Theatre Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Soho Place, review: Billy Crudup delivers one of the performances of the year ★★★★★With Gillian Anderson as Martha, this production directed by Marianne Elliott is up there with the best of Edward Albee’s 1962 classicBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreThe Standard of Living review: Rory Kinnear and Natalia Osipova are a class act ★★★The principal Royal Ballet ballerina and Russian-Jewish superstar makes her West End debutBy John Nathan2 min read
TheatreGolden Boy review: Josh O’Connor packs a punch in his return to the stage after 11 yearsThe actor has a sensitive face and the torso of a fighter – and conveys the human equivalent of a knife edge as he switches between sweetness and raw rage in this rarely staged Broadway hitBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreMan to Man review: Tilda Swinton leads dangerous double life to survive the Nazis ★★★★The actor is ironic, mischievous and has the presence of a loose canonBy John Nathan2 min read
IsraelJohn Malkovich pulls out of Israel performance over ‘unacceptable and untenable’ press releasePromotional material for the play included quotations from the two-time Oscar nominee, which he insisted he never saidBy Ella Bloom1 min read
TheatreA Month in the Country review: Who cares about the fate of these privileged Russians? ★★★Even Sophie Okonedo’s Natalya comes across as more high maintenance than tragically unhappyBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreAnnie Wobbler (Revisited) review: Arnold Wesker’s working-class women tread the boards again’ ★★★The Jewish playwright wrote these one-woman monologues for Nichola McAuliffe and 45 years on she is breathing new life into themBy John Nathan1 min read
John Malkovich to return to Israel in new musical satireThe two-time Oscar nominee will star in The Music Critic at Tel Aviv’s Charles Bronfman Auditorium next yearBy Ella Bloom1 min read||September 7, 2026 16:28
Einstein as you have never seen him beforeJohn Nathan meets the writer and actor of a one-man play about the genius physicistBy John Nathan3 min read||September 4, 2026 09:48
Maureen Lipman brands actor ‘cowardly’ after he quits play over her Israel viewsThe Bafta-nominated star insisted she would not be ‘bullied’ by ‘virtue-signalling’ colleaguesBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||September 2, 2026 17:24
Cleansed review: a gruesome horror that doesn’t need to be seenNo stars for this controversial play – although it does hold some powerful lessons, especially for JewsBy John Nathan1 min read||August 14, 2026 10:10
Jewish-American media mogul snaps up ten London West End theatres as part of estimated £4.5bn dealAri Emanuel is the brother of Rahm, Obama’s former chief of staff, and from a proud Jewish familyBy JC Reporter1 min read||August 11, 2026 16:23
Trainspotting the Musical: an unnecessary trip down memory lane ★★★Spirited performances and excellent direction aren’t enough to justify this adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s iconic bookBy John Nathan2 min read||August 11, 2026 15:55
Tao of Glass review: This love letter to the composer Philip Glass needs a good editor ★★★Phelim McDermott’s highly personal show is packed with events and people that have formed a productive life in theatre, but it is self-indulgent for itBy John Nathan1 min read||August 4, 2026 16:31
Got a play script in your drawer? Fish it out nowThe Jewish Literary Foundation is looking for eight budding Harold PintersBy John Nathan4 min read||July 30, 2026 15:04
Josh Radnor and Noah Galvin on playing brothers in a new comedyThe American stars are on stage at Soho TheatreBy John Nathan5 min read||July 30, 2026 14:28
