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importance of being British, The 

Sheridan Morley died suddenly last weekend. He was The Spectator's theatre critic from 1990 to 2001. His knowledge of both the stage and its...

almost lost art of astonishment, The 

HONKY TONK PARADE : NEW YORKER PROFILES OF SHOW PEOPLE by John Lahr Duckworth, £14.99, pp. 308, ISBN 0715635441 ....

How Ava hid her scandals 

Byline: SHERIDAN MORLEY

As compilation jobs go, there is nothing very much wrong with Jane Ellen Wayne's study of the suppressed...

Batting for the home team 

Sheridan Morley on the success of the British on Broadway This week's announcement of the 2002 Broadway Tony Awards (winners will be known on 2...

Stratford's chaotic shambles 

ARTS Sheridan Morley says it's time for the RSC to bring in a new director Stand not upon the order of your going, but go now': at a changeover...

Expensive and unpleasant 

Sheridan Morley believes that London's theatreland is in need of a radical shake-up In view of the current climate in the West End, the Mayor of...

Broadway's last first lady 

In this country, such are the vagaries of showbusiness, Elaine Stritch is famous for two reasons: a long-running odd-couple television sitcom with...

A cock-eyed optimist 

SOMEWHERE FOR ME: A BIOGRAPHY OF RICHARD RODGERS by Meryle Secrest Bloomsbury, 25, pp. 457, ISBN 0747552169 Meryle Secrest, born in Bath but...

A year of trial and error 

Sheridan Morley looks back at the theatrical highs and lows of 2001 So how was it for you? I mean apart from the foot-and-mouth, and the events...

show goes on, The 

Sheridan Morley says that New York is once again a theatre town 'New York, New York, it's a wonderful town; what's up is up, and what's down is...