Clik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE DAILY FOR MONDAY APRIL 4
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE, which finds me back in London after a week in New York. Diary and Digest of the theatrical week This new weekly feature began last Monday, presenting a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE Daily for WEDNESDAY APRIL 6
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE. They shoot critics, don’t they? In these fractious, polarized times, it’s becoming more and more dangerous to be a critic. It is a critic’s JOB, after all,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE Daily for FRIDAY APRIL 8
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE. New plays and musicals are, of course, the absolute lifeblood of theatre; we need a regular supply of them to replenish and revitalise the repertoire, while...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Theatre Openings: from w/c April 11 onwards
LAST UPDATED: April 11 2022 Upcoming openings in London, the regions, and on Broadway from April 11 2022 onwards Monday April 11: BROADWAY: The Little Prince (Broadway Theatre) Previews from March 29,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE Daily for MONDAY APRIL 11
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE, posted ahead of my spinal surgery later this morning. So although on Friday I said I wouldn’t be back till this Friday, I’m here anyway, with my digest of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE Daily for WEDNESDAY APRIL 13
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE, coming to you from my hospital room at the Schoen Clinic on Wigmore Street, where I spent three hours in an operating theatre instead of a regular theatre,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE Daily for FRIDAY APRIL 15
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE. In the midst of an actual European war, it is difficult to summon much energy to care about manufactured, narcissistically attention-seeking squirmishes in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Theatre Openings: from w/c April 18 onwards
LAST UPDATED: April 18 2022 Upcoming openings in London, the regions, and on Broadway from April 18 2022 onwards Tuesday April 19: LONDON: Bonnie and Clyde The Musical (Arts Theatre), April 9-July 10,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE Daily for MONDAY APRIL 18
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE, with my regular digest of last week in the theatre and the week ahead, both personal and more wide-reaching, including theatrical announcements of the week...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE for WEDNESDAY APRIL 20
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE. More differences of opinion — and not just in the theatre Last Friday I wrote here about differences of critical opinion, and outlier reviews which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE Daily for FRIDAY APRIL 22
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE. I am moving my diary of the week and digest of the week’s openings to today, instead of Monday, which from now on will concentrate on the week ahead. DIARY...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE Daily for MONDAY APRIL 25
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE. Now that I’ve moved my weekly theatre diary and digest to the end of the week just gone instead of the start of the next one, Monday’s newsletter will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Theatre Openings: from w/c April 25 onwards
LAST UPDATED: April 25 2022 Upcoming openings in London, the regions, and on Broadway from April 25 2022 onwards Monday April 25: BROADWAY: The Skin of Our Teeth (Vivian Beaumont Theatre) Previews from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE Daily for WEDNESDAY APRIL 27
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE. Yesterday I made my first return to London since my spinal surgery two weeks ago, and at the end of next week will be back in New York, as well, thus...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE Daily for FRIDAY APRIL 29
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE, which is my week in review (plus reviews of others, too). SUNDAY APRIL 24 Today twitter is dominated by reactions against the Mail on Sunday’s absurd assault...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Theatre Openings: from w/c May 2 onwards
LAST UPDATED: May 2 2022 Upcoming openings in London, the regions, and on Broadway from May 2 2022 onwards Tuesday May 3: LONDON: La Bohème (King’s Head) April 26-May 28, press night May 3). Mark...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE Daily for MONDAY MAY 2
Welcome to today’s bank holiday edition of ShentonSTAGE, which contains a preview of the week ahead, but also features reviews round-ups of the return of JERUSALEM to the West End and Daniel Craig...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE Daily for WEDNESDAY MAY 4
Welcome to today’s packed edition of ShentonSTAGE! The Cinderella fall-out continued In a tweet on Monday, Telegraph chief theatre critic Dominic Cavendish suggested aloud: ​During the early days of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ShentonSTAGE Daily for FRIDAY MAY 6
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE, which is my week in review(s) and news, plus reviews of others, too. SATURDAY APRIL 30 Today I attended the London Gay Men’s Chorus 30th anniversary show,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Theatre Openings: from w/c May 9 onwards
LAST UPDATED: May 9 2022 Upcoming openings in London, the regions, and on Broadway from May 9 2022 onwards Tuesday May 10: REGIONAL: Passion (Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester) May 5-June 5, press night...
View Article