Wednesday, June 5, 2013

IHT Rendezvous: In London Theater, Repetition Is Not a Dirty Word by Matt Wolf

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.    

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

IHT Rendezvous: Missed a Play on Broadway? Catch It in London by Matt Wolf

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…

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

IHT Rendezvous: And the Oliviers Will Go to . . . by Matt Wolf

The IHT's theater critic handicaps the field for this year's Laurence Olivier Awards, London's version of the Tonys.    

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

IHT Rendezvous: In the Hytner Era, the National Theater Hit Its Mark by Matt Wolf

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…

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

IHT Rendezvous: Thatcher as Theater: A Prime Minister Playwrights Couldn't Resist by Matt Wolf

Five seminal British plays that would never have come about without Margaret Thatcher.    

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

IHT Rendezvous: See the Play, Don't Miss the Program by David Belcher

One of the pleasures and privileges of theatergoing in London " in addition to those little wooden spoonlets that come with the interval ice cream " is the beauty of the printed theater prog…

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

IHT Rendezvous: Eve Best Returns to the Globe, This Time as a Director by Matt Wolf

At 41, the much-laureled actress figured she was more or less sidelined from Shakespeare until she became age-appropriate for Cleopatra. What to do in the meantime? Direct "Macbeth."

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

IHT Rendezvous: What to See on the London Stage in 2013 by Matt Wolf

The IHT's London theater critic takes a look at what's in store this season: Kristin Scott Thomas, Rufus Sewell, Helen Mirren, "Othello" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

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Thursday, December 6, 2012

IHT Rendezvous: Love Unleashed on the London Stage by Matt Wolf

Love may or may not make the world go round, but it's certainly doing its bit for the London theater, from "Twelfth Night" and "Kiss Me Kate" to "Boy Meets Boy" and "The Effect," the galvani…

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

IHT Rendezvous: Jets, Sharks and Paris by Jan Benzel

"West Side Story" returns to Théâtre du Châtelet with two Tonys, two Marias and twice as many performances.

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Monday, November 5, 2012

IHT Rendezvous: Musical Rain-Making on the West End by Matt Wolf

Move over, "Singin' in the Rain." Here comes "The Bodyguard" and "Viva Forever!" Not to mention "The Book of Mormon."

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Monday, October 29, 2012

IHT Rendezvous: In London, Big Talent in Small Spaces by Matt Wolf

The current London theater season offers a chance to see some mighty actors up close. Very close.

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Saturday, October 20, 2012

IHT Rendezvous: Theater as a Moving Target by Matt Wolf

How hopelessly bourgeois, U.K. theater-makers seem to be saying these days, to be packed into rows of seats when we can be roaming about a particular dwelling for ourselves: Let the environm…

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

IHT Rendezvous: More Often These Days, the Director Is a She by Matt Wolf

The British stage as male preserve now seems a thing of the past.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

IHT Rendezvous: The New Season: Hot Tickets in London by Matt Wolf

Bertie Carvel in a new version of Tirso de Molina's "Damned by Despair," Michael Gambon and Eileen Atkins in Beckett's "All That Fall" and Jez Butterworth's new play, "The River," are among …

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