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Saturday, May 24, 2025

Mrs. Warren's Profession, Garrck Theatre review - mother-daughter showdown keeps it in the family by Matt Wolf

Shaw's once-shocking play pairs Imelda Staunton with her real-life daughter, Bessie Carter How do you make Bernard Shaw sear the stage anew? You can trim the text, as the director Dominic Co…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:18AM
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

'Shucked' review — this riotously funny country-and-western musical is a huskily entertaining joy by Matt Wolf

Georgina Onuorah follows on from Tony winner Alex Newell in riotously entertaining London outing of the tangy, twangy C&W show, directed as on Broadway by Jack O'Brien

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 09:56AM
Monday, May 19, 2025

The Brightening Air, Old Vic review - Chekhov jostles Conor McPherson in writer-director's latest by Matt Wolf

The Irishman's first new play in over a decade is engaging but overstuffed It's one thing to be indebted to a playwright, as Tom Stoppard and Harold Pinter have been at different times to B…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:54AM
Saturday, May 17, 2025

The Deep Blue Sea, Theatre Royal Haymarket review - Tamsin Greig honours Terence Rattigan by Matt Wolf

The 1952 classic lives to see another day in notably name-heavy revival The water proves newly inviting in The Deep Blue Sea, Terence Rattigan's mournful 1952 play that some while ago estab…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:06AM
Thursday, May 15, 2025

'Insane Asylum Seekers' review — this remarkably empathetic solo piece deftly tackles immigration, anxiety and family by Matt Wolf

Emily Ling Williams' direction finds humour and levity in what could devolve into a mere history lesson, and Tommy Sim'aan's sterling solo performance is a marvel

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:13PM
Friday, May 9, 2025

Here We Are, National Theatre review - Sondheim's sensational swan song by Matt Wolf

The late composer bids farewell with a show made-to-order for now You don't have to be greeting the modern day with a smile unsupported by events in the wider world to have a field day at H…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:06AM
Wednesday, May 7, 2025

'An Oak Tree' review — Jessie Buckley and Tim Crouch rip up the theatrical rule book in this transformational show by Matt Wolf

Tim Crouch's maverick two-hander returns, with Jessie Buckley kicking off the sequence of guests

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:18PM
Friday, May 2, 2025

'Giant' review — John Lithgow gives a career-best performance in this blisteringly topical colossus of a play by Matt Wolf

John Lithgow returns in even more devastating form in Giant, ramped up for the West End by a scorching London theatre debut from Aya Cash, replacing Romola Garai

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 05:58AM
Thursday, May 1, 2025

May on the London Stage: Sondheim's Last Stand, a Tudor Drama and Broadway's Corniest Musical by Matt Wolf

Stephen Sondheim’s final musical reaches the National, a SIX queen flirts with the supernatural and the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye outdoors at Regent’s Park. These are just a…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PM

My Master Builder, Wyndham's Theatre review - Ewan McGregor headlines stillborn Ibsen riff by Matt Wolf

Starry new writing premiere struggles to connect It's both brave and bracing to welcome new voices to the West End, but sometimes one wonders if such exposure necessarily works to the benef…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:24AM
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

'How to Fight Loneliness' review — Neil LaBute tackles the pressing issue of assisted dying in his provocative play by Matt Wolf

Justina Kehinde plays a dying woman with an unusual request in Neil LaBute's circular, repetitive, often contrived play, now in its UK premiere

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:51PM
Saturday, April 12, 2025

'Speed' review — this lively, high-velocity drama is a constantly surprising thrill ride by Matt Wolf

Nikesh Patel plays Abz in a terrifc new play from 2024 Olivier nominee Mohamed-Zain Dada (Blue Mist.).

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:18AM
Monday, April 7, 2025

Reflecting on the Olivier Awards 2025 by Matt Wolf

A view from inside the Albert Hall at a ceremony at which "Benjamin Button"'s John Dagleish brought the audience to tears and Simon Lipkin's Fagin and "Fiddler"'s bottle dance prompted cheers

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 02:49PM

The Snubs and Surprises of the 2025 Olivier Awards by Matt Wolf, Houman Barekat and Eleanor Stanford

Times critics discuss the big winners — a new play about Roald Dahl, a “Fiddler on the Roof” revival and a folk-rock “Benjamin Button”— at London’s theater awards.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:32PM
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

'Apex Predator' review — new thriller play is out for blood by Matt Wolf

Laura Whitmore and Bryan Dick in John Donnelly play directed by Blanche McIntyre, fresh on the heels of The Invention of Love at the same address

