Matt Wolf – London Theatre Critic

Selected reviews by Matt Wolf, London theatre critic for The New York Times.

Matt Wolf is an American theatre critic who has been based in London for his entire professional life.

Matt read English at Yale and was co-arts editor of the Yale Daily News, before graduating and moving to London.

He started his career at the Associated Press, and stayed for 21 years before moving to the Wall Street Journal and The Hollywood Reporter, and then became London theatre critic for Variety from 1992 to 2005. He was then London theatre critic for the The International Herald Tribune / International New York Times, and now writes for the New York Times as their London-based theatre critic.

In 2009 Matt was involved in starting The Arts Desk, and is theatre editor at that site and contributes reviews. He has also written a number of books including about Guys and Dolls and Les Miserables.

Matt sits on the panel of the Evening Standard Theatre Awards and is on the faculty of NYU/London and the V&A. He also writes for all major news outlets including The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, and contributes to the BBC.

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