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Thursday, March 8, 2018

London Theater Reviews: 2 Films Come to the London Stage, With Losses and Gains by Matt Wolf

Adaptations of “Fanny and Alexander” and “Harold and Maude” produce mixed results.

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Monday, March 5, 2018

The Best Man's Jeff Fahey on Getting Political and Being an American in London by Matt Wolf

The American actor Jeff Fahey last opened in the West End late in 2013 in a starry revival of Twelve Angry Men. Now he’s back with the same producer (Bill Kenwright) and co-star (1996 …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:02PM
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Brief Encounter London Star Isabel Pollen on Romance, Railway Stations & Rachmaninoff by Matt Wolf

Emma Rice’s ravishing stage version of Noel Coward’s Brief Encounter is headed back to London, after international exposure that included an acclaimed Broadway run…

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Thursday, February 22, 2018

London Theater Reviews: Carey Mulligan Is Perfection in a Play That Isn’t by Matt Wolf

Two solo plays and an American import allow an array of women to shine.

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Phantom Thread Oscar Nominee Lesley Manville on Not Going Mad Playing Mary Tyrone in Long Day's Journey Into Night & More by Matt Wolf

Lesley Manville is up for a supporting actress Oscar this year for her superb performance as Daniel Day-Lewis’s severe-seeming sister in Phantom Thread and is combining the o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:38PM
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

The York Realist, Donmar Warehouse review - a miniaturist masterpiece by Matt Wolf

★★★★★ THE YORK REALIST, DONMAR WAREHOUSE Pitch-perfect Peter Gill revival surpasses its originalPitch-perfect Peter Gill revival surpasses its original Peter Gill has been a q…

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Monday, February 12, 2018

Beginning Star Sam Troughton on Making His West End Debut, Googling His Co-Star & More by Matt Wolf

Sam Troughton has long been steeped in the classics, from Williams to Chekhov to Shakespeare, the last of which he has performed in New York with the Royal Shakespeare Company. This ter…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PM
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

London Theater Reviews: Loneliness and Loss Made Gloriously Alive in 2 Classic Dramas by Matt Wolf

Lesley Manville makes Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” her own, and Nicholas Hytner delivers an electric, politically urgent “Julius Caesar.”

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Lady Windermere's Fan Star Grace Molony on Her Big Debut, Getting Used to Corsets & Working with an AbFab Legend by Matt Wolf

Few performers fresh out of drama school land the title role in a star-heavy revival of an Oscar Wilde classic, but that is the happy position in which 22-year-old Grace Molony finds herself…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Mary Stuart's Rudi Dharmalingam on Playing a Fictional Character in a History Play & More by Matt Wolf

The Almeida Theatre’s hypnotic revival of Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart finds the mighty Lia Williams and Juliet Stevenson tossing a coin each performance to see who…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:51PM
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

London Theater Reviews: Two Literary Greats, One Done Well and One Done Wrongly by Matt Wolf

Productions of Oscar Wilde’s “Lady Windermere’s Fan” and Harold Pinter’s “The Birthday Party” are currently playing on the West End.

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Friday, January 19, 2018

Broadway's Robert Cuccioli on Making his London Stage Debut in Rothschild & Sons and More by Matt Wolf

Robert Cuccioli is a familiar and popular New York theater name, remembered from his Tony-nominated turn in 1997 in Jekyll and Hyde and as both Javert in Les Miz&nbs…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PM
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Girl From the North Country's Sheila Atim on Her Newfound Love for Bob Dylan's Music and More by Matt Wolf

Girl From the North Country was one of the surprise successes of last year. The Conor McPherson play scored to the music of Bob Dylan has since transferred from the Old Vic to the Noel …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:58PM
Thursday, January 11, 2018

The Royal Shakespeare Company Goes to Rome, With Mixed Results by Matt Wolf

There were highs and lows in a triptych of Shakespearean plays set in ancient Rome at the Barbican Theater in London.

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Monday, January 8, 2018

42nd Street's Tom Lister on Why He's Jealous of His Co-Stars, Performing for Kate Middleton & More by Matt Wolf

Tom Lister is a renowned TV star in England on the back of the popular series Emmerdale but has lately been commanding the capacious Theatre Royal, Drury Lane as none other than the dir…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AM
Thursday, December 28, 2017

London Theater Reviews: ‘Hamilton’ Rounds Off a Year When London Theater Embraced the New by Matt Wolf

The West End transfer of the hit Broadway play shows that new work can make a splash in a city that usually favors the classics.

