The best theatre of 2022 In a superb year for the stage, our chief critic gives 10 shows an extra round of applause. Plus, Guardian theatre reviewers each pick their 2022 standout The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022
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 · Dec 12, 2022
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 · Dec 7, 2022
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 · Oct 17, 2022
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 · Oct 10, 2022
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 · Jul 8, 2022
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 · May 15, 2022
The Week on Stage: from Oklahoma! to The Misfortune of the English The highs and lows of the week’s theatre The Independent UK · May 8, 2022
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 · May 6, 2022
Oklahoma! review: Stripped back version is the best revival yet After triumphing at the Tonys, this pared-back production comes to London Evening Standard · May 6, 2022
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 · May 5, 2022
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 · Apr 29, 2022
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 · Apr 26, 2022