1,498 stories by "Matt Wolf"
Simon Godwin directs a new National Theatre production of an American drama for which the British would seem to have more of an affinity than compatriots back home.
Cyndi Lauper triumphs at New York's Tony Awards as British import Matilda fails to win the crucial Best Musical prize.
RSC musical Matilda may suffer for its sophistication at the Broadway awards when they take place tonight, says Matt Wolf.
Rufus Hound has made a sizable name for himself as a comedian on the British stand-up circuit and recently starred on screen in The Wedding Video. Now, the 34-year-old Englishman is spending…
Far from being put off by an overabundance of a certain play, audiences in Britain seem to enjoy collecting different experiences from each rendition the drama.
London theater is looking and sounding very American these days. But there are plenty of notable British-born ventures to lure early summer stagegoers, as well, including the long-awaited mu…
London theater is looking and sounding very American these days. But there are plenty of notable British-born ventures to lure early summer stagegoers, as well, including the long-awaited mu…
Robert Sean Leonard of "House" fame provides an American backbone for "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park.
Robert Sean Leonard of "House" fame provides an American backbone for "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park.
The fast-rising Broadway actor Seth Numrich began the season in Lincoln Center Theater’s acclaimed revival of Clifford Odets’ Golden Boy, and now the Juilliard-trained 26-ye…
The pronouns have it in Alan Ayckbourn's career-defining comedy of spiralling misunderstandings, which has arrived on the West End 46 years after first hinting at the formidable talent of a …
Merrily We Roll Along may have flopped on Broadway in 1981, but the Stephen Sondheim/George Furth musical—the story of a three-way friendship that begins at the end and rewinds to the …
In revivals of "The Weir" and "Passion Play," time can be kind " or not so.
It’s been 22 years since Robert Sean Leonard last appeared on stage in London as George Gibbs in Our Town. Half a lifetime later, the 44-year-old star of TV’s House is back in to…
The London theater scene is taking on a decidedly American tone: Playwrights from Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill to David Mamet, Stephen Sondheim and Annie Baker are among the names o…
The London weather is warming up as the spring theater season continues its sizzling pace. If you’ve already seen Dames Helen Mirren and Judi Dench on the West End and are waiting for …
The 37th Laurence Olivier Awards, held at London’s Royal Opera House on April 28, spread the wealth among a limited number of shows, with seven prizes for The Curious Incident of the D…
The Oliviers consider more than twice the number of productions for their annual awards compared to Broadway's Tonys. But you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise following Sunday night'…
The long-awaited pairing of Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear in "Othello'' at the National Theatre is one of the director Nicholas Hytner's greatest achievements.
The IHT's theater critic handicaps the field for this year's Laurence Olivier Awards, London's version of the Tonys.
Luke Treadaway is one of eight 2013 Olivier Award nominees from the sellout London hit The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, now at the Apollo Theatre with Broadway in its sight…
Declan Bennett was born and brought up in England, spent seven years living and working in New York, and is now playing a lovesick Irish musician in the newly acclaimed London production of …
The galloping success of "Once" is set to continue in a London production whose quietest moments are its most piercing, and "Narrative'' takes getting used to but rewards the audience in the…
Starting with "Jerry Springer: The Opera," Nicholas Hytner has repositioned the three-stage complex as arguably the defining theatrical address in the English-speaking world. And he still ha…
Five seminal British plays that would never have come about without Margaret Thatcher.
