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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

Una review - 'Blackbird' adaptation loses its stage intensity

Friday, 01 September 2017 Read more...

h.Club 100 Awards: Theatre and Performance - is this a new golden age for the stage?

Tuesday, 08 August 2017 Read more...

Maudie review - intriguing and irritating in turn

Friday, 04 August 2017 Read more...

Road, Royal Court review - poetry amidst the pain

Monday, 31 July 2017 Read more...

Mosquitoes, National Theatre review - Olivias Colman and Williams dazzle amid dramatic excess

Thursday, 27 July 2017 Read more...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Apollo Theatre review - Sienna Miller lets rip

Tuesday, 25 July 2017 Read more...

Dessert, Southwark Playhouse review - undercooked and overwrought

Wednesday, 19 July 2017 Read more...

The Beguiled review - silly but seriously well-made

Friday, 14 July 2017 Read more...

The Last Word film review - Shirley MacLaine's spit and vinegar remain intact

Friday, 07 July 2017 Read more...

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Wyndham's Theatre review – searing stuff

Wednesday, 28 June 2017 Read more...

Gloria, Hampstead Theatre review – pretty glorious

Friday, 23 June 2017 Read more...

Hampstead review - Diane Keaton deserves better and so does London

Thursday, 22 June 2017 Read more...

My Cousin Rachel review - du Maurier remake too florid by half

Wednesday, 07 June 2017 Read more...

Annie review - a 12-year-old star is born

Tuesday, 06 June 2017 Read more...

Lettice and Lovage, Menier Chocolate Factory review - Peter Shaffer's star vehicle sags

Friday, 19 May 2017 Read more...

The Secret Scripture review - Jim Sheridan's turgid homecoming

Tuesday, 16 May 2017 Read more...

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Before Luigi Illica wrote the libretti for Puccini’s Tosca and Madama Butterfly, he had joined the composer as the...