''TheaterWeek'' was a favorite magazine among theater artists and theater lovers. It covered

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, regional, and educational theater with articles that included profiles of actors, directors, designers and behind-the-scenes looks at particular shows. John Harris edited the magazine during its heyday, and such columnists as

Peter Filichia Peter Filichia (born 1946) is the former New York-based theater critic for ''The Star-Ledger'' newspaper in Newark, New Jersey and New Jersey's television station News 12, as well as for '' The Asbury Park Press'' . In addition, Filichia has two ...

, Alexis Greene,

Ken Mandelbaum Ken Mandelbaum is a Jewish American columnist, critic, and author whose primary field of expertise is musical theatre. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Mandelbaum was introduced to Broadway musical theatre by his parents and grandparents ...

Charles Marowitz Charles Marowitz (26 January 1934 – 2 May 2014) was an American critic, theatre director, and playwright, regular columnist on Swans Commentary. He collaborated with Peter Brook at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and later founded and direc ...

Davi Napoleon Davi Napoleon, also known as Davida Skurnick and Davida Napoleon (born 1946), is an American theater historian and critic as well as a freelance feature writer. She is a regular contributor to '' Live Design'', a monthly magazine about entertainme ...

, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, and Michael Riedel were featured. The magazine was said to falter from financial mismanagement when after more than twenty years of publishing, it folded

Other magazines, such as ''InTheater'', and contemporary internet publications, such as TheaterMania.com and

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, were influenced by ''TheaterWeek'' and used some of the same writers.

References

Article about publisher Charles Ortleb

''Playbill''

External links

Article by Davi Napoleon reprinted in The Faster Times that originally appeared in ''TheaterWeek''
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