Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Simon Godwin directs a new National Theatre production of an American drama for which the British would seem to have more of an affinity than compatriots back home.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:16AM[SHARE]Monday, June 10, 2013
Cyndi Lauper triumphs at New York's Tony Awards as British import Matilda fails to win the crucial Best Musical prize.
SOURCE: Telegraph at 09:10AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 9, 2013
RSC musical Matilda may suffer for its sophistication at the Broadway awards when they take place tonight, says Matt Wolf.
SOURCE: Telegraph at 06:56PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Rufus Hound has made a sizable name for himself as a comedian on the British stand-up circuit and recently starred on screen in The Wedding Video. Now, the 34-year-old Englishman is spending…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PM[SHARE]Far from being put off by an overabundance of a certain play, audiences in Britain seem to enjoy collecting different experiences from each rendition the drama.
SOURCE: rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com at 06:29AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 29, 2013
London theater is looking and sounding very American these days. But there are plenty of notable British-born ventures to lure early summer stagegoers, as well, including the long-awaited mu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:27PM[SHARE]London theater is looking and sounding very American these days. But there are plenty of notable British-born ventures to lure early summer stagegoers, as well, including the long-awaited mu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Robert Sean Leonard of "House" fame provides an American backbone for "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:34AM[SHARE]Robert Sean Leonard of "House" fame provides an American backbone for "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:34AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The fast-rising Broadway actor Seth Numrich began the season in Lincoln Center Theater’s acclaimed revival of Clifford Odets’ Golden Boy, and now the Juilliard-trained 26-ye…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:35AM[SHARE]Monday, May 20, 2013
The pronouns have it in Alan Ayckbourn's career-defining comedy of spiralling misunderstandings, which has arrived on the West End 46 years after first hinting at the formidable talent of a …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:44PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Merrily We Roll Along may have flopped on Broadway in 1981, but the Stephen Sondheim/George Furth musical—the story of a three-way friendship that begins at the end and rewinds to the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:47PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
It’s been 22 years since Robert Sean Leonard last appeared on stage in London as George Gibbs in Our Town. Half a lifetime later, the 44-year-old star of TV’s House is back in to…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:28PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The London theater scene is taking on a decidedly American tone: Playwrights from Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill to David Mamet, Stephen Sondheim and Annie Baker are among the names o…
SOURCE: rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com at 10:20AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 2, 2013
The London weather is warming up as the spring theater season continues its sizzling pace. If you’ve already seen Dames Helen Mirren and Judi Dench on the West End and are waiting for …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PM[SHARE]Monday, April 29, 2013
The 37th Laurence Olivier Awards, held at London’s Royal Opera House on April 28, spread the wealth among a limited number of shows, with seven prizes for The Curious Incident of the D…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:19AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 28, 2013
The Oliviers consider more than twice the number of productions for their annual awards compared to Broadway's Tonys. But you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise following Sunday night'…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:43PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 25, 2013
The long-awaited pairing of Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear in "Othello'' at the National Theatre is one of the director Nicholas Hytner's greatest achievements.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:16AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Luke Treadaway is one of eight 2013 Olivier Award nominees from the sellout London hit The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, now at the Apollo Theatre with Broadway in its sight…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:50PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Declan Bennett was born and brought up in England, spent seven years living and working in New York, and is now playing a lovesick Irish musician in the newly acclaimed London production of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:28PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The galloping success of "Once" is set to continue in a London production whose quietest moments are its most piercing, and "Narrative'' takes getting used to but rewards the audience in the…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:46AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 14, 2013
Starting with "Jerry Springer: The Opera," Nicholas Hytner has repositioned the three-stage complex as arguably the defining theatrical address in the English-speaking world. And he still ha…
SOURCE: rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com at 09:13AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 11, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
A Chorus Line is back on the London boards for its first West End revival in almost four decades. In an Anglo-American cast of hard-working hoofers, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, 31 in May, sta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:13PM[SHARE]Friday, April 5, 2013
Stephen Sondheim is two weeks away from his 83rd birthday on the windy, rain-tossed March day when I visit Broadway's reigning king of music and lyrics at his Manhattan home. He hasn't stepp…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 3, 2013
English song-and-dance man Gavin Lee, 41, has spent much of the past decade playing Bert in Mary Poppins on both sides of the Atlantic, nabbing Olivier and Tony nods along the way. Now, he&r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:37PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
London’s spring season is in full swing, with plenty of great shows to choose from. If you can’t get a ticket to see Helen Mirren play the Queen or the hit play The Curious Incid…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:47PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Gavin Creel is currently on a third go-round as a West End leading man, following Mary Poppins and Hair, with a knockout turn as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon, which opens March 21 at th…
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