Matt Wolf
Bio
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
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Rice, Orange Tree Theatre review - whip-smart, but unsure wh...
“Careful, there’s a hole in the floor.” The warning’s an unusual one, passed along conscientiously by the stewards at the door of the tiny...
Blu-ray: La Dolce Vita
One of those films weighed down by a considerable reputation, La Dolce Vita (1960) is rarely taken as seriously as it should be. From the...
Ridley Road, BBC One review - Jewish community fights Nazi n...
Neo-Nazis held a Trafalgar Square rally under the banner "Free Britain from Jewish Control" in the year of my birth; I had no idea until I watched...
The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Lyric Hammersmith review - matc...
“You can’t kick a cow in Leenane without some bastard holding a grudge for 20 years,” sighs Pato Dooley (Adam Best) prophetically...
Bernstein Double Bill, Opera North review - fractured relati...
Leonard Bernstein’s one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti enjoyed a relatively trouble-free gestation, at least compared to his other stage...
Clements Prize, Conway Hall review - newly-written string tr...
The Conway Hall in London has hosted chamber music concerts since it was built in 1929, and for 40 years this included a composition prize, in...
Album: Young Thug - Punk
From underground curiosity to cult icon, now label head and superstar, Atlanta’s Young Thug has continued to reinvent himself, as well as...
Music Reissues Weekly: Fire - Father's Name Is Dad, Flo...
Between August 1966 and November 1967, The Syn played 36...
The Dante Project, Royal Ballet review - a towering achievem...
Unless you happen to be a student of Italian language or culture, the significance of the 14th-century...
The Cherry Orchard, Windsor Theatre Royal review - Tolstoy m...
The cherry orchard in Anton Chekhov’s eponymous play is a...