SUFFERING THEATER CRITICS

SUFFERING THEATER CRITICS. My third post on this blog pointed out that “Theater critics are long suffering types who find only one or two plays a year that are worthy of their attention.” Ben Brantley says in this article “But this is the first year in my decade as chief theater critic of The New York Times in which Broadway, all by its big, bloated self, provided enough laurel-worthy shows that even a list of 10 can’t include them all.” People who like theater imagine that being a drama critic and going to the theater all the time would be a dream job. But what if you don’t like the theater very much? We should sympathize with the poor critic who year after year goes to plays that he doesn’t like.