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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

'The Winter's Tale' review " Shakespeare's play is cleverly reinvented for the ages by Matt Wolf

Sergo Vares and John Lightbody head the cast in Shakespeare's late Romance, which utilises both stages at the Globe for the first time.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 08:31AM[SHARE]
Thursday, February 23, 2023

'Women, Beware the Devil' review " Rupert Goold directs a stylish play with little substance by Matt Wolf

Lydia Leonard, late of "Oslo," leads the cast of young writer Lulu Raczka's Jacobean mash-up, directed for the Almeida by the busy Rupert Goold.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:29PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

On London Stages, Finding Something Fresh in Tragedy by Matt Wolf

New productions of "Medea" and "Phaedra" feature outstanding performances from Sophie Okonedo and Janet McTeer as women pushed to the edge.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:02PM[SHARE]
Friday, February 17, 2023

'Graceland' review " Sabrina Wu superbly performs a show better suited for the page by Matt Wolf

Sabrina Wu, recently seen in "The Doctor," graduates to the solo part in critic-turned-playwright Ava Wong Davies's anatomy of love and loss

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:35PM[SHARE]
Thursday, February 16, 2023

'Standing at the Sky's Edge' and 'Sylvia' Energize British Musicals by Matt Wolf

The art form needs to make room for lesser-known names, to refresh and enlarge the talent pool, our critic writes.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:55AM[SHARE]
Thursday, February 9, 2023

'The Lehman Trilogy' review " epic play continues to astonish with new cast by Matt Wolf

Hadley Fraser leads adroit new cast in third separate London showing of Ben Power's five-time Tony-winning play.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:54PM[SHARE]
Monday, February 6, 2023

'2:22 - A Ghost Story' review " Cheryl triumphs in her West End debut by Matt Wolf

Onetime Girls Aloud pop star Cheryl makes a terrific West End debut in newly apposite thriller from Danny Robins

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:05AM[SHARE]
Friday, February 3, 2023

'Titus Andronicus' review " Jude Christian adds a revelatory sleekness to Shakespeare's bloodiest play by Matt Wolf

Katy Stephens is a magnificent, maleficent Titus in Jude Christian's all-female production in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, complete with original songs

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:27PM[SHARE]
Thursday, January 26, 2023

'Sound of the Underground' review " a full-bodied celebration of the drag scene by Matt Wolf

London's underground queer culture comes "above ground" for deliberately formless Royal Court show

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 02:05PM[SHARE]
Friday, January 20, 2023

The Unfriend' review " Steven Moffat's debut play is an irresistible comic thriller by Matt Wolf

TV writer Steven Moffat, of Sherlock and Doctor Who renown, crosses over to the stage in a starry production headed by the wonderful Reece Shearsmith

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:10AM[SHARE]

'Alex Edelman: Just For Us' review " a whipsmart blend of personal and political comedy by Matt Wolf

Alex Edelman brings his superb Off Broadway hit back to London, where it was previously seen pre-pandemic

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:45AM[SHARE]
Friday, January 13, 2023

Paul Mescal in a Streetcar Named Desire by Matt Wolf

In London, the Irish actor stars as Stanley Kowalski in a deeply empathic version of Tennessee Williams's 1947 play, "A Streetcar Named Desire."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:20AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

'Watch on the Rhine' review " Lillian Hellman's quietly explosive play haunts the mind by Matt Wolf

Lillian Hellman's prescient 1940 play is terrifically well served in a Donmar revival starring English stage veteran Patricia Hodge and a radiant UK stage debut from Caitlin FitzGerald

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:38PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Best of 2022: Theatre by Matt Wolf

In an iffy year for new plays and musicals, a post-pandemic London stage returned to life Where were the great new plays during 2022?  That question underscored weeks of playgoing that tu…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:32PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

'Hakawatis' review " a storytelling sisterhood reshape Scheherazade's 1001 Nights by Matt Wolf

Pooja Ghai directs Hannah Khalil's play, a co-production between Shakespeare's Globe and Tamasha that captures in some essential way captures the zeitgeist

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:43AM[SHARE]
Monday, December 19, 2022

'Mother Goose' review " Ian McKellen leads a megawatt pantomime for the ages by Matt Wolf

