Norton Herrick

Just about everyone in theater is familiar with Anton Chekhov's comment that, to paraphrase, says once a gun is seen on stage it better go off before the play's over. So what would he think about David Mamet's career-making American Buffalo, which director Robert Falls is giving an effective if not explosive revival at the Belasco, in which small-time crook Teach (John Leguizamo) draws a pistol, but the trigger is never pulled?

"Tenderness is not the first quality one generally associates with David Mamet. But really study his characters, and you'll find that many are drawn with sympathy and even affection."

The Musical Spectacular “THE LORD OF THE RINGS” will complete its run at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London on 19 July, 2008 after 492 performances having played to an audience of over 700,000.

The 2007 nominations for the eighth annual Whatsonstage.com Theatregoer's Choice Awards, announced at a star-studded event at Café de Paris in London's West End, included 7 nominations for The Lord of the Rings, now playing at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London.

India's premier airline jet airways in an unprecedented step pays 15 million rupees for the cast recording of London's hit show "The Lord of the Rings" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.