User:Shoessss/Matt Windman

Matt Windman is chief theater critic of the amNewYork , a free daily New York City newspaper, with a daily print circulation in excess of 315,000 copies. The publication is rated the most-read newspaper of 18- to 35-year-olds in New York City with the largest circulation of any paid or unpaid daily newspaper in Manhattan.

Early Life
Windman grew up in Marlboro Township, New Jersey, and attended French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts in Hancock, NY. He received his Bachelors degree in Journalism and Dramatic Literature from New York University.

Career
Mr. Windman first joined amNewYork in 2004 as a writer and became the paper's sole theater critic in July 2005. Windman's reviews are known for there brash and satirical style, but honest and objective position. Considered an expert by his peers,   Mr. Windman predicted the highest number of Tony Awards of any journalist on Gold Derby in 2008.

In addition, Windman writes an official theater blog of Broadway and Off-Broadway news and reviews, theater interviews a weekly theater column, and performs streaming audio podcasts. Recent interviews have included playwright David Greenspan, playwright Paul Rudnick, actress Andrea McArdle, and composer William Finn, along with numerous reviews published by Newsday - Baltimore Sun and Chicago Tribune