Category: theatre

British Islamic group Shari’ah Court of the UK sentences playwright Terrence McNally to death as his play “Corpus Christi” depicting a gay Jesus Christ, opened in London on Thursday night BBC

British Islamic group Shari’ah Court of the UK sentences playwright Terrence McNally to death as his play “Corpus Christi” depicting a gay Jesus Christ, opened in London on Thursday night. BBC
AND: CBC account

The votes are in from the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York. Backstage

“Ragtime,” “Pimpernel” (maybe) to close on Broadway. Theater notes. New York Times

After ten years, “Phantom” closes in Toronto. Lavish musical signaled the boom in Toronto theater – now the waning interest in mega-musicals and in Toronto’s theater scene. Toronto Globe and Mail

An artist lies face down in a pool of blood in a store window in downtown San Antonio. Passers by on the street can talk to the attending detective, reporter, prosecutor or defense attorney – all part of this sordid theater performance. San Antonio Express News

– in England’s new £30 million Milton Keynes theater. “It’s a stunner.” London Times

= have dived in recent weeks. Owners contemplate closing the show. Toronto Globe and Mail

British Festival of Visual Theatre celebrates ten years. London Times

… international theater festival gets under way in San Antonio. San Antonio Express News