1,485 stories by "Matt Wolf"
Discovering "Dear World" 44 years after Broadway, as well as two obscurities from 1931.
London stage star Lia Williams is taking on a thrillingly difficult challenge: alternating the lead roles of Kate and Anna with Kristin Scott Thomas in Ian Rickson’s superb revival of …
When's the last time you encountered a play with a hissable anti-hero and a young heroine who radiates charity, decency, and all things good? Those polarities are on full-throttle view in&nb…
After starring on the West End in Chicago, West Side Story and Sister Act, Debbie Kurup is all but stealing the London premiere production of The Bodyguard from the formidable Heather Headle…
“What should I see in London?” We are asked that question daily by friends headed to the theater capital for a visit—and even by locals. The good news is that there is neve…
Betty Buckley has graced the London stage periodically for more than 40 years, and the Broadway diva, now 65, returns this season to play Countess Aurelia in Jerry Herman’s little-seen…
"No Quarter,'' written by Polly Stenham, concludes with some hope for the next generation, while "Hansel and Gretel'' shows the director Katie Mitchell's playful side.
Gillian Bevan has spent 25 years on and off the West End, appearing largely in musicals (Follies, The Boys From Syracuse, Road Show), as well as three years in playwright/director Alan Ayckb…
Few productions give the sound designer absolute pride of place, but such is the presumably inevitable nature of a play called The Silence of the Sea that what isn't voiced counts every bit …
The IHT's London theater critic takes a look at what's in store this season: Kristin Scott Thomas, Rufus Sewell, Helen Mirren, "Othello" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
The sleeper musical success Let It Be finishes its initial West End run on January 19 at the Prince of Wales Theatre before resuming performances on February 1 across town at the Savoy, with…
The much-discussed Spice Girls tribute musical arrives on stage with much froth. At the National, two Alan Bennett one-acts are much needed grace notes.
Popular London musical star Alex Bourne is best known for his long and successful runs in We Will Rock You and Buddy, and now the strapping 6'4" performer is wowing audiences in the…
The London theatre looks to be awash in great women of the English (and Irish) stage in a 2013 line-up of star roles that disproves the often-held assertion that the men get all the great st…
For much of 2012, London theatre seemed to celebrate the playhouse as much as the play, turning certain venues into essential destinations. I'm thinking, of course, of Shakespeare's Globe, w…
Festivals, a few misfires and all-around success in an action-packed year.
In a year dominated by the Olympics and the Queen’s diamond jubilee, could the London stage hold its own? Most emphatically yes, thanks to an inordinate array of world-class production…
The classics offered London stage actors plenty to chew on this year—not just not productions of Shakespeare but also Ibsen, Chekhov, Webster and Stephen Sondheim who, by this point, i…
Daniel Ings is an actor playing an actor (the colorfully named Alan Dangle) in the long-running Richard Bean comedy One Man Two Guvnors, and the 27-year-old Englishman is especially winning …
"Julius Caesar" packs a believable wallop while two other London shows stretch credibility to breaking point and beyond.
Love may or may not make the world go round, but it's certainly doing its bit for the London theater, from "Twelfth Night" and "Kiss Me Kate" to "Boy Meets Boy" and "The Effect," the galvani…
It's Academy Award season within the showbiz-centric world of The Bodyguard, but even the greatest of Oscar obsessives - count me among them - would be hard-pressed to toss many a trophy in …
Sally Ann Triplett knows her way around musicals, having appeared over the last 25 years in shows ranging from Follies, Grease and Chess to the original UK and Broadway productions of Carrie…
On Broadway, Merrily We Roll Along remains forever scarred as the Stephen Sondheim musical that ground to an abrupt halt, closing after two weeks in 1981.read more
Jenna Russell has become London’s go-to star in the musicals of Stephen Sondheim. She played Young Sally in Follies back in 1988, won the 2007 Olivier Award for Dot/Marie in Sunday in …
