Charles Isherwood

Charles Isherwood is a theater critic for Broadway.news. He was a theater critic for The New York Times from 2004 until 2017, and prior to that he was the theater critic and theater editor of Variety from 1998 to 2004. For more than 25 years he has written about theater and the arts for publications including Town & Country, Opera News, LA Weekly, the Advocate, the Times of London and the Financial Times. He is a past president of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle and the winner of the George Jean Nathan award for theater writing.

Sara Mearns Combines the Personal and Professional In a New Role That Sees the Dancer Speak

Broadway Star Alexandra Silber Bares Her Soul in a New Memoir About Grief

By Charles Isherwood

Isabella Boylston Is the Dancer Bringing Realism to American Ballet

By Charles Isherwood

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