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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

'To Have and To Hold' review – Richard Bean's new comedy captures love, family and the ageing process by Matt Wolf

Alun Armstrong and Marion Bailey shine in the latest from Richard Bean, author of One Man, Two Guvnors, and co-directed by Terry Johnson and the venerable Richard Wilson.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:50PM
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Review: Kenneth Branagh’s Short, Shallow ‘King Lear’ by Matt Wolf

The veteran actor directs and plays the title role in a brisk and curiously weightless London production.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:37PM
Monday, October 30, 2023

'Clyde's' review – Lynn Nottage's genius play finds grace amid the grubbiness and grit by Matt Wolf

Lynn Nottage's kitchen play finds a brilliant chef in director Lynette Linton and an astonishing cast, headed by Olivier winner Giles Terera (Hamilton) and Sweat alumnus Patrick Gibson

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:13AM
Thursday, October 26, 2023

‘Lyonesse,’ With Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas, Is a Starry Mess by Matt Wolf

In London, Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas do their best in a new play that careers between near-slapstick one minute and speechifying the next.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:43AM
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Portia Coughlan' review – this taboo-busting portrait of inconsolable grief is a modern Irish masterpiece by Matt Wolf

Alison Oliver plays the title role in director Carrie Cracknell's revival of the remorseless 1996 play from Irish dramatist Marina Carr

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:49AM
Friday, October 13, 2023

British musicals are having a renaissance by Matt Wolf

Sunset Boulevard is back, fresher than ever, but the new British musical is having its moment, too

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:32AM

Nicole Scherzinger is Captivating in ‘Sunset Boulevard’ by Matt Wolf

A stripped-back revival in London, directed by Jamie Lloyd, brings the classic musical into the present day, and gives Scherzinger a career-defining performance.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:07AM
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

'Death of England: Closing Time' review – Sharon Duncan-Brewster is extraordinary in this wide-ranging national portrait by Matt Wolf

The brilliant Sharon Duncan-Brewster has stepped in, triumphantly, to the co-starring role in this delayed stage two-hander that completes a theatrical triptych.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:22AM
Friday, October 6, 2023

'Noises Off' review – Michael Frayn's genius backstage farce remains a marvel by Matt Wolf

Felicity Kendal returns to the role of Dotty Otley in Michael Frayn's comedy classic, opposite newcomers to the cast including James Fleet and an amusingly athletic Mathew Horne

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:17PM
Wednesday, October 4, 2023

'Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends' review – a rapturous musical tribute by a glorious all-star ensemble by Matt Wolf

Bernadette Peters in peerless, age-defying form heads an all-star tribute to her, and our, beloved Stephen Sondheim

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:51AM
Tuesday, October 3, 2023

'Derren Brown Presents – Unbelievable' review – astonishing feats of mental wizardry by Matt Wolf

Simon Lipkin and Samuel Creasey in Derren Brown venture without the master mentalist actually in it

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:57AM
Saturday, September 30, 2023

Michael Gambon – majestic, always moving, the theatre world looks smaller without him by Matt Wolf

The tremendous Dublin-born, London-based actor has died, leaving an enormous legacy behind

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:26PM
Friday, September 29, 2023

'Operation Epsilon' review – this riveting and timely history play dissects the ethics of nuclear physics by Matt Wolf

Nathaniel Parker, of "Wolf Hall," and Jamie Bogyo, from the flop revival of "Aspects of Love," are amongst the all-male cast of Andy Sandberg's UK premiere of this decade-old American play.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:32PM
Thursday, September 28, 2023

'Frank & Percy' review – Ian McKellen and Roger Allam are charming company in this sweet love story by Matt Wolf

Ian McKellen, age 84, is as spry and welcome a stage presence ever opposite the equally invaluable Roger Allam

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 08:28AM
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

'untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play' review – a furious and necessary skewering of colonialist classics by Matt Wolf

2023 Olivier nominee Mei Mac stars in Kimber Lee play about Asian stereotyping over time

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:05AM
Friday, September 22, 2023

'Mlima's Tale' review – Lynn Nottage's stealthy poaching drama has animal magnetism by Matt Wolf