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:24PM

April on the London Stage: The Oliviers Approach, Gatsby Crosses the Atlantic and a Manhunt Ensues by Matt Wolf

There’s a spring in the step of the London theater in April, as seems appropriate, with new musicals based on classic titles jostling alongside the return of a major film star to the Londo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AM
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

'Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors' review — Bram Stoker's vampire classic becomes a fang-tastic high-camp spoof by Matt Wolf

James Daly repeats his star turn as a vampy, bare-chested Count Dracula in London premiere of Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen's Off Broadway romp; Charlie Stemp, from Crazy for You, co-star…

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:54AM
Thursday, March 13, 2025

'Farewell Mister Haffmann' review — Nigel Harman is eerily commanding as a Nazi official in this French wartime drama by Matt Wolf

Hit French play comes to London, translated by Jeremy Sams and with a scene-stealing supporting performance from onetime Olivier winner, Nigel Harman (Shrek): Michael Fox and Jennifer Kirby …

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:16AM
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

'Weather Girl' review — this absolutely scorching solo play is like an apocalyptic 'Fleabag' by Matt Wolf

Julia McDermott is a solo sensation in her partner Brian Watkins's scorching solo play set amidst a world on the cusp of meltdown

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:14AM
Monday, March 3, 2025

March on the London Stage: Don't Wanna Be Clueless? Catch Up on the Latest Across the Pond by Matt Wolf

Clueless sings on the London stage, Cate Blanchett spreads her wings, and the producer of Fleabag is back for an encore - all that and James Graham not once but twice.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:13PM
Sunday, February 23, 2025

'East is South' review — Beau Willimon's thrilling new play takes us on a wild ride through the world of AI by Matt Wolf

Cliff Curtis and Olivier Award winner Luke Treadaway in dense new play by the Oscar-nominated American writer Beau Willimon

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 08:13AM
Saturday, February 22, 2025

Richard II, Bridge Theatre review - handsomely mounted, emotionally muted by Matt Wolf

Jonathan Bailey makes a petulant stage return in Shakespeare's most luxuriant play Screen stardom is generally anointed at the box office so it's a very real delight to find the fast-rising…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:42AM
Friday, February 14, 2025

'Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew' review — grief, gender identity and gardening combine in this heartfelt new play by Matt Wolf

Omari Douglas and Wil Johnson in baggy if big-hearted play that also stars its non-binary author, Coral Wylie

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 09:15AM

'More Life' review — a quietly riveting, and all-too-human, sci-fi drama which excitingly subverts expectation by Matt Wolf

Futuristic play is also deeply humane, and superbly served by its ensemble cast headed by Helen Schlesinger and Tim McMullan.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:50AM
Friday, February 7, 2025

Elektra, Duke of York's Theatre review - Brie Larson's London stage debut is angry but inert by Matt Wolf

Brie Larson makes a brave West End debut that, alas, misfires We live in tragic times given over to cataclysmic events that require outsized emotions in return. That may be one reason to ac…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:12AM
Monday, February 3, 2025

'Play On!' review — this all-swinging, all-dancing musical take on Shakespeare's comedy is a jazz-hot joy by Matt Wolf

Earl Gregory plays the Duke in inspired musical transposition of Shakespeare's buoyant comedy

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:47PM

February on the London Stage: A Shakespearean Jonathan Bailey, Billy Porter as the Emcee and Patti LuPone in Concert by Matt Wolf

February may be the shortest month but it is packed with enticing offerings on the London stage. The weeks ahead promise not one but two star-laden Sophoclean tragedies, and two comparably s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AM
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

'The Gift' review — this hilariously zany poo-dunnit uses the hunt for a harasser to spark an existential crisis by Matt Wolf

Nicholas Burns gets gifted with a surprise lump of excrement in Dave Florez's existential comedy

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:25PM
Friday, January 24, 2025

'Cymbeline' review — women rule in this astonishingly smart gender-flipped take on Shakespeare's late play by Matt Wolf

Martina Laird and Gabrielle Brooks shine in shrewd, witty Shakespeare reappraisal

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:14AM
Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Best of 2024: Theatre by Matt Wolf

BEST OF 2024: THEATRE The classics reclaimed afresh, the acting often astonished The classics were reclaimed afresh, and the acting more often than not astonished It's the images that linge…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:42PM
Friday, January 3, 2025

What to See on the West End This Winter by Matt Wolf

Some recommendations for visitors and residents who want to get the most from the city’s varied theater scene.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre