Ben Brantley
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Benjamin D. "Ben" Brantley (born October 26, 1954) is an American journalist and the chief theater critic of The New York Times.Born in Durham, North Carolina, Brantley received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.Brantley began his journalism career as a Summer Intern at the Winston-Salem Sentinel and, in 1975, became an Editorial Assistant at The Village Voice. At Women's Wear Daily, he was a reporter and then editor (1978-January 1983), and later became the European Editor, publisher, and Paris Bureau Chief until June 1985.For the next eighteen months, Brantley freelanced, writing regularly for ELLE, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker before joining The Times as a Drama Critic (August 1993).
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Kenneth Lonergan’s Thwarted Masterpiece
After “You Can Count on Me,” Lonergan made what may be the best film of the decade. So why did you never get to see it?.
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Judy Miller's Very Surprising New Job
Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller has found herself a surprising new job: as the theater critic for Tablet magazine.
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