John Gielgud

Why we’ve got 1930s theater all wrong

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Marie Tempest and John Gielgud in the first staging of Dear Octopus from 1938 – Performing Arts Images / ArenaPAL The opening night of Dodie Smith’s Dear Octopus at the Queen’s Theater on September 14, 1938, unveiled against the backdrop of Hitler’s maneuvers in Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland, was unlike almost any other West End opening before … Read more

a beautiful night with the brightest stars of the London theater

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(ES) It’s hard to pick the best moment from the 67th Evening Standard Theater Awards, co-hosted by the Standard’s owner Lord Lebedev and Ian McKellen at Claridge’s last night. Was it when Nicole Scherzinger said, “I’m holding myself back now” as she accepted her Best Musical Performance Award for Sunset Boulevard? Was it Sir Sam … Read more