Is this a Hamlet for our times?
Joyce Glasser reviews Hamlet (February 6, 2026) Cert. 15, 113 mins. In this, the home of William Shakespeare, you might think you could never have too many productions of the bard’s most famous play. ...
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Robert Tanitch reviews English National Ballet in Mary Skeaping’s Giselle at London Coliseum.
Giselle, the greatest of all ballets of the Romantic era, and one of the definitive statements on heartbreak, was conceived by Theophile Gautier as a showcase for the great Carlotta Grisi and premiere ...
Robert Tanitch reviews King Lear at Wyndham’s Theatre, London
King Lear is generally acknowledged to be Shakespeare’s greatest work. The play is notoriously difficult, excessively long, deeply harrowing and, not surprisingly, his least popular tragedy. Kenneth B ...
Robert Tanitch reviews Vanya at Duke of York’s Theatre, London
Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, which premiered in 1899, is generally considered to be one of the great plays of the 20th century. Not that you would know it from this revival. Simon Stephens’ radi ...