Elisabeth Vincentelli is a French-born, New York-based arts and culture journalist. She is a regular contributor to ''

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’ Arts section''. She served as the chief drama critic for the ''

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'' from 2009 until 2016, having replaced

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after his death in 2008.

Biography

Vincentelli was born in France, grew up in

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, and came to the United States in the late 1980s."OUR TEAM,"
The Avant Ski. She writes a blog called ''The Determined Dilettante''. Previous to writing for the ''Post'' she joined ''

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'' in 2000, and later became the 'Arts & Entertainment Editor' there. Vincentelli has written for ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', and is a member of the

New York Drama Critics' Circle The New York Drama Critics' Circle is made up of 23 drama critics from daily newspapers, magazines and wire services based in the New York City metropolitan area. The organization is best known for its annual awards for excellence in theater.Jon ...

. Vincentelli is the author of ''Abba Gold'' (2004) about the pop group

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and ''Abba Treasures''. She co-hosts the theater podcast ''Marks & Vincentelli'' with Peter Marks of the ''

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''. She co-hosted the podcast ''Three on the Aisle'' with fellow critics

Terry Teachout Terrance Alan Teachout (February 6, 1956 – January 13, 2022) was an American author, critic, biographer, playwright, stage director, and librettist. He was the drama critic of ''The Wall Street Journal'', the critic-at-large of '' Commentary' ...

and Peter Marks for ''

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'', which ran from 2017 to 2021. , she resided in the

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neighborhood of

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