Edward "Fast Eddy" Rubin EDWARD RUBIN, an iconoclastic theater critic, arts critic and curator, who wrote for decades about theater and the visual arts, died after a protracted battle with bladder cancer at Calvary Hospital on June 15, 2025. He was 84. Rubin, who went by the...
Misha Berson On Thursday, February 13, longtime ATCA member Misha Berson passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. Misha was an active member of our organization, most recently co-chairing with Cameron Kelsall the New Play committee that conveys the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award and Osborn Award. She was...
Christine Dolen Christine Dolen, a former leader of the American Theatre Critics Association and a major force in evolving local theater itself, died Saturday in her home in Davie, Florida at the age of 74. The world of South Florida theater -- from its presentations to its...
Christine Dolen You can get a good understanding of Christine Dolen’s place in the South Florida theater community from the outpouring of hundreds of testimonials posted on social media in the hours after her death was announced on Sunday. She died on Feb. 1 at age...
Bill Gale Bill Gale, the longtime critic for the Providence Journal, gave a lot to the American Theatre Critics Association during his decades of active involvement, including three years as chair of the executive committee (1984-87). Friends recalled that he was somewhat nervous about being the...
Sandi Durell (1940-2024) TheaterPizzazz founder and publisher Sandi Durell has died at 84, as reported by Playbill.com. News of her death due to metasticized lung cancer was confirmed by her family. Ms. Durell was a critic for more than 30 years, member or board member of many...
Claudia Woolston Harris For many years, Claudia Harris was a power broker in ATCA. Without her support, I might never have been elected to the Executive Committee in 1990 just a couple of years after joining the organization. Past leaders Nancy Melich and Elizabeth Maupin were...
Mario Fratti. Photo: Joseph Marzullo Playwright, critic, educator, and man about town Mario Fratti has died at the age of 95. Many in the theater world know him as responsible for the Italian play Six Passionate Women adapted from Federico Fellini’s film 8 1/2 that was...
Georges Banu Dear IATC Friends Throughout the Globe, It is my sad task to notify you that the great Romanian and French critic, Georges Banu, has passed from this life at the age of 79 after battling a grievous illness. Our Honorary President was one of the...
Welton Jones Welton Jones, long time ATCA member, has died at 86. Jones wrote about arts and entertainment for The San Diego Union and, later, the Union-Tribune from 1966 to 2001. He was an emeritus member of the ATCA after serving nine years on its board of...