Matt Wolf
matt.wolf
- Bio
- Matt is London theatre critic of the International Herald Tribune (on the net at nytimes.com) 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 critic. In 2009 he joined the judging panel of the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
Articles by Matt Wolf
Theatre: The Best of 2012
Thursday, 27 December 2012
For much of 2012, London theatre seemed to celebrate the playhouse as much as the play, turning certain venues into essential destinations. I'm thinking, of course, of Shakespeare's Globe, whose... Read more... |
12 Films of Christmas: The Family Stone
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Thank heavens for Christmas, without which where would narrative be? Not that I'm sure Sarah Jessica Parker's uptight, brittle Meredith Morton has much to be thankful for in The Family Stone, as the... Read more... |
The Bodyguard, Adelphi Theatre
Thursday, 06 December 2012
It's Academy Award season within the showbiz-centric world of The Bodyguard, but even the greatest of Oscar obsessives - count me among them - would be hard-pressed to toss many a trophy in the... Read more... |
Seven Psychopaths
Wednesday, 05 December 2012
There's only one Martin McDonagh as is proven anew by Seven Psychopaths, the latest from the London-born Irish playwright and erstwhile wunderkind who in recent years has transferred his brand of... Read more... |
Merrily We Roll Along, Menier Chocolate Factory
Thursday, 29 November 2012
On Broadway, Merrily We Roll Along remains forever scarred as the Stephen Sondheim musical that ground to an abrupt halt, closing after two weeks in 1981. Read more... |
The Promise, Trafalgar Studios
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
An expert cast delivers on their promise in Aleksei Arbuzov's triangular Russian drama from 1965 of the same name, which offers up war and peace and the shifting tides of love. There's so much of the... Read more... |
The River, Royal Court Theatre
Saturday, 27 October 2012
Still waters run deep, but that truism barely hints at the quiet power of The River, the eagerly awaited new play from Jez Butterworth (writer) and Ian Rickson (director) whose... Read more... |
Loserville the Musical
Thursday, 18 October 2012
If all of Loserville were as arresting and witty as its design, the West End would finally have what it hasn't offered playgoers in years: a buoyant British musical not reliant on a celebrated back... Read more... |
Damned by Despair, National Theatre
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Spain's Golden Age turns unaccountably to dross in Damned by Despair, the Tirso de Molina play that is a good half-hour shorter than the running time given in the programme but won't (in this... Read more... |
Cabaret, Savoy Theatre
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
"All this hatred is exhausting," or so remarks Will Young's ceaselessly grimace-prone Emcee in Cabaret in a comment that encapsulates the evening as a whole. Returning to a show he directed to... Read more... |
Liberal Arts
Friday, 05 October 2012
Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio should see an uptick in admissions on the back of Liberal Arts. The wan cross-generational love story was shot on the invitingly leafy grounds of a campus whose alumni... Read more... |
Hope Springs
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Even Meryl Streep, bless her, is allowed the odd dud, and Hope Springs is a snore. Much has been made of the film shifting Hollywood’s attention toward the middle-aged – meaning, in their terms... Read more... |
To Rome With Love
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Woody Allen plays tour operator (yet again) in the excruciating To Rome With Love, and the result is not a pretty sight. Oh, sure, the Eternal City looks great, in the manner of one of those vibrant... Read more... |
Interview: 10 Questions for Rob Ashford
Monday, 10 September 2012
Rob Ashford occupies a unique perch in the Anglo-American theatre. Florida-born, raised in West Virginia and a product of Broadway, where he began as a dancer in shows including Parade, Victor/... Read more... |
Anna Karenina: The Rave
Thursday, 06 September 2012
A curtain rises at the start of Joe Wright’s thrilling film version of Anna Karenina only for the finish several hours later to be accompanied in time-honoured fashion by the words “the end”. But for... Read more... |
Without You, Menier Chocolate Factory
Thursday, 06 September 2012
Who says you can't go home again? American actor-singer Anthony Rapp does that, and then some, with his solo show Without You, in which one of the original leads of the Broadway musical Rent... Read more... |
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