NOMINATING COMMITTEE, 2021-2022
Martha Wade Steketee (Chair; freelance, UrbanExcavations.com)
Peter Filichia (freelance: Broadway Select, Broadway Radio. Author: Strippers, Showgirls and Sharks)
Kenji Fujishima (freelance: Theatermania)
Juan Michael Porter II (TheBody.com; freelance: TDF Stages, Did They Like It?, New York Theatre Guide)
Ayanna Prescod (freelance: Variety, New York Theatre Guide, Theatermania)
Zachary Stewart (TheaterMania)
Diep Tran (freelance: Backstage, American Theatre, NBC Asian American)
DRAMA DESK (VOTING) MEMBERS, 2021-2022
Elizabeth Ahlfors, CityCabaret.com; cabaretscenes.org; curtainup.com; theaterpizzazz.com
Linda Armstrong, New York Amsterdam News
David Barbour
Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Two on the Aisle
Retta Blaney, National Catholic Reporter; The Living Church; Life Upon the Sacred Stage
Robert R. Blume, Executive Producer, Drama Desk Awards
Aaron Botwick
Suzanna Bowling, Times Square Chronicles; T2Conline.com
Michael Bracken, Theater Pizzazz!
Jeryl Brunner
Linda Buchwald
Christopher Byrne, Gay City News
Bill Canacci, Asbury Park Press; Home News Tribun
Robert Cashill
Robert Cashill, popdose.com; New York Theater
Patrick Christiano, Theaterlife.com
Joseph JK Clarke
Alix Cohen, Woman Around Town.com; Theater Pizzazz; Cabaret Scenes
Ron Cohen, Musical Theatre Review; Theaterscene.com
Jamie deRoy, Jamie deRoy & Friends
Dan Dinero, Theater Is Easy
Carole de Tosti
Philip Dorian, Sceneonstage.com; Mensa publications (U.S. & Canada)
Grazyna Drabik, Nowy Dziennik (The Polish Daily News)
Sandi Durell, Theater Pizzazz!
Henry Edwards, Newsvine.com; A Life of Style
Ruthie Fierberg
Peter Filichia
David Finkle, The Clyde Fitch Report
Harry Forbes, Film & Footlights
Jena Tesse Fox, freelance
Glenda Frank, Plays International
Stan Friedman, Thefrontrowcenter.com; Newyorktheatregide
Kenji Fujishima
Meredith Ganzman, WPIX 11; Center On The Aisl
Elysa Gardner, freelance; Entertainment Weekly; New York Times; Town & Country
Anita Gates, pressnights.com
Victor A. Gluck, theaterscene.net
Isa Goldberg, East Hampton Independent; Theaterlife.com
Barry Gordin, Theaterlife.com; Dan’s Papers, DramaDesk.org
Susan Granger, SSG Syndicate; Hearst newspapers
Charles Gross, Two on the Aisle
Jen Gushue
Peter Hempstead
Judd Hollander –The Epoch TImes; Stagebuzz.com
David Hurst -Talkin’ Broadway; NY Arts Review
Madoka Imura -NHK CosmoMedia America Inc.
