Matt Windman

Matt Windman is theater critic of "amNewYork", a free daily New York City newspaper. [ [http://www.amny.com New York, NYC News, Sports, Entertainment, Ground Zero, NY Lottery, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island. - amNY.com ] ] He first joined the paper in 2004 as a writer and became theater critic in July 2005. Presently 24 years old, he is the youngest first-string theater critic now in New York City - and possibly ever.

Windman's reviews [ [http://www.amny.com/entertainment/am-mattwindman,0,6636649.storygallery More Matt Windman reviews and interviews - amNY.com ] ] tend to express a brash and satirical, but seemingly honest and objective writing style. [ [http://www.amny.com/stage New York City Broadway, Theater, Off Broadway, reviews, news and more. Hear critic Matt Windman's audio review. - amNY.com ] ] He received a lot of attention for his rave review of the 2007 Broadway revival of "Grease" [http://www.theatertalk.org/news.php?cmd=detail&id=1] , which was unanimously panned elsewhere. Though not acknowledged, he is rumored to have a distaste for most avant-garde theater and a fondness for traditional musical theater like the Encores! series at New York City Center.

He also offers audio podcasts, theater interviews and a weekly theater column. [ [http://www.amny.com/windman Matt Windman's audio reviews - amNY.com ] ] Recent interviews have included playwright David Greenspan, playwright Paul Rudnick, actress Andrea McArdle, and composer William Finn.

In June 2008, Windman predicted the highest number of Tony Awards of any journalist on "Gold Derby" [ [http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2008/06/our-smartest-to.html Our smartest Tony Awards prophet: AM New York's Matt Windman | Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil | The Envelope - Los Angeles Times ] ] .

Windman received his Bachelors degree in Journalism and Dramatic Literature from New York University [ [http://www.nyu.edu New York University ] ] . He is now a Law Review student at New York Law School [ [http://www.nyls.edu Welcome to New York Law School ] ] and is expected to receive his JD in May 2009. He is working at the Kings County District Attorney's Office [ [http://www.brooklynda.org KCDA Homepage ] ] in Summer 2008.

Windman grew up in Marlboro Township, New Jersey, and attended French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts [ [http://www.frenchwoods.com Summer Camp at French Woods. Performing arts, circus, dance, music, theater, sports, magic and more ] ] in Hancock, NY. He now lives in the East Village in New York City.

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