1,485 stories by "Matt Wolf"
In three London productions with great ensemble casts, all the actors receive their due.
Jon Robyns is no stranger to Les Misérables, the musical phenomenon now in its fourth decade on the London stage. The 37-year-old Englishman played Marius over 10 years ago in the West End …
Cormac McCarthy two-hander tries an audience's patience
Cormac McCarthy's two-hander, premiered at Chicago's mighty Steppenwolf Theatre in 2006, has by this point been everything short of a…
Overlong Sam Steiner play needs clarity to go with its compassion
Armageddon would appear to be at the gates in Sam Steiner's intriguing if ramshackle play, a co-production between Paines P…
Claire Moore was Sarah Brightman's replacement more than three decades ago as Christine Daaé in the West End's The Phantom of the Opera and has rarely been long absent from the London stage…
From the bloodbath of "The Duchess of Malfi" to the intergenerational confusion of "Snowflake," family disputes are at the center of three plays in London.
Heavy topics abound, but there's still room for a laugh and a song " from an Alanis Morissette musical to a dildo-waving new play
Newcomers and veterans were both given chances to shine on the London stage this year. Below, listed in no particular order, are five performances for which we will have fond memories of wel…
Arthur Miller may have been ubiquitous on the London stage this year, but there was no shortage of homegrown British talent"from that fearless octogenarian Caryl Churchill at the Royal…
The classics got a shake-up, while provocative new writing came mostly from America
Political dysfunction and societal distress led many amongst us to the brink this year, so where better th…
Late-arrival to the West End is broad, brash - and delightful
Who knew? This West End premiere of the 2007 Broadway entry from the legendary songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb (Ch…
Katie Brayben won a 2015 Olivier Award for her star-making performance as Carole King in the West End premiere of Beautiful. Since that time, she shifted genres to star in a revival of the n…
Mike Lew's riff on Shakespeare needs more art to go with its heart
If good intentions were everything, Teenage Dick would be the play of the year. As it is, this British premiere at the Donm…
Jodie Prenger came to attention as the winner of the BBC reality TV competition series I'd Do Anything in 2008, as a result of which she got to play Nancy in Oliver! in the West End for the …
As they take on more challenging themes, provocative material and divisive subjects, the capital's theatres have never felt so vital.
Period confection in three acts could use pruning
There's slight (White Christmas, to name but one) and then there's The Boy Friend, a period musical so unabashedly vaporous that if you …
Jordan Belfort memoirs translate unpleasantly, even unnecessarily, to the stage
Of all the groups you probably wouldn't want to be part of, surely the hyper-adrenalised, hardscrabble popula…
Seasonal entertainment is cheerful if essentially dull
Nostalgia for things that probably never were is an animating theme in politics these days.
"Dear Evan Hansen" is the latest Broadway musical to open in the West End, along with the pop bonanza "& Juliet" and nearby, the quietly powerful "Ghost Quartet."
Miriam-Teak Lee was something of an overnight sensation when she played Claire De Loone in the 2017 Open Air Theatre Regent's Park revival of On the Town, since which time she went on to und…
Michael Greif has shepherded Dear Evan Hansen successfully into port many times at this point, but only now is the 2017 Best Musical Tony Award winner being seen outside North America. Its W…
In the first part of our chat with the ever-vital Elaine Paige, the English musical theater legend spoke about making the shift into radio and the excitement that has accompanied this unexpe…
Elaine Paige needs scant introduction as the "first lady of the British musical theater," a title that the veteran star of Evita, Cats, Chess and Sunset Boulevard, to name just a few of her …
The stars of "The Crown" are back together in a production in London.
Annie Baker's latest will divide opinion but reward devotees
The National Theatre is forging its own special relationship with American playwright Annie Baker, having now produced three of h…