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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

London Young Frankenstein Star Summer Strallen on Her Near-Burnout, Memories of Snogging Ewan McGregor & More by Matt Wolf

Summer Strallen was a 2013 Olivier nominee for her swellegant performance in the Olivier Award-winning musical Top Hat, since which time she has been largely absent from the London stage. Th…

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Friday, December 22, 2017

2017 Wrap-Up: Our Picks for Best London Shows of the Year by Matt Wolf

New plays aplenty left their mark on the London theater this year, while musicals coupled time-honored, venerated titles with the arrival just before Christmas of a new kid on the block, who…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12AM
Saturday, December 16, 2017

Ben Lewis on Starring in London's The Phantom of the Opera and How It Compares to His Role in Love Never Dies by Matt Wolf

It’s a busy time for Australian performers in Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals in London, what with Anna O’Byrne appearing in the new revival of The Woman in White and Ben Lewis, her…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06AM
Thursday, December 14, 2017

London Theater Reviews: The Paranormal Turns Pedantic in ‘The Twilight Zone’ Adaptation by Matt Wolf

This mash-up of eight stories from the TV series, refashioned for the stage, wears its tendency to lecture like a misplaced badge of honor.

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Saturday, December 9, 2017

The Woman in White Star Anna O'Byrne on Love Never Dies, Julie Andrews & Her Surprising Dream Role by Matt Wolf

Australian actress Anna O’Byrne has the distinction of playing Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, directed by none other than Dame Julie Andrews, as well as starring as Christine Da…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36AM
Friday, December 1, 2017

Marisha Wallace on Starring in London's Dreamgirls, Her New Album & Thanking Jennifer Holliday by Matt Wolf

Broadway’s Marisha Wallace has had quite a London year, between stepping into the seismic role of Effie White in Dreamgirls at the Savoy Theatre, recording her first-ever album (Soul H…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PM
Thursday, November 30, 2017

London Theater Reviews: This Intimate, Candlelit London Playhouse Is Shining Bright by Matt Wolf

The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse will celebrate its fourth birthday in January. Two contrasting plays in its repertory show a theater in good health.

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Monday, November 27, 2017

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Star John McCrea on Making a Splash in the West End, Broadway Dreams & More by Matt Wolf

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, the new British musical about a teenager’s triumphant redefinition of himself as a drag queen, has also been a major triumph for its leading acto…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33PM
Saturday, November 18, 2017

West End Star David Seadon-Young on the Joys of An American in Paris, Not Skyping with Brandon Uranowitz & More by Matt Wolf

David Seadon-Young’s performance as Adam, the piano-playing narrator of An American in Paris, has been one of the musical theater glories of this year: an unwavering presence across th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AM
Friday, November 17, 2017

London Theater Reviews: On Stage, ‘The Exorcist’ Lacks the Movie’s Chills by Matt Wolf

Sean Mathias’s adaptation of the 1973 horror film and a David Mamet classic fall flat, but “Big Fish The Musical” gives our critic hope.

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Monday, November 13, 2017

The Ferryman's Sarah Greene on the Enduring Allure of Her Secret Celebrity Crush & More by Matt Wolf

Irish actress Sarah Greene was a 2014 Tony nominee for her Broadway debut appearing opposite Daniel Radcliffe in the revival of The Cripple of Inishmaan and was on the London stage earlier t…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PM
Monday, November 6, 2017

West End Glengarry Glen Ross Star Stanley Townsend on Working with Christian Slater & the Surprise Contents of His Stage Briefcase by Matt Wolf

Stanley Townsend is the distinguished Irish actor whose credits include Conor McPherson’s Shining City and The Weir, but he’s been on a bit of an American jag…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:04PM

West End Glengarry Glen Ross Star Stanley Townshend on Working with Christian Slater & the Surprise Contents of His Stage Briefcase by Matt Wolf

Stanley Townsend is the distinguished Irish actor whose credits include Conor McPherson’s Shining City and The Weir, but he’s been on a bit of an American jag…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PM
Thursday, November 2, 2017

London Theater Reviews: An Important Oscar Wilde ‘Woman,’ and a Drama Where the Playhouse Is the Draw by Matt Wolf

Eve Best shines in a witty revival of “A Woman of No Importance,” Ibsen’s claustrophobia gets a Caribbean makeover, and a courtroom setting offers bird’s eye views.

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

West End Oslo Star Philip Arditti on Stepping Into a Tony-Winning Role & Trying to Dislike His Co-Stars by Matt Wolf

J.T. Rogers’ provocative and poignant Oslo has arrived in London not long after winning the 2017 Tony for Best Play and a further Tony for featured actor Michael Aronov playing the Isr…

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