1,498 stories by "Matt Wolf"
A provocative and elusive reimagining of Bizet's "Carmen," National Health Service testimonials, and revisiting Roald Dahl.
J. Robert Oppenheimer has been called the father of the atomic bomb, and the American physicist has now given his name to a new Royal Shakespeare Company play, Oppenheimer. With a running ti…
Matt Wolf wishes the score of this revamped production was less generic
The Play That Goes Wrong at the Duchess Theatre contains lots of men behaving badly—or, at least clumsily—but the Olivier-nominated hit comedy owes much of its success to the two…
Fantastic food fights, serene wits and a rabbit that won't go away on the stages in London.
Spring is in the air and with it a raft of high-profile openings that include the West End bow of Imelda Staunton’s show-stopping Rose in Gypsy, a gala concert of Follies in honor of S…
English soul singer Beverley Knight has been batting a thousand in her stage forays to date. She first appeared on the West End in 2013 as Heather Headley’s replacement in The Bodyguar…
Stephen Sondheim's ever-elastic masterpiece is downsized to largely dazzling effect in its latest iteration, which has been transferred intact to a Shaftesbury Avenue pop-up after premiering…
Breakout performances rarely come as high-voltage as Jenna Augen’s turn in Bad Jews, the Joshua Harmon play that is transferring to the Arts Theatre starting March 18 after previous ru…
Sunny Afternoon, the Edward Hall-directed jukebox musical salute to the legendary British band The Kinks, was just nominated for five Olivier Awards, but arguably none of its nods is more de…
Two other plays " "Closer" and "Kill Me Now'' " also find their own ways of pushing the envelope.
Helen Mirren's comic timing as the Queen sets this performance apart, says Matt Wolf
Helen Mirren's comic timing as the Queen sets this performance apart, says Matt Wolf
Fish in the Dark, the Curb Your Enthusiasm writer's first venture onto Broadway, is a disappointment
The play for once really is the thing in a London month that puts musicals on the back burner for a change—well, that is until Gypsy begins previews—and lets the plays take cente…
Samantha Spiro has two Olivier Awards to her name, first for playing Mary in the Michael Grandage-directed Donmar production of Merrily We Roll Along and then for her irrepressible Dolly Lev…
Stars continue to be born from Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Following on from the ongoing Broadway run of the show, which catapulted to name status its Tony-winning leading lady Jessi…
The London stage is seeing a triptych of powerful performances with Mark Rylance in "Farinelli," Ian Gelder in "Gods and Monsters" and Maxine Peake in "How to Hold Your Breath."
You might not expect to find the distinguished stage veteran Isla Blair among the able cast of Made in Dagenham, the musical at the Adelphi Theatre based on the 2010 film about the fight for…
Lewis Reeves has caused quite a stir during his time in My Night with Reg, the revival of Kevin Elyot’s 1994 play about gay love and lust in the age of AIDS that has transferred to the…
In "Boa," "Tree," and "mountaineering," plenty of odd jobs and small casts, and an opportunity for the audience to co-star.
Jamie Lloyd’s blistering production of the Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman musical Assassins is hurtling into its final month at the Menier Chocolate Factory, and is about to welcome…
Here's the genuine hard problem facing commentators confronted with Tom Stoppard's new play of the same name: how do you honour the legacy of this extraordinary writer's first play in nine y…
Three-time Tony winner Mark Rylance returns to the playhouse he once ran, and the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon gets two new leads—these are just two of the…
Penelope Wilton and John Light in 'Taken at Midnight' at London's Theater Royal, Haymarket
