Production News: Broadway’s Colman Domingo and Forrest McClendon to star in...
Colman Domingo and Forrest McClendon, who starred in the original Broadway production of The Scottsboro Boys, will return to the musical in the Young Vic’s production later this year. Domingo will...
View ArticleShenton's View: Unofficial festivals around town
Sometimes you don’t need to ring-fence a city or a particular month of the year, or even publish a brochure, to make a festival. While Edinburgh of course is now in full swing, with the official...
View ArticleShenton's View: Autumn highlights: What I’m most looking forward to in the...
Just yesterday I was noting how the London and regional theatres are both waking up from their recent Edinburgh and summer induced slumbers – I had 13 openings listed for this week alone (and I didn’t...
View ArticleAnalysis & Opinion: The year in review: London
In a year of contracting state funding for the arts, the audience for the theatre has been growing – thanks, in part, to digital developments and renewed broadcast interest. The Olivier Awards returned...
View ArticleNews: Young Vic’s The Scottsboro Boys to transfer to West End
The Scottsboro Boys is to transfer to the Garrick Theatre in the West End this autumn, following its run at the Young Vic last year. It will run from October 4, with press night on October 20 and will...
View ArticleShenton's View: Deja vu in the West End as Evita and Cats return
The simultaneous announcement last week that not one but two Andrew Lloyd Webber classics are to return to the West End later this year has once again demonstrated his undisputed knack for achieving...
View ArticleShenton's View: Bravo to those putting in the hard graft to make new musicals...
A flood of new musicals will be arriving in the West End from New York this autumn. There are British premieres for the 2010 Tony-winning Memphis and the current Off-Broadway hit Here Lies Love, plus...
View ArticleShenton's View: John Kander and Susan Stroman on the making of The Scottsboro...
I won’t deny that it is one of the considerable perks of my job that I sometimes meet my heroes. They say you should never meet your heroes, but I am happy to say that sometimes it works out. It’s...
View ArticleShenton's View: Mark Shenton’s theatre picks: October 30
This week saw the West End transfer of one new British created musical, Sunny Afternoon, which wowed the critics, including me at Hampstead Theatre and again now at the Pinter. But can we create an...
View ArticleNews: Gillian Anderson and Scottsboro Boys score Young Vic a double win at...
Gillian Anderson scooped the best actress prize at the 60th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, while The Scottsboro Boys was named best musical – securing a double win for the Young Vic. Anderson...
View ArticleShenton's View: Some musicals I’m just crazy about
I’ve had an exhilarating few days catching up with new productions of a couple of classic modern musicals and revisiting an already classic brand-new show, too. Musicals, of course, are never shy of...
View ArticleShenton's View: The awards offering a different take on the year’s theatre
We’re in the middle of awards season. And while the world ponders over whether Eddie Redmayne or Benedict Cumberbatch (two actors who began their careers on the London stage) will emerge from the...
View ArticleShenton's View: Is the West End playing it safe? There’s plenty of evidence...
You shouldn’t judge any theatre by commercial success, and especially not by an ability to transfer shows to the West End or Broadway. Those are ruthless marketplaces where the things that do well are...
View ArticleShenton's View: Welcome to the cheap seats – if you can find one
I reckon I’ve sat in the top balconies of just about every single theatre in London. It’s how I began my theatregoing life as a teenager newly arrived in London. Every now and then I’d find myself...
View ArticleUnofficial festivals around town
Sometimes you don’t need to ring-fence a city or a particular month of the year, or even publish a brochure, to make
View ArticleAutumn highlights: What I’m most looking forward to in the next few months
Just yesterday I was noting how the London and regional theatres are both waking up from their recent Edinburgh and summer induced
View ArticleThe year in review: London
Mark Shenton revisits some of the key themes and shows from the past 12 months in the capital and sets out his highs and lows
View ArticleYoung Vic’s The Scottsboro Boys to transfer to West End
The Scottsboro Boys is to transfer to the Garrick Theatre in the West End this autumn, following its run at the Young
View ArticleDeja vu in the West End as Evita and Cats return
The simultaneous announcement last week that not one but two Andrew Lloyd Webber classics are to return to the West End later
View ArticleBravo to those putting in the hard graft to make new musicals happen
A flood of new musicals will be arriving in the West End from New York this autumn. There are British premieres for
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....