 | Matilda on Broadway wins five Drama Desk Awards 20 May 2013 The Broadway transfer of Matilda The Musical has won five gongs at the 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards, which were announced last night at New York's Town Hall. Matilda picked up Outstanding Musical,.... More... |
 | Pulitzer winner Ayad Akhtar: Islam is 'ripe territory' for drama 20 May 2013 Ayad Akhtar's play Disgraced, which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, receives its UK premiere at the Bush Theatre this week (22 May, previews from 17 May) Congrats on winning the Pulitzer. .... More... |
 | Michael Coveney: New York honours Matilda with five big awards 20 May 2013 First blood in the New York awards contest went to Matilda last night, as the show walked off with five top prizes, including best musical, at the Drama Desk awards presented by Whatsonstage.com's p.... More... |
 | Young Vic's award-winning Doll's House transfers to West End 17 May 2013 Carrie Cracknell's critically acclaimed Young Vic production of A Doll's House, using an adaptation by Simon Stephens, will transfer to the Duke of York's Theatre for a strictly limited 12 week run .... More... |
 | Opening: Relatively Speaking, Southwark Playhouse's Tanzi Libre & NT Shed's Bullet Catch 17 May 2013 Among this week's major London theatre openings, in the West End and further afield, are Relatively Speaking at the Wyndham’s Theatre, Tanzi Libre at Southwark Playhouse, NT Shed's Bullet Catch .... More... |
 | Let It Be extends booking at Savoy until Jan 2014 17 May 2013 Let It Be, the concert show based on the music of The Beatles, has extended its run at the Savoy Theatre until 18 January 2014. The show, which recently announced it will open on Broadway in Ju.... More... |
 | West End gets Lucky with Tom Hanks? 17 May 2013 Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks is reportedly in talks to reprise his role in hit Broadway play Lucky Guy in the West End. The play, written by the late Nora Ephron (whose screenwriting credits inclu... More... |
 | Guest Blog: Benedict Nightingale on judging the Bruntwood Prize 17 May 2013 Former Times theatre critic Benedict Nightingale is among the judges of this year's Bruntwood Prize for playwriting, entries for which close on 3 June. Here, he tells Whatsonstage.com what he's look.... More... |
 | The Victorian in the Wall 17 May 2013 From previous Perrier award-winner Will Adamsdale comes this middle class musical about all the important things in life; composting, learning Spanish, floundering relationships and, most of all, k.... More... |
 | Infographic: Regions at risk as London dominates private arts giving 17 May 2013 A report published earlier this week by Arts & Business revealed that, though private sector support for arts and culture in England increased in 2012, support for regional organisations decreased p.... More... |