''TheaterWeek'' was a favorite magazine among theater artists and theater lovers. It covered
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
,
off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...
, regional, and educational theater with articles that included profiles of actors, directors, designers and behind-the-scenes looks at particular shows. John Harris edited the magazine during its heyday, and such columnists as
Peter Filichia
Peter Filichia (born 1946) is the former New York-based theater critic for ''The Star-Ledger'' newspaper in Newark, New Jersey and New Jersey's television station News 12, as well as for ''The Asbury Park Press'' .
In addition, Filichia has two ...
, Alexis Greene,
Ken Mandelbaum,
Charles Marowitz
Charles Marowitz (26 January 1934 – 2 May 2014) was an American critic, theatre director, and playwright, regular columnist on Swans Commentary. He collaborated with Peter Brook at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and later founded and direct ...
,
Davi Napoleon
Davi Napoleon, also known as Davida Skurnick and Davida Napoleon (born 1946), is an American theater historian and critic as well as a freelance feature writer. She is a regular contributor to ''Live Design'', a monthly magazine about entertainmen ...
, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, and
Michael Riedel were featured.
The magazine was said to falter from financial mismanagement when after more than twenty years of publishing, it folded
Other magazines, such as ''InTheater'', and contemporary internet publications, such as TheaterMania.com and
Broadway.com, were influenced by ''TheaterWeek'' and used some of the same writers.
References
Article about publisher Charles Ortleb
''Playbill''
External links
Article by Davi Napoleon reprinted in The Faster Times that originally appeared in ''TheaterWeek''
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