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Friday, September 02, 2005

The L.A. Times...

...has been without a theatre critics for over three years. But now, after this long embarassing vacuum (embarassing, that is, to those in L.A. who care), they have one! And it's Charles McNulty--the current theatre editor (and frequent contributor) for the Village Voice.

Check out this from LA Weekly to see how heated a drama-critic-search can get! (Link courtesy of Rob Kendt, critic, who helped break the story on his blog.) Based on my knowledge of McNulty--both personally and of his work--I take issue with the swipes taken at him by some in the piece. That is, I think he's a really good critic, not just "academic." (So what if his writing is not superficially stylish and glib--the current fashion.) And, as editor, he's maintained what I still consider the finest theatre page in New York, especially in a period when the Voice coverage has been cut back by its publishers. God help them now!

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As a theatre professional... I want to say that McNulty will be deeply deeply missed in NYC.