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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

'The Garden of Words' review – this wistful, rain-soaked Japanese tale draws you in by Matt Wolf

Japanese anime continues to have its day onstage with this latest show coming in between London premieres of My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:30AM
Saturday, August 5, 2023

'Macbeth' review – part action hero, part politician, Max Bennett compels throughout by Matt Wolf

A ripped Max Bennett takes the title role in a play soon to be seen again in London with David Tennant and then Ralph Fiennes: Matti Houghton plays his Lady.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:21AM
Thursday, July 13, 2023

'Cuckoo' review – this new family drama is alarming, surprising and highly entertaining by Matt Wolf

Jodie McNee gives a superb performance in Olivier-winner Michael Wynne's eighth play for the Royal Court, this one all-female and directed by Vicky Featherstone

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:38AM
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

'Beneatha's Place' review – Cherrelle Skeete gives a star-making performance by Matt Wolf

Kwame Kwei-Armah revisits his 2013 play, this time in London and with a rejigged second act - and superb leading lady

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:00AM
Wednesday, July 5, 2023

'Modest' review – this cheer-worthy art herstory lesson mixes drag, music and revolutionary spirit by Matt Wolf

Emer Dineen heads a non-binary cast of six in author Ellen Brammar's study in female empowerment and gender politics set during the 1870s

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:48PM

Crazy For You, Gillian Lynne Theatre review - high-kicking heaven by Matt Wolf

Susan Stroman returns to the well, to wondrous results Who says you can't go home again? As proof that you can, and to giddy and gorgeous results, along comes the current West End revival o…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:33AM
Friday, June 30, 2023

'Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written.' review – laudable in principle, but this revamp is a muddled polemic by Matt Wolf

Carl Grose gives the Robin Hood legend a contemporary makeover that misses the mark, in onetime Tony nominee Melly Still's production

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:04AM
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' review — Jamie Parker gives a performance for the ages by Matt Wolf

Olivier Award winner and Tony nominee Jamie Parker gives a tremendous performance in the title role of this return engagement of a genuinely striking British musical

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 09:56AM
Tuesday, June 27, 2023

'Accidental Death of an Anarchist' review – Daniel Rigby has extraordinary stamina in this furiously funny police satire by Matt Wolf

Daniel Rigby and Mark Hadfield head cast of Daniel Raggett's high-octane production, seen previously at Sheffield Theatres and the Lyric Hammersmith

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:15PM
Thursday, June 22, 2023

'Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical' review – this puppet-based satire mainly preaches to the converted by Matt Wolf

39 years after they first came to British TV, the satiric puppets take to the London stage

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:42AM
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Dear England, National Theatre review - filtering the national narrative through sport by Matt Wolf

James Graham's life-affirming new play locates hope and feeling amid the ravages of defeat "Is everything loss?" the great Oliver Ford Davies once asked on the National's Olivier stage, in …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:49AM
Tuesday, June 20, 2023

'The Third Man' review – this musical adaptation of the classic film feels sadly redundant by Matt Wolf

Sam Underwood of TV's Dynasty looks understandably worries in this faltering knock-off of the storied Graham Greene novella and Carol Reed film, directed by Trevor Nunn

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:21PM

A mighty force in both drama and politics, Glenda Jackson rarely played it safe by Matt Wolf

Glenda Jackson was a rare and rightly awarded talent

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 08:51AM

'School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play' review – sparky study of beauty, identity and teen friendships by Matt Wolf

Monique Touko directs UK premiere of buoyant, keenly observed play from Jocelyn Bioh, with a breakout performance from Tara Tijani

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 08:21AM
Friday, June 16, 2023

‘Romeo and Juliet’ Review: Toheeb Jimoh Shines by Matt Wolf

Toheeb Jimoh, Emmy-nominated for “Ted Lasso,” takes on Romeo in a riveting production from the British director Rebecca Frecknall.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:07PM
Friday, May 26, 2023

Aspects of Love, Lyric Theatre review - not much has actually changed by Matt Wolf

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1989 musical resurfaces, its luscious score and curious logic jointly intact Love may change everything, as we're reminded multiple times during Andrew Lloyd Webber's …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 01:12PM
Thursday, May 25, 2023

