Month: July 2009

“Her delicate beauty”, said Tennessee Williams of Blanche DuBois, “must avoid a strong light. There is something about her uncertain manner, as well as her white clothes, that suggests a moth.” Rachel Weisz captures that […]

The Donmar Warehouse’s stellar revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire opened last night (28 July, previews from 23 July), with Rachel Weisz and Elliot Cowan leading the cast as Blanche DuBois and Stanley […]

The Donmar Warehouse’s eagerly-anticipated and already sold-out revival of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire opened to critics at its Covent Garden base last night (See Also Today’s 1st Night Photos::E88312… […]

A theatre producer is appearing on BBC show Dragons’ Den this evening (29 July) trying to entice the wealthy panel to back her new musical about sixties songstress Dusty Springfield.Former TV presenter Josephine Buchan – […]

A theatre producer is appearing on BBC show Dragons’ Den this evening (29 July) trying to entice the wealthy panel to back her new musical about sixties songstress Dusty Springfield.Former TV presenter Josephine Buchan – […]

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s Olivier award-winning musical Once on this Island – here revived in a co-production with Birmingham Rep and Nottingham Playhouse – is a joyous, if not exactly narratively satisfying affair. A […]

Shall We Dance has been one of the most anticipated shows of the summer. It’s a tribute to the great American songwriter Richard Rodgers, and features many of his classic tunes loosely strung together by […]

Grease, which celebrated its second birthday at the West End's Piccadilly Theatre this past weekend, has announced two extensions: current Danny Zuko, Dancing on Ice victor Ray Quinn, has added eight weeks to his contract, […]