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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Michael Ball on His London Triumph (and Broadway Dreams) in Sweeney Todd by Matt Wolf

Michael Ball turns 50 on June 27, but the hugely popular British star has been the one gifting playgoers of late by giving the performance of his career in the West End revival of Sweeney To…

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Friday, May 4, 2012

'____ (The Cockfight Play)' Comes to the Duke by Matt Wolf

An Oliver Award-winning play makes its way to New York from London, with its considered and blunt title intact.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Laurie Metcalf on Her Triumphant London Star Turn in Long Day's Journey Into Night by Matt Wolf

Laurie Metcalf may be best known for her multiple Emmy-winning performance as Jackie on TV’s Roseanne, but she is above all a creature of the stage, as befits a longtime member of Chic…

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Theater Review: At the Donmar, Family Disarray by Matt Wolf

A triptych of plays woven by Robert Holman back in the '80s involve encounters among strangers in wartime.

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2012 Tony Award nominations by Matt Wolf

Things didn't go well for Eva Perons past and present at this morning's announcement from New York of the nominations for Broadway's 2012 Tony Awards, honouring the best of the 2011/12 theat…

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Melanie La Barrie on the Fun of Starring in London's Monster Hit Matilda by Matt Wolf

Winner of seven 2012 Olivier Awards, Matilda isn’t just about a literary-minded tot and a battle-axe of a headmistress (Bertie Carvel's Miss Trunchbull). The supporting cast of Mat…

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Globe to Globe: Troilus & Cressida, Shakespeare's Globe by Matt Wolf

So, what's the "problem"? All is right with the world - or the theatre at least - in the Maori-language staging of Troilus and Cressida from the Auckland-based Ngakau Toa troupe that pi…

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Andrew Alexander on Mascara-ing His Mustache as the Suave Star of London's The 39 Steps by Matt Wolf

Andrew Alexander is the eighth actor to play the debonair, tweed-suited Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps, London’s longest running comedy, at the Criterion Theatre. A graduate of King&rs…

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Andrew Alexander on Mascara-ing His Mustache as the Suave Star of London's The 39 Steps by Matt Wolf

Andrew Alexander is the eighth actor to play the debonair, tweed-suited Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps, London’s longest running comedy, at the Criterion Theatre. A graduate of King&rs…

SOURCE: miami.broadway.com at 12:40PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Theater Review: Two London Revivals Make Spirited Mark by Matt Wolf

A new production of "Uncle Vanya" at the Print Room and of "Sweeney Todd" at the Adelphi are impressive renditions of favorite vehicles for actors.

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Monday, April 16, 2012

Matilda's 'Ecstatic' Young Stars and Choreographer Celebrate Their Olivier Awards by Matt Wolf

As previously reported, Matilda was the big winner at London’s 2012 Olivier Awards on April 15, taking home a record seven trophies—and the musical’s quartet of young Best …

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Tim Rice & Elaine Paige Return to 'Argentina,' Matilda Girls Win Best Actress and Other Highlights of the 2012 Olivier Awards by Matt Wolf

The 36th Laurence Olivier Awards included a handful of indelible moments, including a joint Best Actress win and six other awards for Matilda. (Meanwhile, multiple nominees such as One Man, …

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2012 Olivier Awards: comedy sidelined as Matilda enters the record books by Matt Wolf

Matilda, the Royal Shakespeare Company-spawned musical about an extraordinary young girl, managed the extraordinary feat Sunday of snaring a record seven trophies at last night's 36th Lauren…

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Olivier Award Nominee Katherine Kingsley on the Glorious Feeling of Starring in London's Singin' in the Rain by Matt Wolf

The effervescent Katherine Kingsley is celebrating her second Olivier Award nomination for the formidable style (and nasal squawk) she brings to sidelined silent movie actress Lina Lamont in…

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Theater Review: The Shining Star Who Offsets the Darkness by Matt Wolf

