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Dan Sullivan, gentle mentor, director of the O’Neill Center National Critics Institute for many years, and co-founder of the American Theatre Critics Association, passed away Tuesday of natural causes at […]
[Feature by Martha Wade Steketee posted at American Theatre Critics Association January 21, 2022.] Richard Christiansen, critic and champion of the Chicago theater that Michael Billington called “alive, energetic, endlessly stimulating” […]
[Feature by Martha Wade Steketee posted at American Theatre Critics Association January 14, 2022.] Terry Teachout, a drama critic and cultural columnist at the Wall Street Journal two decades, died […]
[Originally posted at RDU On Stage April 12, 2020. Martha Wade Steketee and Lauren Van Hemert in conversation.] My colleague Lauren Van Hemert has an active theater web site and […]
[Original published in The Clyde Fitch Report, July 20, 2017.] Debates about cultural criticism question its relevance, who is and is not a critic, and the audience for critical writing. We believe critics […]
I am one voice among two dozen signatories to this piece that addresses selected critical response to several New York shows in the 2016-2017 season, and raises some questions about […]
[Original published in The Clyde Fitch Report, June 25, 2017.] Debates about cultural criticism question its relevance, who is and is not a critic, and the audience for critical writing. We […]
[Original published in The Clyde Fitch Report, May 25, 2017.] It is fashionable to debate the importance of cultural criticism. The debate questions what criticism is and who is and […]
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, January 13, 2017.] It is fashionable to debate the importance of cultural criticism. The debate questions what criticism is, who is […]
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, October 20, 2016.] It is fashionable to debate the importance of cultural criticism. This debate questions what criticism is, further questions […]
[Original published in The Clyde Fitch Report, September 16, 2016.] It is fashionable to debate the importance of cultural criticism. For better or for worse, this debate questions what criticism […]
[article originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, August 31, 2016.] Willa Taylor reflected on her philosophy of building education programs for young people in theater: I wasn’t really interested […]
American Theatre Critics Association Annual Conference Playwrights, Presenters, and Panels Friday June 15, 2012 and Saturday June 16, 2012 Chicago, IL event site The multi-day American Theatre Critics Association annual […]
American Theatre Critics Association Annual Conference City Images Wednesday June 13, 2012 through Sunday June 17, 2012 Chicago, IL event site Over the past few years I have explored writing […]
Condition: Critical A Discussion on the Future of Theatre Criticism Monday, October 25, 2010 at 6:30pm Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY event site I believe in […]
[repost of an entry in my dramaturgy blog on the Philadelphia Dramatists Center web site. Original post can be found at: http://www.pdc1.org/viewthisblog.php?post=77%5D “Criticism is a habit of mind, a discipline of writing, a way of life” by Martha Wade Steketee A.O. Scott has crafted a bittersweet and reflective piece on the state of arts criticism in America, “A Critic’s Place, […]
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