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Joyous and emotional: inside the 66th Evening Standard Theatre Awards

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards returned last night after a two-year pandemic-enforced break, in a night that reflected the strength of London’s theatre recovery

Evening Standard

Best theater of 2022: So many LA bright spots in a challenging year

LOS ANGELES — Just when you think things are about to improve, the reality of what we've been dealing with sinks in. Let's not hide the truth: 2022 was a bruiser, economically and emotionally.

Los Angeles Times

The 66th Evening Standard Theatre Awards shortlist is here - and it’s a tribute to London’s incredible talent

And the nominees are...

Evening Standard

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Review: Broadway's '1776' is at war with its own material

NEW YORK — As directed by by Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus, the revival of the 1969 musical “1776,” which opened last week at the Roundabout Theatre, is the latest entry in the current trend of blowing up the baked-in optimism of the American musical theater.

Tribune News Service

Objectified, derided, demeaned: sexism is still rampant on stage in the era of #MeToo

From Jerusalem and Pretty Woman to a 70s Alan Bennett farce, unreconstructed attitudes and old-fashioned smut still permeate British theatre. And irony is not much of a defence

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Oklahoma!; Unchain Me; House of Ife

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first musical is roughed up; dreamthinkspeak amble around Brighton; and a first for Amharic on the British stage?

The Guardian - UK

The Week on Stage: from Oklahoma! to The Misfortune of the English

The highs and lows of the week’s theatre

The Independent UK

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Oklahoma! review – an invigorating take on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic

This modern, sexy and unsettling show injects thrills into a familiar musical, making it feel newly minted

The Guardian - UK

Oklahoma! review: Stripped back version is the best revival yet

After triumphing at the Tonys, this pared-back production comes to London

Evening Standard

Daniel Fish on his dark new Oklahoma!: ‘We’re trying to deal with violence, injustice, and community’

The New York theatre director and actors Arthur Darvill, Anoushka Lucas and Patrick Vaill talk to Sarah Crompton about turning the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic into the most challenging version ever, and finding the truth of it in this moment for the London stage

The Independent UK

Anoushka Lucas interview: ‘Being an artist in a capitalist society with no backing is a nightmare’

Anoushka Lucas spent her twenties trying and failing to get a record deal; in her thirties, she’s found a thrilling new career in theatre

Evening Standard

Oh what a gun-totin’ morning: raw Oklahoma! swaps folksiness for firearms

Daniel Fish’s restaging of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic is no Kansas City cornbread caper. The director explains why he ratcheted up the racial tension and gun violence

The Guardian - UK

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