Charles McNulty (born 1966) is the chief theatre critic for the ''

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'' newspaper and a recipient of

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's prestigious Nathan Award for dramatic criticism, who, himself, served as chairman of the

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drama jury. McNulty was engaged in the year 2005 as the ''Times'' newspaper's chief theater critic after an exhaustive 4-year search.Scott Timberg, Times staff writer, Entertainment Section, ''Los Angeles Times'', August 31, 2005 McNulty was previously a theater critic and editor for ''

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'' newspaper, where he also chaired the newspapers

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panel. He obtained his doctorate in dramaturgy and drama criticism from the Yale School of Drama. He has taught at

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, NYU, the New School of Social Research,

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and CUNY. He was head of the Masters of Fine Arts program in dramaturgy at

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