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Jude Law shows why he’s the hottest ticket on Broadway

07.10.09

Jude Law was given a rapturous reception as he made his Hamlet debut on Broadway.... more

Jude Law shows why he’s the hottest ticket on Broadway

07.10.09

Jude Law was given a rapturous reception as he made his Hamlet debut on Broadway.... more

New York salutes Billy Elliot as musical leads British charge with 10 Tony Awards

08.06.09

Billy Elliot was the toast of New York as Sir Elton John's musical picked up 10 Tony Awards, spearheading a triumphant night for British theatre... more

Thirty years - at a stretch in Wallenstein

02.06.09

Angus Jackson’s gloomy, static production of Schiller's Wallenstein sees loyalties and family ties tested in Wallenstein. ... more

Thirty years-at a stretch in Wallenstein

01.06.09

Angus Jackson's gloomy, static production of Wallenstein sees loyalties and family ties tested and young love thwarted.... more

Three Billies in line for a Tony as musical gets 15 nominations

05.05.09

Billy Elliot, the Broadway musical based on the hit British film, has been nominated for 15 Tony Awards — more than any other show... more

Three Billies in line for a Tony as musical gets 15 nominations

05.05.09

Billy Elliot, the Broadway musical based on the hit British film, has been nominated for 15 Tony Awards — more than any other show... more

Acclaim for Ayckbourn trilogy as Norman conquers Broadway

24.04.09

Sir Alan Ayckbourn's comic trilogy The Norman Conquests has extended London theatre's invasion of Broadway, opening to phenomenal acclaim in New York... more

Queens of New York

20.04.09

It's taken almost four years for Mary Queen of Scots and Queen Elizabeth I to revive their theatrical duel in New York but now they're ruling Broadway... more

Grandage, the one-man hit machine

11.12.08

After the triumphant opening of his Twelfth Night last night, the Donmar’s artistic director tells how the play has been as good as therapy for him... more

The man with the Midas touch

19.08.08

Michael Grandage has transformed the Donmar into a theatrical powerhouse. Now he explains why he's offering Dench, Law and Branagh in the West End for only a tenner.... more

The curious case of Samantha Morton's stroke

15.03.08

This week, Samantha claimed it took her 18 months to recover from a near-fatal stroke. So why was the actress at a string of showbiz parties just weeks after she 'collapsed'?... more

Queen of the screen

01.11.07

Cate Blanchett is the perfect Elizabeth I in a beautiful-looking sequel. But seeing isn't always believing as regards the history.... more

Cate's praised for her Elizabeth pt II

24.10.07

Cate Blanchett has been praised by critics for her performance as Queen Elizabeth - the second time her portrayal of the monarch has been tipped for awards.... more

Blanchett rules the big screen

11.09.07

Cate Blanchett could well be competing with herself come the awards season, thanks to a bravura performance in Elizabeth.... more

Jude Law to play Hamlet in West End

10.09.07

Jude Law is to play Hamlet on the West End stage. Law will play the title role in a new production for the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Kenneth Branagh.... more

And next year's winners will be ...

15.02.07

The Brits threaten to clean up at the Oscars - but can our film industry sustain the good form? Charlotte O'Sullivan looks ahead to the movies that could take next year's prizes.... more

2007: licence to thrill

03.01.07

From the people who will liven up London to Kylie's undies at the V&A and The Lord of the Rings in the West End, this year promises to be a prize one for getting out in the capital.... more

Grandage just can't play it safe

25.08.06

Michael Grandage, director of the Donmar, has scored another hit with Frost/Nixon. But, he says, every new production leaves his playhouse standing on a knife-edge.... more

Mary's portrait ages 200 years

17.08.06

A portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, has been found to be 200 years older than previously thought. It dates back to her lifetime or shortly after her execution for treason in 1587 at the age of 44.... more