The critics say..
Subtitle: 57 theater reviewers in New York and beyond discuss their craft and its future
By: Matt Windman ; foreword by Robert Simonson
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780786496709
Subjects: Interviews; Theater critics; Dramatic criticism; History
Description: "Matt Windman, theater critic for amNewYork, interviews critics from around the country, including Ben Brantley, Charles Isherwood, John Lahr, Terry Teachout, Linda Winer, Chris Jones, David Cote, John Simon and Peter Filichia. They discuss their long careers and the nightly process of evaluating plays and musicals, and offer their thoughts on the future of the profession"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Meet the theater critics; title: Why we exist; title: How I became a theater critic; title: Education and personality; title: The theater community; title: Ethics; title: The writing process; title: Readers; title: Evaluation; title: Crisis; title: Economics; title: Online; title: Spider-man; title: Regrets and advice; title: Epilogue.