Matt Wolf

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Matt is London theatre critic of The International New York Times (formerly The International Herald Tribune) and London correspondent for the broadway.com website; he spent 21 years as London arts and theatre critic for the Associated Press and over 13 years as Variety's UK drama critic. He has been on the judging panel of the Evening Standard Theatre Awards since 2009.

Articles By Matt Wolf

Downstate, National Theatre review - controversial but also clear-eyed and compassionate Thursday, 21 March 2019 Read more...	The Bay at Nice, Menier Chocolate Factory review - David Hare talkfest takes intermittent wing Wednesday, 20 March 2019 Read more...
Admissions, Trafalgar Studios review - topical and whiplash-smart Wednesday, 13 March 2019 Read more...	Waitress, Adelphi Theatre review - sweet if sometimes silly musical arrives from Broadway Friday, 08 March 2019 Read more...
Oscars 2019: Olivia Colman crowned queen of Hollywood Monday, 25 February 2019 Read more...	Old Boys review - short but not especially sweet Saturday, 23 February 2019 Read more...
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, Young Vic review - shards of power amidst much that is overwrought Friday, 22 February 2019 Read more...	Shipwreck, Almeida Theatre review - Trump-inflected fantasia mixes the polemical and the poetic Thursday, 21 February 2019 Read more...
Come From Away, Phoenix Theatre review - a necessary corrective to our traumatic times Tuesday, 19 February 2019 Read more...	9 to 5 the Musical review - Dolly Parton's film returns as retooled version of a Broadway flop Monday, 18 February 2019 Read more...
A Private War review - Rosamund Pike burns with passion in well-meaning biopic Saturday, 16 February 2019 Read more...	All About Eve, Noel Coward Theatre review - less a bumpy night than an erratically arresting one Thursday, 14 February 2019 Read more...
All Is True review - all's well doesn't end well in limp Shakespeare biopic Saturday, 09 February 2019 Read more...	Vice review - Christian Bale on surging and satiric form Friday, 25 January 2019 Read more...
Beautiful Boy review - well-acted but a slog Friday, 18 January 2019 Read more...	Coming Clean, Trafalgar Studios review - Kevin Elyot play has lost the pathos if not the plot Tuesday, 15 January 2019 Read more...

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Matt Wolf

Articles By Matt Wolf

Downstate, National Theatre review - controversial but also clear-eyed and compassionate

The Bay at Nice, Menier Chocolate Factory review - David Hare talkfest takes intermittent wing

Admissions, Trafalgar Studios review - topical and whiplash-smart

Waitress, Adelphi Theatre review - sweet if sometimes silly musical arrives from Broadway

Oscars 2019: Olivia Colman crowned queen of Hollywood

Old Boys review - short but not especially sweet

Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, Young Vic review - shards of power amidst much that is overwrought

Shipwreck, Almeida Theatre review - Trump-inflected fantasia mixes the polemical and the poetic

Come From Away, Phoenix Theatre review - a necessary corrective to our traumatic times

9 to 5 the Musical review - Dolly Parton's film returns as retooled version of a Broadway flop

A Private War review - Rosamund Pike burns with passion in well-meaning biopic

All About Eve, Noel Coward Theatre review - less a bumpy night than an erratically arresting one

All Is True review - all's well doesn't end well in limp Shakespeare biopic

Vice review - Christian Bale on surging and satiric form

Beautiful Boy review - well-acted but a slog

Coming Clean, Trafalgar Studios review - Kevin Elyot play has lost the pathos if not the plot

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