'Bleak Expectations' review — a Dickensian comedy that lacks character by Matt Wolf

Radio 4 comedy Dickens pastiche comes wearisomely to the stage, with a different guest star every week; Caroline Leslie directs.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:28PM
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

'A Midsummer Night's Dream' review — lively production is extravagant but busy by Matt Wolf

Michelle Terry plays Puck at the theatres she runs, directed by Elle While and with Mariah Gale as a female Bottom here called Nicola Bottome

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 02:11PM
Monday, May 22, 2023

'The Comedy of Errors' review — Sean Holmes's production finds emotional depth amid the comedy by Matt Wolf

Season opener at Shakespeare's Globe captures the shifting moods of early Shakespeare comedy; Michael Elcock, late of the musical Hex, co-stars.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 08:33PM
Friday, May 19, 2023

‘Brokeback Mountain,’ Onstage, Lacks Some Intensity by Matt Wolf

A new West End adaptation, starring Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist, recasts Annie Proulx’s 1997 short story as a memory play.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:03AM
Monday, May 15, 2023

'Christina Bianco: In Divine Company' review — a musical revue honours a dizzying array of divas by Matt Wolf

Christina Bianco brings her exuberant solo show to the Menier for a short, very sweet run, with Ryan MacKenzie her ace accompanist

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 09:06AM
Monday, May 8, 2023

The Motive and the Cue, National Theatre review - theatrical titans face off by Matt Wolf

Play about a onetime Broadway smash surely has Broadway in its sights Plays about the theatre are many and varied, from Gypsy and Noises Off to the numerous Shakespeare works that absorb the…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:18AM
Thursday, April 27, 2023

'Dixon and Daughters' review — Brid Brennan commands a visceral, hotheaded play by Matt Wolf

Onetime Tony-winner Brid Brennan ("Dancing at Lughnasa") delivers bigtime as a fierce matriarch fresh out of prison

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:16AM
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

'The Secret Life of Bees' review — a buzzy adaptation isn't as sweet as honey by Matt Wolf

2019 Off Broadway musical comes to London in a powerfully sung production directed by Whitney White and starring Eleanor Worthington-Cox, a onetime Matilda

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:14PM
Monday, April 24, 2023

Dancing at Lughnasa, National Theatre review - largely ravishing Brian Friel revival by Matt Wolf

Modern-day classic returns to the building where it was first seen in London It's saying a lot when a production lives up to its gasp-inducing set. That's the happy case with Josie Rourke's …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:48AM
Thursday, April 20, 2023

Private Lives, Donmar Warehouse review - Coward revival cuts to the quick by Matt Wolf

Comedy classic plays up the pain that comes with pleasure It's not often with Private Lives that you feel Amanda and Elyot are one step away from a visit to A&E. But such is the startli…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:12AM
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Review: ‘A Little Life’ Is Quite a Lot by Matt Wolf

Self-harm, lashings, child prostitution, rape: Ivo van Hove’s adaptation of the 2015 novel tests the audience’s trauma threshold.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:32PM
Friday, March 24, 2023

'BLACK SUPERHERO' review — a charismatic carnival of incident and emotion by Matt Wolf

Olivier nominee Danny Lee Wynter makes his playwriting debut in a play starring himself, Ako Mitchell, and Dyllón Burnside, from the TV series 'Pose'

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 09:30AM
Thursday, March 23, 2023

'Eugenius!' review — no superhero could save this muddled musical by Matt Wolf

Elliott Evans takes the title role in this latest iteration of a still-problematic, slow-aborning musical, here directed by Hannah Chissick

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:01AM
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

'Further than the Furthest Thing' review — a deeply visceral play finds meaning in the mysterious by Matt Wolf

Jenna Russell, in a break from her storied musicals career, plays the Scotswoman, Mill, in this fine revival of Zinnie Harris's elliptical if intriguing 2000 play, seen off Broadway in 2002

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:18PM
Thursday, March 16, 2023

'Marjorie Prime' review — an eerie look at AI's future potential by Matt Wolf

Anne Reid inherits Lois Smith's stage and screen role as Marjorie, opposite Olivier nominee Richard Fleeshman, late of the West End "Company"

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 09:57AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards