The new generation of musicals

As Legally Blonde: The Musical opens, doomsayers predict that the musical is dying. But they’ve always said that

The Line

As a man, Degas was not nearly as interesting as Henry Goodman’s charismatic performance manages to make him

Robin Williams

Fast talking and irreverent, Williams' come-back performance exhilerated the audience though much was basic toilet humour

Five stars for The Fahrenheit Twins

Funny and resonant, this show is more than just exceedingly clever. It casts a spell

Scouts in Bondage

This blend of Boy’s Own adventure and Carry On caper, more fatuous than funny, is too weak to offer much entertainment

Roman Tragedies

Ivo van Hove’s highly original production suggested that politics haven’t dated much since Shakespeare’s or, indeed, Roman times

Alfred Molina: a Spaniard in the works

British-born of Spanish and Italian stock, the actor has never felt at home in England. Why, then, is he so good in English roles?

Lenny Henry wins newcomer theatre gong

The comedian Lenny Henry won the Best Newcomer prize for Othello at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Mrs Warren’s Profession

Shaw’s play spews out more ideas than it knows how to resolve, but is a surprising period piece, ahead of its time

Dr Frank-N-Furter requests that you stay silent

The Rocky Horror Show has been stripped back. ‘It’s no panto – we want people to listen,’ says its star David Bedella

Abi Titmuss hits the stage in Macbeth

Former glamour model has put her clothes on to play Lady Macbeth. And it looks like the lads’ mag favourite really can act

The Habit of Art

Alan Bennett’s new play is based on an imaginary meeting between Benjamin Britten and WH Auden in Oxford in the early 1970s

Marilyn and Ella: the odd friendship

Marilyn Monroe helped to kickstart Fitzgerald’s career, but these Fifties icons shared more than a love of jazz

Cock

Plays whose characters are generically named F, M and W have a way of making yours truly go ZZZ, but not this time

A Wee Home from Home

Each episode is led by Marra’s sardonic but meltingly lovely songs, with a few phrases from Glasgow songs thrown in

The Devil Has Quentin’s Heart

The former European bodypopping champion-turned-actor Benji Reid uses his rubbery physicality to fine effect in this new one-man show

Will this black Cat on a Hot Tin Roof be lucky in London?

An all-black Cat on a Hot Tin Roof sold out on Broadway. Can it find the same success in the West End?