1,485 stories by "Matt Wolf"
Alexis Zegerman's "Holy __" is a lively, if overheated, cautionary tale; while Clare Barron's "Dance Nation" looks at troubles that come from within.
Onetime fringe success flounders in West End upgradeA sizable Off West End success nearly eight years ago looks more than a little exposed in a new, scaled-up production that is one of sever…
A year after his death, the great director was honoured by the stars at Westminster Abbey and the National TheatreSir Peter Hall had no ordinary life, as might be expected from the director …
Les Miz alumna Carrie Hope Fletcher spent much of the summer headlining an in-town production of Heathers: The Musical that wasn’t open to the press: a somewhat-tweaked version of the …
Michael James Scott has traveled far and wide with the hit Disney musical Aladdin, both on tour and in Australia, where last year he won the prestigious Helpmann Award for his performance as…
Sophie Thompson has a diverse and distinguished list of credits ranging from the Harry Potter screen franchise to Celebrity MasterChef and the popular U.K. TV soaps, EastEnders and Coronatio…
There are hundreds of shows to see in the Edinburgh International Festival and its ancillary Fringe event. But finding the good ones can be hard work.
Alexandra Burke has had a busy time of it in the decade since she became an overnight British sensation on X Factor. She has played Rachel Marron on the West End in The Bodyguard, a show she…
Ontroerend Goed's latest offers a cunningly immersive take on capitalismTheatre critics tend not to experience an 140 percent increase in their financial assets within 21 minutes. So on…
If the theatre is buoyant and alive, we have these artists to thank Amidst ever-uncertain times, one thing is for sure: this country's ability to regenerate and renew itself theatrically rem…
Professional stage debuts rarely come more auspicious than the bravura turn of 23-year-old Irishman Chris Walley in the current West End revival at the Noel Coward Theatre of The Lieutenant …
Laura Wade play needs trimming but offers a bravura acting opportunity Add Katherine Parkinson to the top rank of theatre performers in a town where talent abounds. As Judy, the retro-minded…
It's rare to find a Syrian actor in a starring role in London's West End, but the collective thrill surrounding the New York-bound production of The Jungle involves a multi-national,…
Ian McKellen shines as King Lear in a new production of Shakespeare's play, and Rhys Ifans also plays a beleaguered monarch in Ionesco's "Exit the King."
Gerard Alessandrini's latest is smart but needs streamliningIf it's possible to have somewhat too much of a good thing, that would seem to be the case with the British premiere at the M…
Collegiate-style Armageddon takes over the Court mainstage The apocalypse arrives as a series of collegiate sketches in the aptly-named Pity, the Rory Mullarkey play that may well prompt sym…
David Haig q-and-a / Matt Wolf Weather is the unlikely if potent topic of Pressure at the Ambassadors Theatre, written by and starring the protean Olivier Award-winning actor David Haig, who…
A newly-minimalist Sam Mendes guides an expert cast to sublime heights There's surprising and then there's The Lehman Trilogy, the National Theatre premiere in which a long-established direc…
Lara Martins has quietly carved a slice of theatrical history by becoming the longest-running Carlotta in the storied history of The Phantom of the Opera, continuing on in its original West …
Martin McDonagh revival brings Poldark to the London stage, guns blazing Aidan Turner may not reveal those famously bronzed pecs that have made TV's Poldark box office catnip in his West End…
From big-name musicals to challenging new work at small theaters, the Yanks are everywhere.
Kelli O’Hara is finally making her West End stage debut as British governess Anna Leonowens in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I, the role that brought the beloved America…
Oliver Tompsett is a West End alum of such musicals as We Will Rock You, Wicked, Rock of Ages and Guys and Dolls. In June, he joined the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Kinky Boo…
Joseph Kloska has become something of a Royal Shakespeare Company regular of late and steps up a career notch with his co-starring performance opposite Tony winner Richard McCabe (The Audien…
Familiar title is reinvigorated afresh in a startling revival Lia Williams can be said to have been in her prime ever since the double-whammy several decades ago when she appeared onstage in…
