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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

Theatre Lockdown Special 5: A solo show for the ages, Ibsen refreshed, and yet more frolicsome cats

Thursday, 14 May 2020 Read more...

Theatre Lockdown Special 4: Little-known Lloyd Webber, prize-winning Shakespeare, and starry David Mamet

Thursday, 07 May 2020 Read more...

Can You Keep A Secret? review - a bumpy ride

Friday, 01 May 2020 Read more...

Theatre Lockdown Special 3: Mary Shelley twice over, Europe writ large, and one day more for a mega-musical

Thursday, 30 April 2020 Read more...

Theatre Lockdown Special 2: Birthdays aplenty, songs of hope, a starry quiz - and more

Thursday, 23 April 2020 Read more...

Cuck review - tediously nihilistic

Friday, 17 April 2020 Read more...

Theatre Lockdown Special 1: Starry podcasts, late-career Shakespeare, a celebrity basement - and more

Thursday, 16 April 2020 Read more...

Twelfth Night, RSC/Stratford-upon-Avon online review - inventive but underfelt

Wednesday, 15 April 2020 Read more...

Flowers for Mrs Harris, Chichester Festival Theatre online review - a warmly open-hearted weepie

Monday, 13 April 2020 Read more...

Wonderland, Hampstead Theatre online review - a major play about the miners

Wednesday, 08 April 2020 Read more...

Cyprus Avenue, Royal Court Theatre online review - a mind in mesmerising meltdown

Tuesday, 07 April 2020 Read more...

Wild, Hampstead Theatre online review - timelier than anticipated

Thursday, 02 April 2020 Read more...

Sondheim at 90: adults will listen

Sunday, 22 March 2020 Read more...

Love, Love, Love, Lyric Hammersmith review - a stinging revival

Friday, 13 March 2020 Read more...

On Blueberry Hill, Trafalgar Studios review - superb acting, specious plot

Thursday, 12 March 2020 Read more...

Pretty Woman: The Musical, Piccadilly Theatre review - not so pretty, actually

Tuesday, 03 March 2020 Read more...

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