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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

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

Tuesday, 03 March 2020 Read more...

Be More Chill, The Other Palace review - more exhausting than enlightening

Monday, 24 February 2020 Read more...

A Number, Bridge Theatre review - a dream team dazzles anew

Friday, 21 February 2020 Read more...

The Visit, National Theatre review - star turn bolsters baggy rewrite

Saturday, 15 February 2020 Read more...

Leopoldstadt, Wyndham's Theatre review - Stoppard at once personal and accessible

Friday, 14 February 2020 Read more...

Oscars 2020: a 'Parasite' love-in caps a night of firsts

Monday, 10 February 2020 Read more...

Albion, Almeida Theatre review - more rewarding and resonant than ever

Thursday, 06 February 2020 Read more...

Plus One review - charm, yes, but irritation too

Wednesday, 05 February 2020 Read more...

The Sunset Limited, Boulevard Theatre review - all talk, no theatre

Friday, 24 January 2020 Read more...

You Stupid Darkness!, Southwark Playhouse review - an intriguing muddle

Tuesday, 21 January 2020 Read more...

Best of 2019: Theatre

Saturday, 28 December 2019 Read more...

Curtains, Wyndham's Theatre review - unexpectedly giddy fun

Wednesday, 18 December 2019 Read more...

Teenage Dick, Donmar Warehouse review - a fearlessly acted, well-intentioned mess

Friday, 13 December 2019 Read more...

Ordinary Love review - small but (almost) perfectly formed

Thursday, 05 December 2019 Read more...

The Boy Friend, Menier Chocolate Factory review - fun but featherweight

Wednesday, 04 December 2019 Read more...

The Wolf of Wall Street, 5-15 Sun Street review - energetic but to what end?

Friday, 29 November 2019 Read more...

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The Producers, Garrick Theatre review - Ve haf vays of makin...

Unexpectedly, there’s a sly reference to James Joyce’s Ulysses interpolated into Act One (in case we hadn’t caught the not...

Appl, Levickis, Wigmore Hall review - fun to the fore in cab...

Concerts at the Wigmore Hall offer many types of pleasure, but not...

Album: The Divine Comedy - Rainy Sunday Afternoon

Neil Hannon has been recording and touring as the Divine Comedy since 1989 and has tried a fair few flavours along the way, from chamber pop to...

Lammermuir Festival 2025, Part 2 review - from the soaringly...

My colleague Boyd Tonkin visited the Lammermuir Festival for the first time this year. His eyes and ears have been opened to its treasures, but...

Frances Wilson: Electric Spark - The Enigma of Muriel Spark...

How do you tell the story of a person’s mind? In the preface to Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel Spark, published this year by...

Blu-ray: The Sons of Great Bear

Westerns had long been popular with German cinema audiences, some of the most successful being early 1960s West German adaptations of novels by...

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review - comedy rock band f...

That difficult second documentary – or if you will, “rockumentary” – seems to have been especially challenging for...

Tosca, Welsh National Opera review - a great company reduced...

So it’s come to this: WNO’s autumn season reduced to two operas, a Tosca borrowed from Opera North and a revival of their own Candide...

Not Your Superwoman, Bush Theatre review - powerful tribute...

The Bush is likely to continue its fine recent run of hit plays, with this funny, poignant, culturally authentic and beautifully acted two-hander...