religion nationality birth_date article_title education name occupation alma_mater
christian american 1956 nate lee
 andover nate lee writer tulane
nate lee

nate lee is an american author and former senior editor at chicago 's `` newcity '' weekly magazine who advocated passionately for live theater .
at newcity , lee wrote features , a weekly column called `` urbanitie '' , theatre and film reviews as well as stories on architecture and historic preservation , and at one point wrote a book which turned into a musical comedy revue entitled `` speak of the twenties '' .
working with publishers brian and jan hieggelke , he attracted top writers to write for newcity including top theater critics who became prominent at other publications later , including chris jones of the `` chicago tribune '' and rohan preston of the `` minneapolis star-tribune '' .
he wrote numerous books published by abingdon press and reviews for websites .
lee attended phillips academy in andover and graduated in the school 's first co -- educational class in 1974 along with classmates jazz grammy -- winner bill cunliffe , actor dana delany , poet karl kirchwey , editor sara nelson , and sculptor gar waterman ; lee and painter julian hatton were close friends and studied latin at andover .
at present , he lives in california , writes and edits for demand studios , and works in advertising .
