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Thursday, August 19, 2021

Review: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Delayed ‘Cinderella’ Is Worth the Wait by Matt Wolf

After months of pandemic-mandated postponements, the British composer’s new show finally had its premiere. It’s fun.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:42AM

A Quiet Summer at Edinburgh’s Festivals by Matt Wolf

There are fewer shows and smaller audiences than usual at the International Festival and the Fringe this year.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:06AM
Friday, August 13, 2021

Sophocles rewrite ‘Paradise’, starring Lesley Sharp, is brave, bold, and bruising by Matt Wolf

Anastasia Hille and Gloria Obianyo join Sharp in a formidable female triumvirate in Kae Tempest adaptation

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:05PM
Thursday, August 12, 2021

Lily Allen makes an admirable stage debut in the scary and shouty '2:22: A Ghost Story' by Matt Wolf

Hadley Fraser, Jake Wood, and Julia Chan co-star in new Danny Robins play.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:14AM
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Carousel, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review - brave rewrite doesn't land by Matt Wolf

The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic has been tweaked but also flattened You've got to hand it to the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park: this venue never simply dusts off a familiar musical …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:06AM

Carousel, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre - brave rewrite doesn't land by Matt Wolf

The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, featuring the great Joanna Riding as Nettie Fowler, has been tweaked but also flattened

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:42AM
Monday, August 9, 2021

'Big Big Sky' serves up compelling thoughts on humanity by Matt Wolf

Jennifer Daley shines as a cafe proprietor called Angie in new Tom Wells play set in Kilnsea.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:05PM
Thursday, August 5, 2021

Anything Goes, Barbican review - an explosion of joy by Matt Wolf

Sutton Foster makes a sensational London stage debut, with Robert Lindsay and Samuel Edwards in sterling support

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:30AM

Ian McKellen Returns as Hamlet in U.K. Production by Matt Wolf

As England’s theaters welcome capacity audiences again, Ian McKellen is back in a role he first played a half-century ago.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48AM
Monday, August 2, 2021

'Changing Destiny' at the Young Vic is a few bricks short of a pyramid by Matt Wolf

Ben Okri play draws upon 4000-year-old text called Sinuhe, stars Joan Iyiola and Ashley Zhangazha.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:58PM
Friday, July 30, 2021

Power politics in David Mamet's 'Oleanna' make for an imbalanced drama by Matt Wolf

Jonathan Slinger shines in Lucy Bailey-directed revival of Mamet two-hander.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:04PM
Thursday, July 29, 2021

Bagdad Café, Old Vic review - sweet but scattershot by Matt Wolf

Percy Adlon's 1987 film reopens the Old Vic, directed by Emma Rice and starring Sandra Marvin.

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:56AM
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

'The Two Character Play' at Hampstead Theatre brings 'new life' to the Tennessee Williams work by Matt Wolf

Tennessee Williams's 1967 study in meta-theatre returns to the theatre where it premiered.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:58AM
Friday, July 23, 2021

Luke Brady on becoming Moses in 'The Prince of Egypt' in the West End by Matt Wolf

The musical's gifted and amiable leading man was keen to chat one recent day about the renewed thrill of being back on the boards.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:06PM
Monday, July 19, 2021

'Anna X,' starring Emma Corrin, is an electric, theatrical joyride by Matt Wolf

2019 play gets a commercial upgrade to the West End

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:49AM
Thursday, July 15, 2021

In ‘Bach & Sons,’ a Composer Stares Down Death by Matt Wolf

The new play at the Bridge Theater in London and two other productions on the city’s stages examine characters facing the end.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AM
Saturday, July 10, 2021

BWW Review: THE DUMB WAITER, Old Vic by Matt Wolf

Jeremy Herrin directs Pinter's 1960 two-hander with Daniel Mays back onstage for first time in five years

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AM

'Romeo and Juliet' at Shakespeare's Globe plays against the natural poetry by Matt Wolf

Ola Ince directs a message-heavy, modern take on this oft-performed tragedy

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:51AM
Thursday, July 8, 2021

'The Invisible Hand's' Scott Karim on how stories should make sense of the world by Matt Wolf

Scott Karim, 35, has joined the cast of Ayad Akhtar's play at the Kiln Theatre

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 08:48AM
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

J'Ouvert, Harold Pinter Theatre review - formless yet fabulous by Matt Wolf

Yasmine Joseph brings a blast of Carnival to the West End A welcome West End upgrade is the order of the day at J'Ouvert, the debut play from Yasmin Joseph whose 2019 premiere at South Lond…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:42AM
Monday, June 28, 2021

'Out West' at Lyric Hammersmith is 'one of the most exciting surprises of the year' by Matt Wolf

Three monologues in one truly terrific evening at west London's Lyric Hammersmith.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:25PM

'Staircase' at Southwark Playhouse struggles to find chemistry and humour by Matt Wolf

Charles Dyer's 1966 RSC play gets a rare revival with Paul Rider, late of CHICAGO, amongst the cast

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:13AM
Thursday, June 24, 2021

Under Milk Wood, National Theatre review - Michael Sheen at his most magnetic by Matt Wolf

One Welshman honours another in National Theatre return to the Dylan Thomas mainstay There's commanding, and then there's Michael Sheen, who sweeps on to the Olivier stage 15 minutes or so …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 12:12PM
Monday, June 21, 2021

'Raya' is 'beautifully acted' at Hampstead Theatre by Matt Wolf

We never see the title character in Raya, Deborah Bruce’s intriguing, beautifully acted new play that continues a strong return for the Hampstead Theatre.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:24PM

Lisa Dwan shines in Trevor Nunn's powerful and urgent production of 'Happy Days' by Matt Wolf

Beckett’s Happy Days is marking its 60th birthday this year with a heavenly Riverside Studios revival from the director Trevor Nunn. Perhaps it takes the wisdom accrued over a life to brin…

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 09:53AM

These are `Happy Days' Indeed for Trevor Nunn by Matt Wolf

The director's latest production caps decades of distinguished achievement

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:52AM
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Challenges Aplenty Onstage in London, With Some Fun Along the Way by Matt Wolf

As London venues reopen, theatergoers can choose to reckon with works like “The Death of a Black Man” or enjoy frothier fare from George Bernard Shaw.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:03AM
Tuesday, June 1, 2021

The State of the London Stage: June 2021 by Matt Wolf

Theatreland is Back in Business

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AM
Thursday, May 27, 2021

London Theater's Reopening: 'Flight,' 'Herding Cats' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by Matt Wolf

One “play” uses only voice-overs. Another features a main actor only on video. And under Covid rules, an 11-person Shakespeare cast counts as an army.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:42AM
Monday, May 24, 2021

'Cruise' offers an intimate cross-generational look at the LGBTQ+ community by Matt Wolf

No, Jack Holden’s play is not about Tom, though the film star does get referenced along the way. In fact, Cruise is a vigorously acted history lesson that doubles as a vital performance op…

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:05PM
Thursday, May 6, 2021

Online or In-Person? Soon, British Theatergoers Can Decide by Matt Wolf

Live theater is set to return in England starting May 17, but many online offerings will remain.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18AM

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