Lynn Nottage's 2018 Public Theater play gets a powerful London airing courtesy director Miranda Cromwell and leading player Ira Mandela Siobhan.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:29PM
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

'The Little Big Things' review – this new musical movingly and buoyantly puts disability centre stage by Matt Wolf

Henry Fraser's inspirational memoir is now a musical, directed by Luke Sheppard of "& Juliet" renown.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 05:55AM
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

'Red Pitch' review – this nimble play scores with its celebration of friendship by Matt Wolf

Tyrell Williams's Olivier-nominated and Evening Standard Theatre Award-winning play returns for an encore engagement, fronted once again by the dazzling Francis Lovehall

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:18AM
Thursday, August 31, 2023

Review: ‘Next to Normal’ Is Back, With Extra Pathos by Matt Wolf

A London revival of the hit musical brings extra warmth to the story of a woman in psychological free fall.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:55AM
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

'The Way Old Friends Do' review – this new play is one for the ABBA enthusiasts by Matt Wolf

Ian Hallard stars in his own play, directed by his husband, Mark Gatiss, and with a scene-stealing supporting performance from Sara Crowe.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:28PM
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

'The Garden of Words' review – this wistful, rain-soaked Japanese tale draws you in by Matt Wolf

Japanese anime continues to have its day onstage with this latest show coming in between London premieres of My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:30AM
Saturday, August 5, 2023

'Macbeth' review – part action hero, part politician, Max Bennett compels throughout by Matt Wolf

A ripped Max Bennett takes the title role in a play soon to be seen again in London with David Tennant and then Ralph Fiennes: Matti Houghton plays his Lady.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:21AM
Thursday, July 13, 2023

'Cuckoo' review – this new family drama is alarming, surprising and highly entertaining by Matt Wolf

Jodie McNee gives a superb performance in Olivier-winner Michael Wynne's eighth play for the Royal Court, this one all-female and directed by Vicky Featherstone

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:38AM
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

'Beneatha's Place' review – Cherrelle Skeete gives a star-making performance by Matt Wolf

Kwame Kwei-Armah revisits his 2013 play, this time in London and with a rejigged second act - and superb leading lady

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:00AM
Wednesday, July 5, 2023

'Modest' review – this cheer-worthy art herstory lesson mixes drag, music and revolutionary spirit by Matt Wolf

Emer Dineen heads a non-binary cast of six in author Ellen Brammar's study in female empowerment and gender politics set during the 1870s

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:48PM

Crazy For You, Gillian Lynne Theatre review - high-kicking heaven by Matt Wolf

Susan Stroman returns to the well, to wondrous results Who says you can't go home again? As proof that you can, and to giddy and gorgeous results, along comes the current West End revival o…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:33AM
Friday, June 30, 2023

'Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written.' review – laudable in principle, but this revamp is a muddled polemic by Matt Wolf

Carl Grose gives the Robin Hood legend a contemporary makeover that misses the mark, in onetime Tony nominee Melly Still's production

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:04AM
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' review — Jamie Parker gives a performance for the ages by Matt Wolf

Olivier Award winner and Tony nominee Jamie Parker gives a tremendous performance in the title role of this return engagement of a genuinely striking British musical

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 09:56AM
Tuesday, June 27, 2023

'Accidental Death of an Anarchist' review – Daniel Rigby has extraordinary stamina in this furiously funny police satire by Matt Wolf

Daniel Rigby and Mark Hadfield head cast of Daniel Raggett's high-octane production, seen previously at Sheffield Theatres and the Lyric Hammersmith

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:15PM
Thursday, June 22, 2023

'Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical' review – this puppet-based satire mainly preaches to the converted by Matt Wolf

39 years after they first came to British TV, the satiric puppets take to the London stage

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:42AM
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Dear England, National Theatre review - filtering the national narrative through sport by Matt Wolf

James Graham's life-affirming new play locates hope and feeling amid the ravages of defeat "Is everything loss?" the great Oliver Ford Davies once asked on the National's Olivier stage, in …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:49AM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards