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Thursday, January 8, 2015

West End Star Jennifer DiNoia on Her Worldwide Wicked Ride & Why You Can’t Say ‘Artichoke’ in Korea by Matt Wolf

Jennifer DiNoia has traveled the world with Wicked, shifting between various American cities to perform the musical in Australia and South Korea and now in London, where she plays Elphaba at…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:30PM
Thursday, January 1, 2015

London Datebook: Bat Boy Flies, The West End Gets a Breakdown and More January Picks by Matt Wolf

A new year always brings with it promise in abundance, especially for the London theater scene, which Is already kicking into gear. From the latest British reworking of a Broadway musical to…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Theater review: American Plays Revealed Anew on the London Stage by Matt Wolf

Trans-Atlantic transfers dominated at West End and fringe theaters in 2014.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:18AM
Monday, December 29, 2014

Best of 2014: Theatre by Matt Wolf

That old canard about there being no good roles for women needed revising time and again in the theatre year just gone, so much so that end-of-year judging panels for the year's best faced f…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:00AM
Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Monarchs, Mediums and Murderers Top Broadway.com's Five Best London Shows in 2014 by Matt Wolf

From a Noel Coward classic polished to within an inch of its life to a troubling Stephen Sondheim musical that packed a pistol-laden punch, London theater was characteristically varied and v…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Saturday, December 20, 2014

High-Concept Shakespeare and a Dash of Hope by Matt Wolf

Matt Wolf on high-concept Shakespeare and a new play that quite explicitly offers hope on the London stage.

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A view from the past by Matt Wolf

From a boozy lunch at The Savoy to the star-studded red carpet of the London Palladium, Matt Wolf looks back at the glamour, the passion and the drama of 60 years of the Evening Standard The…

SOURCE: www.standard.co.uk at 08:08AM
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Killers, Queens & Teens Top Broadway.com's Five Best London Performances in 2014 by Matt Wolf

London offered a veritable feast of fine acting on stages large and small in 2014, whether in time-honored theatrical chestnuts (Angela Lansbury in Blithe Spirit) or bracing new plays (Russe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PM
Friday, December 12, 2014

Cats, London Palladium by Matt Wolf

The musical that defined an era is back on the West End, allowing a new generation to see what all the fuss was about 33 years ago when a non-narrative extravaganza as heavy on dance and sce…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:30PM
Thursday, December 11, 2014

Hugh Maynard on Valjean Dreams, Meeting a Demigod & His Powerful Connection to London's Miss Saigon by Matt Wolf

There are few supporting roles in musicals as fiery as that of John, the marine-turned-aid worker in Miss Saigon who gets the second act of the musical off to a powerful start with the anthe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:44PM
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

London Datebook: Cats Lives Again, Angels Soars & The Grand Tour Kicks Off the New Year by Matt Wolf

The holidays are officially here! In London, that means a spate of eagerly anticipated musical revivals, a seasonal romp at the National, and Shakespeare displaced to Las Vegas. For that and…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:13PM

Theater Review: Revivals of ‘Assassins,’ ‘Accolade’ and ‘The Green Bay Tree’ in London by Matt Wolf

On the London stage, Jamie Lloyd’s production of “Assassins”; a revival of “Accolade”; and Mordaunt Shairp’s 1933 play “The Green Bay Tree.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:08AM
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Lucy Punch on Playing the Villain in London’s Great Britain & Getting Ugly in the Into the Woods Movie by Matt Wolf

Lucy Punch is back in the West End for the first time in well over a decade, having in the interim shot to fame in Bad Teacher, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger and the forthcoming screen …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:26PM
Thursday, November 20, 2014

Theater Review: New Productions of ‘’Tis Pity She’s a Whore,’ ‘Wildefire’ and ‘Hippolytos’ by Matt Wolf

Grim new productions in the British capital include “’Tis Pity She’s a Whore,” “Wildefire” and “Hippolytos.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:12AM
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

The Play That Goes Wrong Star Dave Hearn on Stunt Man Fantasies & His West End Cinderella Story by Matt Wolf

The West End has a sleeper success in The Play That Goes Wrong, the delicious play-within-a-play that chronicles all manner of onstage and offstage mishaps during a performance of an old-sty…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:29PM

