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Evening Standard column

Tom Teodorczuk

Farm Boy

War Horse sequel riding high in New York thanks to US love of nature

Michael Morpurgo's Farm Boy, a sequel to the West End hit War Horse, is excelling off Broadway because the Americans are better than us at appreciating nature, the writer has said

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London art dealer is the king of Manhattan with new gallery

One of London's leading gallerists has become the toast of New York's art scene

Kinky sex play will be perfect for London, says Broadway star

Actor Hugh Dancy hopes to star on the London stage with his new play about kinky sex after a star-studded opening on Broadway

British theatre wows the US Oscars crowd

A small London theatre company has taken New York by storm with stars such as Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire and Matt Damon joining audiences for its interactive show

Spider-Man gets a squashing as £48m crisis show is opened at last

Spider-man: Turn Off The Dark - the most expensive musical in Broadway history - has suffered as much drama off-stage as on, from horrific injuries to terrible reviews

Now War Horse rides to victory at the Tony Awards

War Horse has ridden to victory at the Tony awards in America - and is on course to conquer the world, its director says

Daniel Radcliffe will stick to showbusiness not real business

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has claimed he has 'no business acumen' and would be 'God awful' in the boardroom - despite being one of the highest paid actors in the world

'Wildean wit' of Arcadia wows the Broadway critics

Arcadia, Tom Stoppard's classic dramatic comedy, has triumphed on Broadway

Spider-Man delayed by a sticky time on Broadway

The crisis-hit Broadway show Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark will not now be moving to the West End until much later than planned

Presidents and stars salute veteran US TV presenter Larry King

Larry King, the leading American cable TV news journalist, broadcasts his last show on CNN

Shepherd's Bush play going mental on Broadway

Comedy about two Norwegian psychiatric patients which started out at an 80-seat Shepherd’s Bush theatre makes its debut on Broadway

Andy Warhol’s Coke bottle sets art market fizzing with £22m sale

At Sotheby’s contemporary auction in New York, an Andy Warhol painting of a glass Coca-Cola bottle sells for £22million — way above its high estimate of £15.5million

Modigliani nude sells for record £43 million

Modigliani nude fetches £43;million in what Sotheby’s claimed was its best New York sale in two years

Joanna Lumley’s Broadway debut is absolutely fabulous

Joanna Lumley took to the stage as Princess Conti in the 17th-century French-set comedy La Bête — and went down a storm

Simon Rich is the laughing boy

At 26, Simon Rich has already sold three film scripts to Hollywood, is a writer for Saturday Night Live and has just published his first novel. It’s an old-fashioned comic tale, he tells Tom Teodorczuk

Jurassic art: Crichton’s £63m auction room blockbuster

Michael Crichton, the American author of dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park, creator of TV show ER and director of cult sci-fi film Westworld, has electrified the pop art world from beyond the grave

Picasso wife worth less than mistress

A Picasso painting of his wife has sold for £6.1 million only a day after a portrait of his mistress sold for more than £70 million

Picasso’s £70m mistress masterpiece smashes art auction world record

Picasso painting of one of his mistresses today sold for £70.3million - a world record price for any artwork sold at auction

This US TV shrink will soon get you on the couch

Nowhere is the NY-LON divide greater than in attitudes to therapy. In London, it's not unheard of to have an analyst but many people keep their shrink's existence a secret


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