John Simon (critic)

John Ivan Simon (né Simmon; May 12, 1925 − November 24, 2019) was a Serbian-born American author and literary, theater, and movie critic.

Career
Simon wrote theater, movie, music, and book reviews for publications such as New York, Esquire, The Hudson Review, National Review, Opera News, The New Leader, Commonweal, The New Criterion and The New York Times Book Review.

He also wrote essays to The Weekly Standard. Simon was the theater critic at New York for 36 years from October 1968 until May 2005.Playbill news article ; retrieved January 28, 2009 He wrote theater reviews for Bloomberg News from June 2005Theatermania news article ; retrieved January 28, 2009. through November 2010. He also reviewed theater for The Westchester Guardian.

Simon played himself in a 1975 television episode of The Odd Couple.

Death
Simon died at a hospital in Valhalla, New York from stroke-related problems on November 24, 2019, at age 94.

References

Other websites
Uncensored John Simon Simon's blog
John Simon papers, 1892-2011, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Harvard Crimson profile
Archive of Simon's New York Magazine theater criticism (1997-2005)
John Simon - Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org

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