Reviews of "The Duchess of Malfi'' and "Vera Vera Vera" in a busy London season.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Lindsay Duncan on Her Broadway Love Affair and London Star Turn in Hay Fever by Matt Wolf

Lindsay Duncan, winner of both a Tony and an Olivier Award for her scintillating performance as Amanda in Noel Coward’s Private Lives, is back on the West End a decade later leading a …

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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Filumena, Almeida Theatre by Matt Wolf

If it's possible to take a loving and empathic approach to decidedly intractable material, the director Michael Attenborough achieves precisely that with Filumena, in which Samantha Spi…

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

RSC directorship goes to odds-on favourite by Matt Wolf

Gregory Doran was today named the incoming artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he will succeed Michael Boyd in the post later this year. The announcement came as no sur…

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Broadway Vet Charles Edwards on Following Colin Firth in the West End Premiere of The King's Speech by Matt Wolf

It’s not easy following in the steps of an Oscar winner like Colin Firth, but the gifted Charles Edwards, who will take the stage beginning March 22 as stuttering monarch George VI in …

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Theater Review: The National Theatre's Global Flair by Matt Wolf

The theater offers up a revival from Trinidad and another visit from some contentious Australians.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Stephen Sondheim's Company crosses the pond to a cinema near you by Matt Wolf

Phone rings, door chimes, in comes Company, this time sporting surround sound and high definition and at a cinema near you. Tonight marks a rare opportunity to see a New York gala - the sort…

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One Man, Two Guvnors, Theatre Royal Haymarket by Matt Wolf

Was it the players, or the play, that has made a phenomenon out of One Man, Two Guvnors, the prize-winning comedy now on its third London theatre and preparing to hop the pond to Broadway ne…

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Theater: Two London Plays, One Beautiful and One Brazen, Explore Cruelty by Matt Wolf

Richard Nelson's "Farewell to the Theatre" and Mike Leigh's "Abigail's Party" are studies in cruelty, the first among a group of expatriates on a U.S. college campus and the second at a cock…

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Theater Review: Noël Coward, Gloriously Revived by Matt Wolf

The master's "Hay Fever" is a triumph, and, with a play called "Goodbye to All That," a new wise writer emerges.

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

In New York we're starved of plays, says Stephen Sondheim by Matt Wolf

The master of the modern musical adores London, a city he first visited in 1952, and it's safe to say that the capital more than repays Stephen Sondheim's affections. The veteran Broadway co…

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Dean Chisnall on Going Green as the New West End Star of Shrek the Musical by Matt Wolf

Dean Chisnall, 29, a regular West End presence in the six years since he left West London’s Arts Educational drama school, is now stepping into the title role in Shrek the Musical at t…

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Brava Maria! Tyne Daly on Savoring Her West End Stage Debut as Maria Callas in Master Class by Matt Wolf

Tyne Daly has won a Tony Award and multiple Emmys and interspersed her TV renown with stage work in the classics (The Seagull), musicals (Gypsy), and new plays (Rabbit Hole). Now she has add…

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Theater Review: In London, Unhappiness and Foul Weather Make for Great Theater by Matt Wolf

"Absent Friends'' mines its characters' woes for laughter and pathos, while another revival of "Singin' in the Rain'' leaves audiences damp, but delighted.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

West End Wicked Vet Oliver Tompsett on Why Rock of Ages Is the Most Challenging Musical Ever by Matt Wolf

Oliver Tompsett made his West End debut in the Madness musical Our House before moving on to Mamma Mia! and a long run as Fiyero in Wicked. The engaging 30-year-old is now getting the vocal …

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Wicked Vet Dianne Pilkington on Getting Diva Training from Tyne Daly in London's Master Class by Matt Wolf

Dianne Pilkington enjoyed a long and acclaimed West End run as Glinda in Wicked and starred as Amalia in last year’s Chichester Festival revival of She Loves Me, with a stint in The 39…

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Theater Review: Along the London Stage's Intimate Edges by Matt Wolf

In "Outward Bound" and "The House of Bernarda Alba," emotions play big at some smaller theaters.

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