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Saturday, October 4, 2025

'Troilus and Cressida' review — Shakespeare's anti-heroic, satirical war play is formidably bruising by Matt Wolf

Owen Horsley makes his Globe debut with a patchy version of Shakespeare's take-no-prisoner satire, here starring Kasper Hilton-Hille as Troilus, with Samantha Spiro as a female Pandarus

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 08:50AM
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

October on the London Stage: A Simultaneous Punch, Les Misérables' 40th, Jennifer Westfeldt in The Assembled Parties by Matt Wolf

October is chock-a-block, as the Brits like to say, with theatrical activity. Tracy Letts’ Mary Page Marlowe reaches the Old Vic Theatre with Susan Sarandon heading the cast, and Rachel Ze…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PM
Thursday, September 25, 2025

'Entertaining Mr Sloane' review — this eye-popping production brings the bad boy of the London stage back home by Matt Wolf

Tamzin Outhwaite impresses once again as Kath in Nadia Fall's sterling revival of Joe Orton's breakout play; hip-hop star Jordan Stephens plays Sloane.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:57PM
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

'Titus Andronicus' review — Shakespeare's tragic gorefest becomes a powerful play for today by Matt Wolf

A game John Hodgkinson has replaced Simon Russell Beale in this transfer from Stratford of the RSC version of Shakespeare's abiding, cruelly timely gorefest

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:51PM
Friday, September 19, 2025

The Lady from the Sea, Bridge Theatre review - flashes of brilliance by Matt Wolf

Simon Stone refashions Ibsen in his own high-octane image Like the lighting that crackles now and again to indicate an abrupt change of scene or mood, Simon Stone's version of The Lady from…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:54AM
Thursday, September 18, 2025

'Reunion' review — the cast is beautifully in sync in this stormy family drama by Matt Wolf

Irish writer-director Mark O'Rowe of Howie the Rookie fame brings his frantic and furious family drama to London with a standout performance from Peter Corboy

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 08:46AM
Thursday, September 4, 2025

Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares, Underbelly Boulevard Soho review - Tony winner makes charming, cheeky London debut by Matt Wolf

Broadway's acclaimed Cinderella, Louise, and Amalia reaches Soho for a welcome one-night stand Laura Benanti has been enchanting Broadway audiences for several decades now, and London has t…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:48AM
Friday, August 29, 2025

September on the London Stage: Kerry Ellis Belts, Samuel D. Hunter Arrives, The Weir Returns by Matt Wolf

Great writing is the order of the day as London heads into an astoundingly busy theatrical autumn, with shows jockeying for position, and multiple openings sometimes landing on the same nigh…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PM
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

'Twelfth Night' review — this carnivalesque production steers a course between the sad and the sublime by Matt Wolf

Jos Vantyler's Feste is the standout in the director Robin Belfield's Shakespeare debut at this address; Pearce Quigley makes a notably deadpan Malvolio

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:33AM
Friday, August 1, 2025

August on the London Stage: Sean Hayes Reprises His Tony-Winning Role, Brigadoon Appears, Every Brilliant Thing Returns by Matt Wolf

August on the London stage finds Rosalie Craig playing Mrs Oscar Levant, Totoro's main man Joe Hisaishi at the Proms, Robert Sean Leonard in a world premiere and much more

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:13PM
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Evita, London Palladium review - even more thrilling the second time round by Matt Wolf

Andrew Lloyd Webber's best musical gets a brave, biting makeover for the modern age Would Jamie Lloyd's mind-bending revival of Evita win through twice in four weeks, I wondered to myself, …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 12:48PM
Thursday, July 24, 2025

A Moon for the Misbegotten, Almeida Theatre review - Michael Shannon sears the night sky by Matt Wolf

Rebecca Frecknall shifts American gears to largely satisfying effect Michael Shannon's long legs reach to the stars - or perhaps one should say the moon - in the Almeida's hypnotic revival …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:02AM
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Burlesque, Savoy Theatre review - exhaustingly vapid by Matt Wolf

Adaptation of 2010 film is busy, bustling - and bad "It all starts with a snap," or so we're told early in the decidedly un-snappy Burlesque, which spends three hours borrowing shamelessly …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 12:06PM
Saturday, July 19, 2025

'Sing Street' review — this energetic 1980s-set musical is powered by youthful exuberance by Matt Wolf

Tony winner Enda Walsh's book lets down this energetic adaptation of the 2016 Dublin-set film which still isn't Broadway-ready; Tony winner Rebecca Taichman, as before, directs

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:09PM
Thursday, July 10, 2025

'Girl from the North Country' review — Bob Dylan's music is the crowning glory of this impressionistic show by Matt Wolf

Writer-director Conor McPherson's diffuse musical is back, this time with two-time Olivier-winner Katie Brayben (Tammy Faye) leading those singing the Dylan songbook

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:14AM
Friday, July 4, 2025

Superproducer Sonia Friedman on building a theatre empire by Matt Wolf

Sonia Friedman looks forward and back on a producing career that exists without parallel

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 09:53AM
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

July on the London Stage: Rachel Zegler in Evita, Orfeh in Burlesque and More by Matt Wolf

Temperatures are rising, and so is the energy across London theater this month. The lineup includes a stage adaptation of a Cher film vehicle, a radical retake on a beloved British musical, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:02PM
Monday, June 30, 2025

What to See in London Theaters This Summer by Matt Wolf

A handpicked guide for visitors (and residents), including classic drama, musicals, new plays and shows for children.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:32AM
Thursday, June 26, 2025

'This Bitter Earth' review — Billy Porter directs an intense, politically charged and passionate two-hander by Matt Wolf

Billy Porter shifts from starring on the West End in Cabaret to directing this politically charged two-hander, starring Omari Douglas and Alexander Lincoln

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:57AM
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

How Did ‘Hercules’ Get So Lame? by Matt Wolf

A Disney musical based on the 1997 animated movie feels as though its creators wanted to get to the finish line and move on.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AM
Monday, June 9, 2025

Which Tony Award-winning shows might come to London? by Matt Wolf

A look at the Tony roster's potential for a London transfer

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:28AM
Monday, June 2, 2025

June on the London Stage: Stereophonic, Fiddler on the Roof and Hercules Kick Off Summer in the West End by Matt Wolf

Summer is approaching, and with it the return to the stage of a Disney demi-God, in a notably busy month that includes the local premiere of a vaunted Tony winner and a commercial transfer f…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM
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

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