One Reason Theatre Is in Crisis: The Slow Death of Criticism
Peter Marks’s departure from the Washington Post is only the latest sign that too many of us have taken the importance of reviews for granted for too long.
All Stories About Criticism
Prof. Dr. Erika Fischer-Lichte to Receive 2024 Thalia Prize
Her specialties have been performance theory, European theatre and cultural history, transformative aesthetics, and performances of Greek tragedies since 1800.
Reviewing the Situation With Sara Holdren and Jackson McHenry
Co-lead theatre critics at New York magazine/Vulture, they make the case that 2 heads are better than 1, especially covering a field in flux.
In Louisville There Once Was a Festival
Every April for decades, producers, theatre mavens, and critics would gather to binge new plays at the Festival of New American Plays. But not this April.
Maya Phillips Wins Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism
The New York Times critic at large was cited for chronicling a tumultuous year in live art.
Richard Christiansen: A Critic Who Made a Difference
As the Chicago Tribune’s lead theatre critic from 1978 to 2002, he helped build the city’s unique theatre scene, both by covering it and by getting to know its major players.
Three on the Aisle: One More for Terry
Peter Marks and Elisabeth Vincentelli gather one more time to remember their recently departed co-host, Terry Teachout.
The Grace, Grief, and Joy of Terry Teachout
He was a writer with rigor and taste, but as anyone who knew him (or sat near him) could tell you, he was as demonstrative and passionate an advocate as the theatre has ever had.
Offscript: Ringing Out 2021 With Lily Janiak and Jesse Green
For the final podcast of the year, the editors plumb the year-end thoughts and feelings of critics from the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
NY Theatre Review Site DidTheyLikeIt.Com Unveils Roster of 5 Critics
The review aggregation site will publish original criticism alongside its thumbs-up-or-down parsings of NYC theatre reviews.