Celia Ipiotis, Eye on the Arts; Eye on Dance
Leonard Jacobs, The Clyde Fitch Report
Michall Jeffers, TotalTheater.com; Michall Jeffers TV
Yusei Kageyama, Shiki Theatre Company; The Yukan Daily; La Harpe; WOWOW
Jonathan Kalb, Something the Dust Said
Edward Karam, Offoffonline.com
David Kaufman, TheaterScene.net
Jane Klain, Good Times Magazine
Lucy Komisar, The New York Theatre Wire; The Komisar Scoop
Andy Lefkowitz, Broadway.com
David Lefkowitz, TotalTheater.com; Performing Arts Insider/Dave’s Gone By
Samuel Leiter – Theatre’s Leiter Side; The Broadway Blog, Theater Pizzazz!, Theaterlife.com
Linda Lenzi – broadwayworld.com
Hayley Levitt
Brian Scott Lipton, Cititour.com; IN New York; Theater Pizzazz; New York Theatre
Sandy MacDonald, Time Out NY; Theaternewsonline
Jonathan Mandell, NewYorkTheater.me; NewYorkTheater.m
James Marino, BroadwayStars.com
Howard Miller
Marc Miller, NewYorkTheaterGuide.com; theaterscene.com;TalkinBroadway.com
Stuart Miller, American Theatre; Theater Pizzazz
Brooke Pierce, newyork.edgemedianetwork.com
Michael Portantiere, BroadwayStars.com; TalkinBroadway.co
Juan Michael Porter 11
Ayanna Prescod
Carey Purcell, The Culture Trip; The Village Voice; DAME
Gerard Raymond, freelance
Darryl Reilly
Richard Ridge, broadwayworld.com
Mark Rifkin, This Week in New York
Frank Rizzo
David Roberts
Carol Rocamora, American Theatre; “Rocamora Reviews” on Smith & Kraus website
David A. Rosenberg, nytheaterscene.com
Robert Russo
Lauren Class Schneider, BroadwayRadio.com; ArtsAmerica.org
Steve Schonberg, freelance; WNBC; HuffPost Contributor; Center On The Aisle Editor
Nicole Serratore, freelance
Helen Shaw
David Sheward, ArtsinNY.com; Theaterlife.com; CulturalWeekly.com; ShowTickets.com
Fern Siegel, The Huffington Post; Travelers USA Noteboo
Paulanne Simmons, The New York Theatre Wire; Theaterlife.com, CurtainUp
Janice Simpson
Kyle Smith, The New Criterion; New York Post, National Review
Raven Snook, TDF Stages; Time Out New York; Show-Score managing editor
Diane Snyder, The Telegraph; Cititour.com; Billboard
Jose Solis, StageBuddy.com
Elyse Sommer, CurtainUp.com
David Spencer, Aislesay.com; Times Square Chronicles
Martha Steketee
Zachary Stewart
Douglas Strassler
Steven Suskin, The Huffington Post; Playbill
Jeffrey Sweet, Dramatics Magazine; American Theatre
Diep Tran
Elyse Trevers, LIHerald.com; Island Currents
Jennifer Vanasco, WNYC Radio
Frank Verlizzo, Fravor Design
Iris Wiener, freelance; Theaterlife.com; Long Island Woman; Long Island Herald Newspapers; Luxury Living
James Wilson
Matt Windman, amNY
Charles Wright, freelance; Offoffonline; CurtainUp
Ran Xia
Robert Zlower –Robertaonthearts.com
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEMBER
Glenn Loney (deceased)
DRAMA DESK PARTICIPATING (NON-VOTING) MEMBERS, 2018-2019
Margot Astrachan, Producer
Barry Bassis
Toshi Cappuccino
Deirdre Donovan
Randi Gener, Culture of One World
Robert Gilbo
Leonard Golubchick, Labor Press
Clint Hannah
Linda Healey , Theaterhound.org
Dick Miller, NJ Radio Magazine
Edward Rubin, Artes Magazine; Totaltheater.com, BerhshireFine Arts
Jan Silver, The Hampton Sheet; The Advisor
Michael Summers, Special assistant for talent; project manager for productions and events
Rob Urbinati
Board Members Emeritus
Arlene Epstein (deceased)
Arlene Epstein, a member of the Drama Desk since 1982, and former Secretary of the Board, has contributed her “Critic-at-Leisure” column to the South Shore Record for 40 years and for 12 years to Herald Community Newspapers. A member of the American Theatre Critics’ Association and the Outer Critics Circle, she has worked variously as a publicist, copywriter, private and corporate art consultant, a lecturer and leader of continuing education courses on the arts, an entertainment and charity promotions director, and the anti-war voice for Mothers for Peace in Washington, D.C.
William Wolf (deceased)
William Wolf is a former Drama Desk President. He currently works as an Adjunct Professor at New York University and is a member of the National Society of Film Critics and New York Film Critics Online. His theater, film and cabaret reviews can be read on the internet site wolfentertainmentguide.com.