Ian McKellen is Caroline Goose in a blissed-out panto joyfully directed by Cal McCrystal and co-starring the indispensable Anna-Jane Casey as Cilla Quack.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:41AM[SHARE]
Thursday, December 15, 2022

The Best (and Worst) Theater in Europe in 2022 by Matt Wolf, Laura Cappelle and A.j. Goldmann

The Times's three European theater critics pick their favorite productions of the year " plus a turkey apiece for the festive season.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, December 14, 2022

'Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol' review " a country-infused seasonal delight warms the soul by Matt Wolf

Robert Bathurst is a nightshirt-wearing Scrooge in a winning 1930s Tennessee take on the ubiquitous Dickens title

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:33PM[SHARE]
Friday, December 9, 2022

'Mandela' review - banal new musical isn't as pioneering as its title leader by Matt Wolf

Michael Luwoye, late of "Hamilton," has the title role in drearily hagiographic biomusical, enlivened only by its dancing

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 04:56PM[SHARE]
Thursday, December 8, 2022

'Kerry Jackson' review " an offensive state-of-the-nation sitcom by Matt Wolf

TV actress Fay Ripley in misbegotten comedy set in east London's Walthamstow

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:47AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Review: In 'Orlando,' Emma Corrin Straddles Genders and Centuries by Matt Wolf

In a freewheeling London adaptation of Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel, Corrin plays a character whose emotions are as fluid as their identity.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:42AM[SHARE]
Friday, December 2, 2022

Best of Enemies, Noel Coward Theatre review - opposites attract, sort of by Matt Wolf

James Graham play hits the West End on the way, presumably, to Broadway Opposition (and history) are the apparent mainstays of the ceaselessly busy James Graham, and he conjoins the two to …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 01:06PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

'Henry V' review " a chilling anatomy of one man's slide into savagery by Matt Wolf

Oliver Johnstone plays a notably brutal warrior-king in this deliberately revisionist take on Shakespeare's history play

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:49PM[SHARE]
Friday, November 25, 2022

'Baghdaddy' review " a poignant reflection on identity and immigration by Matt Wolf

Jasmine Naziha Jones takes the lead female role in her own debut play, which is very much a work of two different halves.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:12PM[SHARE]
Thursday, November 24, 2022

'A Christmas Carol' review " a festive story that serves as an emotional awakening by Matt Wolf

Tony-winner Owen Teale is the sixth Scrooge so far in the Old Vic's London iteration of Dickens's seasonal mainstay; Lydia White makes a notably charming Belle

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:26PM[SHARE]

London's Theater Cuts Matter, on Broadway and Beyond by Matt Wolf

The cushion of state money let the Hampstead and Donmar playhouses develop broad programs with international reach. Now they must find creative ways to play on.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:12AM[SHARE]
Saturday, November 19, 2022

'The Sex Party' review " a limp and confusing play suffers from questionable stereotyping by Matt Wolf

Beckett specialist Lisa Dwan and Oscar winner Timothy Hutton head cast of the latest from English writer-director Terry Johnson

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 08:34AM[SHARE]
Thursday, November 3, 2022

A Studio Ghibli Classic Comes to the London Stage by Matt Wolf

An adaptation of "My Neighbour Totoro" enchants audiences at the Barbican. Across town at the Harold Pinter Theater, a revival of "Good" takes viewers to darker territory.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:54AM[SHARE]
Thursday, October 27, 2022

Review: Praise the Lord for 'Tammy Faye' by Matt Wolf

A new musical about the life of the televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, composed by Elton John, makes spectacular entertainment from a righteous subject.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:33PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

'Marvellous' review " biographical play is filled with heart, but could use more art by Matt Wolf

Theresa Heskins co-authors and directs overinsistent adaptation of the life of Neil (Nello) Baldwin, a 76-year-old Staffordshire legend, which launches a lovely new West End venue

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:09PM[SHARE]
Monday, October 24, 2022

'My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)' review " a celebration of being your best, most theatrical self by Matt Wolf

Rob Madge solo play comes to the West End for two weeks, directed by Luke Sheppard, of "& Juliet" fame.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:46PM[SHARE]

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