Behind the Beautiful Forevers, National Theatre by Matt Wolf

Behind the Beautiful Forevers, David Hare's adaptation of Katherine Boo's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, works as both play and portent. Viewed on its own terms, the evening grips throughout i…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:20AM
Thursday, November 13, 2014

White Christmas, Dominion Theatre by Matt Wolf

What ought to be a featherweight holiday confection emerges as a charmless slog in the belated West End bow of White Christmas, a title that at this point in November may induce panic in tho…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:24PM
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Natalie Mendoza on Healing After Spider-Man & Heating Up the Dance Floor in London’s Here Lies Love by Matt Wolf

Amid a busy fall season in London for musicals, Natalie Mendoza’s powerful performance as Imelda Marcos in the European premiere of Here Lies Love at the National Theatre stands apart.…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PM
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Made In Dagenham’s Gemma Arterton on Becoming a Belting Bond Girl & Finding 'the Balls' to Sing in the West End by Matt Wolf

Stage and screen star Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace, Tamara Drewe) has come a long way since she last appeared in the West End in the  American comedy The Little Dog Laughed&nb…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:14PM

Theater Review: A Fresh Take on Chekhov by Matt Wolf

Katie Mitchell brings incision and insight to a new London production of “The Cherry Orchard.” “Neville’s Island” explores survival, while “Memphis” tackles race relations.

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Friday, October 31, 2014

London musicals have got their mojo back again by Matt Wolf

The current crop of shows dealing with controversial subjects has breathed new life into the form

SOURCE: www.standard.co.uk at 12:32PM
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

London Datebook: Aaron Tveit's Killer West End Debut, Christmas Comes Early & a Beautiful New Piece by Matt Wolf

The October explosion of musicals continues into November with a heady mixture of new shows and revivals that mix beloved British names like Gemma Arterton and Catherine Tate with Broadway g…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:20PM
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Clash of the Gyllenhaals: Maggie v Jake on Broadway by Matt Wolf

The famous siblings are making their Broadway debuts this autumn: who will take home the acting honours? Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Sunny Afternoon’s John Dagleish on Bringing the Kinks Party to the West End & Why He Wants to ‘Storm Broadway’ by Matt Wolf

Amid a busy month for musical upgrades to the West End from smaller playhouses elsewhere, the Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon, stands apart as a celebration of some of the most enduring songs …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:02PM

Theater Review: Phyllida Lloyd’s ‘Henry IV’ Opens in London, Plus Revivals of ‘Uncle Vanya’ and ‘East Is East’ by Matt Wolf

A look at Phyllida Lloyd’s new all-woman “Henry IV,” and bumpy revivals of “Uncle Vanya” and “East Is East” in London.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:23AM
Saturday, October 18, 2014

Our Town, Almeida Theatre by Matt Wolf

A template of the American theatre gets dusted off to quietly devastating effect in Our Town, the 1938 Thornton Wilder play that has never been especially beloved in Britain even as it gets …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:00AM
Thursday, October 16, 2014

West End Urinetown Star Jenna Russell on Her Stage Spill & Why She’s Never Seen Sweeney Todd by Matt Wolf

Jenna Russell needs no introduction as a London musicals mainstay, with credits ranging from Sarah Brown in the Michael Grandage-directed Guys and Dolls to a range of Sondheim musicals that …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:34PM
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Here Lies Love, National Theatre by Matt Wolf

The National Theatre's new Dorfman auditorium gets off to a kick-ass start with Here Lies Love, the Off Broadway musical transplant that does for the closing months of Nicholas Hytner's tenu…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:48AM
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Brandon Victor Dixon on Coming Home to The Scottsboro Boys in London & His Side Gig as a B’way Producer by Matt Wolf

Tony nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (The Color Purple) was center stage in the original New York production of the John Kander and Fred Ebb musical The Scottsboro Boys in 2010, only to miss ou…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PM
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Theater Review: Lindsay Lohan Makes Debut in Mamet’s ‘Speed-the-Plow’ by Matt Wolf

The new London revival of David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow,” with Lindsay Lohan and Richard Schiff, seemed a little too cautious.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:08AM

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