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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

Occupational Hazards, Hampstead Theatre review - vivid outline in search of a fuller play

Wednesday, 10 May 2017 Read more...

Angels in America, National Theatre review - Andrew Garfield and company soar in seismic revival

Friday, 05 May 2017 Read more...

A Quiet Passion, review - 'Cynthia Nixon is an indrawn Emily Dickinson'

Friday, 07 April 2017 Read more...

42nd Street, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, review - 'sheer synchronised splendour'

Wednesday, 05 April 2017 Read more...

The Salesman

Saturday, 18 March 2017 Read more...

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Old Vic

Wednesday, 08 March 2017 Read more...

Oscars 2017: Moonlight and La La Land go toe to toe

Monday, 27 February 2017 Read more...

Speech & Debate, Trafalgar Studios

Monday, 27 February 2017 Read more...

The Girls, Phoenix Theatre

Thursday, 23 February 2017 Read more...

Hidden Figures

Saturday, 18 February 2017 Read more...

Toni Erdmann

Friday, 03 February 2017 Read more...

Denial

Thursday, 26 January 2017 Read more...

Us/Them, National Theatre

Tuesday, 24 January 2017 Read more...

Top Trumps, Theatre 503

Saturday, 21 January 2017 Read more...

La La Land

Tuesday, 10 January 2017 Read more...

Best of 2016: Theatre

Tuesday, 27 December 2016 Read more...

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Run Sister Run, Arcola Theatre review - emphatic emotions, o...

Near the start of Chloë Moss’s latest play, Run...

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Andrew Sarris, doyen of auteurist film critics, dubbed A Hard Day’s Night “the Citizen Kane of jukebox musicals”. Wild over-...

Sabrina Carpenter, Hyde Park BST review - a sexy, sparkly, s...

Has Sabrina Carpenter officially conquered London? A year after bestie and fellow Disney alumni Taylor Swift declared the “Summer of Sabrina”...