ANNIE Leads June's Top 10 New London Shows
London is never short of theatre temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings.
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BWW Interview: Drew McOnie Talks ON THE TOWN
Director/choreographer Drew McOnie's work includes In the Heights, Strictly Ballroom, The Wild Party and Jesus Christ Superstar.
BWW Interview: Alex Bourne Talks West End ANNIE
Actor Alex Bourne's past musical work ranges from Kiss Me, Kate to Chicago and We Will Rock You.
Photo Flash: OUR LADIES OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR Opening Night Party
Following a critically acclaimed opening at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, subsequent UK tour and sell-out run last summer at the National Theatre, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour opened in the West End last night at the Duke of York's Theatre.
BWW Interview: Matthew Croke On Becoming The New West End Aladdin
Following UK tours of West Side Story and Singin' in the Rain, plus several ensemble and understudying roles in shows like Wicked and Grease, Matthew Croke takes on his first West End lead when he becomes the new Aladdin on 5 June in the hit Disney production at Prince Edward Theatre.
BWW Review: SALOME, National Theatre
Salome, that dancing seductress who demanded the head of John the Baptist, has been reclaimed by Yael Farber in this new feminist interpretation (the RSC stages Oscar Wilde's more familiar take next month).
Photo Flash: Jim Carter, Michael Palin & More In BRASSED OFF Reunion
Last night, members of the cast and creative team from beloved 1996 British movie BRASSED OFF reunited for a special 21st birthday screening at London Royal Albert Hall, with the film's score played live by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band - all on the iconic stage where its famous finale takes place
CD Review: DREAMGIRLS, Original London Cast Recording
The hit West End revival of Dreamgirls is rumoured to be heading over to Broadway next year.
BWW Interview: Edward Fox Talks Betjeman Play SAND IN THE SANDWICHES
Edward Fox's stellar stage and screen career ranges from Hamlet and The Go-Between to The Day of the Jackal.
BWW Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA, National Theatre
Tony Kushner's landmark two-part play begins at a funeral, with a rabbi solemnly naming a woman's surviving relatives; partway through the interminable list of grandchildren, he stops and sighs.
WOYZECK Leads May's Top 10 New London Shows
London is never short of theatre temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings.
BWW Review: THE TREATMENT, Almeida Theatre
Martin Crimp's 1993 play feels sharply contemporary in this slick revival from Lyndsey Turner, with its layered deconstruction of the way that we treat both art and life as commodities - and how we mistreat one another - opening up industry satire into a far-reaching portrait of social malaise.
BWW Interview: Actress Dawn Sievewright Talks OUR LADIES OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR
Lee Hall's Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of Alan Warner's novel The Sopranos, about a raucous group of teenage girls in Edinburgh for a choir competition, arrives in the West End following an acclaimed Traverse Theatre premiere and UK tour (read our review).
BWW Review: OBSESSION, Barbican
'Everybody wants passion,' says Ivo van Hove in the programme interview for his latest show, but in both tone and aesthetic, his take on this doomed romance is less red-hot fire of ardour, more the cold, grey ash left in the wake of a consuming flame.
BWW Interview: Carrie Hope Fletcher Talks THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Carrie Hope Fletcher has starred in numerous musicals, including Les Miserables, Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and has also published two books.
BWW Review: THE PHILANTHROPIST, Trafalgar Studios
Christopher Hampton's 1969 take on Moliere's The Misanthrope is often played with actors older than their characters, but director Simon Callow has recruited some of TV's bright young things to play the solipsistic academics.
BWW Interview: Kirsty Bushell On Playing Juliet at Shakespeare's Globe
Unusually, actress Kirsty Bushell comes to Juliet later in a stellar career; her work includes everything from the title role in Salisbury Playhouse's Hedda Gabler to Disgraced at Bush Theatre and Ivo van Hove's Antigone.
BWW Review: AUDRA MCDONALD, Leicester Square Theatre
Six-time Tony winner and reigning Queen of Broadway - plus 'Olivier Award presenter', jokes partner-in-crime Seth Rudetsky in his introduction (though surely that's just a matter of time, with her Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill coming to Wyndham's this summer) - lauded actress and singer Audra
Photo Flash: Amber Riley, Billie Piper & More On 2017 Olivier Awards Red Carpet
Last night was the 2017 Olivier Awards at London's Royal Albert Hall.
VIDEO: Watch The Live Olivier Awards Interval Show
The Olivier Awards 2017 with Mastercard - the most prestigious event in the UK's theatrical calendar - takes place today, Sunday 9 April, at London's Royal Albert Hall.
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