Chita Rivera, illustrious Broadway star, dies aged 91
The actor, dancer and singer starred in musicals including West Side Story and Chicago
August 2023
‘Raring to take on this challenge’: musicians Jake Shears and Self Esteem to star in Cabaret
The Scissor Sisters singer will play the Emcee while Self Esteem will make her theatrical debut as Sally Bowles in Rebecca Frecknall’s Olivier-winning musical
November 2021
‘We were a little naive’: staging Cabaret, in the 60s and now
Omari Douglas: ‘After It’s a Sin, I’ve realised that I was always supported for who I was’
May 2021
Eddie Redmayne to return to London theatre in Cabaret with Jessie Buckley
The actor’s first West End role in 10 years will be directed by Rebecca Frecknall in a bespoke recreated Kit Kat Club
September 2020
Joy, radicalism and bare bottoms: the Young Vic turns 50
The giant street party has been cancelled. But there are still plans to celebrate the theatre that wowed young crowds, championed black playwrights and conjured finales from Italian cuisine
December 2019
Jerry Herman, Broadway composer of Hello, Dolly!, dies aged 88
Curtains review – the arresting case of Kander and Ebb's musical whodunnit
July 2019
Hal Prince, Broadway legend and 21-time Tony winner, dies aged 91
Prince oversaw such landmark musicals as Cabaret, Company, Follies, Sweeney Todd, Evita and The Phantom of the Opera
March 2018
Razzle dazzle 'em! Chicago's creators on how to make a billion-dollar musical
As the murderous, magical musical high-kicks into the West End, its composer John Kander and Ann Reinking – aka the ‘jazz killer’ Roxie Hart – reveal the dark secrets of its success
July 2016
The World Goes Round review – Kander and Ebb's greatest (feminist) hits
The musicals of John Kander and Fred Ebb have brought us showstopping songs and great characters, from bored housewives to ageing shoplifters – all of whom get their moment in this terrific celebration
June 2015
Tony awards 2015: Fun Home takes coveted best musical prize – as it happened
Tony awards 2015: winners list in full
April 2015
Britain's strong showing at the Tony awards is about more than just talent
The Visit review – vengeful Chita Rivera sharpens Kander and Ebb’s dark vision
April 2014
Minstrel musical comedy The Scottsboro Boys to open in West End
The comedy about nine black youths falsely accused of rape in 1931 has been at hit at London's Young Vic theatre
December 2013
Chicago – review
Paul Kerryson's production of Chicago at Curve, Leicester, is dazzlingly good, writes Clare Brennan
November 2013
Mark Lawson's theatre studies
How Jewish artists built Broadway
The Scottsboro Boys; The Middlemarch Trilogy: Dorothea's Story; Raving – review
October 2013
The Scottsboro Boys – review
This musical about racist bigotry in 1930s America is a strong show with a social conscience, says Michael Billington
