Directed by Sam Mendes, Jez Butterworth’s play on Broadway spans decades in its story of an Englishwoman and her four daughters.

In Jez Butterworth’s compelling new play, four girls trained to sing close harmony wind up as acrimonious adults.

Back in the 1950s, the northern English seaside resort of Blackpool was filled with variety shows in gilded theaters, end-of-the-pier warblers and sardonic comics hoping to give a few laughs to exhausted factory workers on their “wakes week” vacations.

Despite Laura Donnelly’s standout performance, Jez Butterworth’s Broadway play takes too long to not say not enough about sisterly bonds, fame, and terrible maternal betrayal.

Is there a more dependable set-up for family drama than the gathering of long-estranged siblings? Last season’s dark and wonderful Appropriate proved there was plenty of life in Pinter’s old Homecoming trick,

Writer Jez Butterworth and Mendes have streamlined the work, making it more efficient and richly rewarding, anchored by Laura Donnelly's performance.

It’s a splintering that is presented in two different decades courtesy of Jez Butterworth’s searing new play, The Hills of California, now playing at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre. The impetus for the sibling gathering in Blackpool,

The playwright Jez Butterworth recently had perhaps the most eventful recording session in the history of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast. Listen to this week's "Stagecraft" podcast below: “In the course of this call,

The New York premiere of Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, directed by Sam Mendes, opened on Broadway tonight, Sunday, September 29th. Check out what the critics had to say here!