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Jonathan Bailey Quits Ariana Grande Show After Barbican Artistic Director's Exit

Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande have both exited the West End revival of 'Sunday in the Park with George', leading to recasting efforts for the 2027 Barbican production.

International Business Times UK

Jonathan Bailey withdraws from Sunday In The Park With George after Ariana Grande exit

The 38-year-old said his support for Grande is ‘unwavering’ after she stepped down from the show last month

The Independent UK

Jonathan Bailey drops out of Barbican musical revival following Ariana Grande exit

Broadchurch star’s departure comes one month after his Wicked co-star also pulled out of the production

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Gillian Anderson to get ‘in the ring’ with Billy Crudup for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in London

The stars of Sex Education and The Morning Show will appear in a new West End production of Edward Albee’s classic, directed by Marianne Elliott

The Guardian - UK

The Unbelievers review – Nicola Walker grapples with family tragedy in a flat drama

Marianne Elliott directs Nick Payne’s tonally uneven play about a missing son that comes with ill-fitting moments of comedy

The Guardian - UK

The Salt Path is a tale of homelessness that’s just too neat and tidy

2/5 Based on the true story of a couple blighted by a painful diagnosis and the loss of their home, this drama ultimately becomes yet another pat story about how reconnecting with nature is good for the soul

The Independent UK

The Salt Path review – Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs hike from ruin to renewal

Marianne Elliott directs this affecting drama, based on Raynor Winn’s memoir, which builds steadily as the couple journey towards redemption

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Climate Change Threatens Christmas Tree Production with Soil Conditions

Christmas tree growers are facing challenges as climate change affects soil conditions, potentially impacting the availability of beloved holiday traditions.

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Gender flip and terrific star make Sondheim’s ‘Company’ better than ever

With the skillful Britney Coleman front and center, touring production of the refreshed musical has more wit and more meaning.

Chicago Sun-Times

After 60 years, when will the biggest job in UK theatre go to a woman? Why not now?

Only male artistic directors have run the National Theatre. It’s time to address that, says the Guardian’s chief theatre critic Arifa Akbar

The Guardian - UK

Review: How the Black experience renews 'Death of a Salesman' on Broadway

NEW YORK — It's been a long time coming, but change has finally arrived on Broadway, where for the first time Willy Loman and his family are played by Black actors.

Los Angeles Times

Tony-winning ‘Company’ to close on Broadway, go on national tour

NEW YORK — Broadway will soon have a little less “Company.”

Tribune News Service

Why the Tony triumph of ‘A Strange Loop’ is momentous for Broadway

Michael R. Jackson’s “A Strange Loop” received more Tony nominations than any other show in Broadway’s 2021-22 season, but Tony voters are a fickle lot. Recall what happened to Jeremy O. Harris’ “Slave Play” last year. Nominated for 12 awards, a record for a drama, the production went home empty-handed.

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Two shows dominated the Tony awards and proved Broadway’s debt to British taxpayers

Sam Mendes’s The Lehman Trilogy and Marianne Elliott’s Company took 10 prizes between them and demonstrated the power of UK subsidised theatre

Evening Standard

Tony Awards 2022: Full list of winners from Simon Russell Beale to Sam Mendes

The Tony Awards were back for the first time since 2019

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Tony Moments: A Night for Broadway to Reclaim its Groove

Surely many in the audience were thinking it, but “Company” director Marianne Elliott said it most directly at Sunday's Tony awards: In the devastating two years since the pandemic hit, it “felt at times that live theater was endangered.” As in, the industry might never recover. The exuberant ceremony Sunday…

Evening Standard

British talent scoops top prizes at 75th Tony Awards

Best leading actor in a play went to veteran actor Simon Russell Beale and the direction categories were dominated by Sam Mendes and Marianne Elliott

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Commentary: Are Broadway megastars obsolete? Not while Hugh Jackman and Patti LuPone are around

Broadway stars might be thought of as extinct creatures from a bygone era of entertainment. But reports of this species being wiped out are greatly exaggerated.

Evening Standard

Cock review: Taron Egerton and Jonathan Bailey star in stylish revival about sex and self-identity

Mike Bartlett’s Cock gets the, um, sensitive but assertive handling it needs from Marianne Elliott’s all-star production

The Guardian - UK

Cock review – Jonathan Bailey and Taron Egerton locked in a love triangle

Jade Anouka’s character causes an existential earthquake in Marianne Elliott’s stylised revival of Mike Bartlett’s comedy about sexual identity

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