John Lahr
Making a Murderer
In London, a new play about President Vladimir Putin and Boris Berezovsky, from the man behind The Crown, is both topical and terrifying
Trump in Iambic Pentameter
Meet the British playwright who has turned modern-day American politics into a Shakespearean comedy
Come to the Cabaret
It’s a night of re-invention and immersion with Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley in a new revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s decadent musical
Behind Enemy Lines
A new play revisits the bellicose 1968 Gore Vidal v. William F. Buckley Jr. presidential-nominating debates with the benefit of hindsight
A Four de Force
The sole performer onstage, actor and director Ralph Fiennes brings T. S. Eliot’s words to life and into the now
The Bright Side of Life
A swarm of musicals open in London’s West End, proving that both the fun and the show must go on
The Good, the Bach, and the Ugly
Playwright Nina Raine unpicks the difficult personality of the 18th-century composer
Father of the Blues
August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom soars in a new film adaptation with Viola Davis, bringing the playwright’s voice to a whole new generation
The View from Here
Ralph Fiennes and David Hare put the coronavirus on trial
Lost Worlds Retrieved
Leopoldstadt, Tom Stoppard’s new (and perhaps last) play, is an act of historical excavation and personal reparation
The Panto Season ’Tis upon Us
The British pantomime is noisy, camp, and a complete hoot
Louche Cannon
With Fleabag, Phoebe Waller-Bridge has caught lightning in a bottle. When someone hits with such a seismic wallop, it’s both a miracle and a mystery. Why now? Why her?
A Monster Among Angels
The Night of the Iguana, now in an eloquent production in London, is Tennessee Williams’s last great work
#MeToo Takes the Stage
In London, Mamet’s new “Weinstein play” repels critics but delights audiences
