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Theater Criticism: The Happy End of Business as Usual

August 17, 2009
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By Bill Marx Veteran “Village Voice” theater critic Michael Feingold has written a good column on the tragic news, for some, that the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, the organizations that jointly manage Broadway’s annual Tony Awards, have decided to remove the first-night theater press from the ranks of Tony voters. Some hand-wringers…

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Fuse Commentary: Book Reviews and Civilization’s End

August 1, 2007
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The genuine divide is between those critics who see reviewing as an end in itself and those who see it as a means towards marketing or career boosting.

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Fuse Commentary: Book Review Blues

July 30, 2007
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Bloggers are concerned about the fate of book reviews, so raising questions about the quality of book commentary online, especially asking how it can become better, is worth the effort. But any discussion about the future of reviews must be based in reality rather in wishful thinking or defensive delusion. By Bill Marx In an…

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