough to turn a much-loved movie into a legitimate stage showGarry Marshall’s 1988 fi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00PM

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui review – Mark Gatiss terrifies as Brecht’s fascistic cauliflower racketeer by Arifa Akbar

Swan theatre, Stratford-Upon-AvonGatiss is part Hitler, part Scrooge, part Trump in Seán Linnen’s circus-like production for the RSCBertolt Brecht’s comic grotesque parable for Hitler�…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:25PM

Anthony Fauci makes acting debut in Oedipus the King play reading in DC by David Smith In Washington

Fauci was joined by actor Jesse Eisenberg and top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer in reading for DC Climate WeekWhen Anthony Fauci put on a pair of sunglasses, the hall erupted in cheers and a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:28AM

To see or not to see? Every single Shakespeare play – ranked! by Michael Billington

Antony and Cleopatra? Exhausting. Lear? Magnificent but flawed. Hamlet? Limitless. For Shakespeare’s birthday, the Guardian’s former theatre critic ranks all the plays***35 Continue read…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:40AM
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Smackdowns and showtunes: wrestling biopic Fighting With My Family inspires stage musical by Chris Wiegand

Adaptation of Stephen Merchant’s 2019 film about WWE champ Saraya-Jade Bevis ‘will be an absolute blast’, says one of the film’s stars, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ JohnsonStephen Merchant�…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:30PM

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off