drama critic

Examples

• All

• Terry Teachout, our chief culture critic and the drama critic of the Wall Street Journal, wrote about the blues in the last issue.

  Academic text (2010)

• The major drama critics have a great influence on our theater and great power.

  Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)

• After six years, he left for London and joined the Morning Post as a reporter and drama critic.

  Blog text (3)

• I'm chief drama critic at the New York Post.

  Blog text (17)

• The front row of seats was reserved for the drama critics and other reporters of the Enterprise, the Union, and the Gold Hill News.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Mr. Brustein is also a professor of English at Harvard and the drama critic for The New Republic.

  Academic text (1999)

• The drama critic wrote a glowing review of the latest play at the local theater.

• As a drama critic, she attends every opening night to evaluate the performances.

• Many aspiring actors hope to impress the drama critic who often influences their careers.

Synonyms

C

critic

vsdrama critic

314 3.2

A person who gives opinions about art, books, films, or music, often as a job

limits this to assessing live performances rather than all arts

R

reviewer

vsdrama critic

118 3.1

A person who reads and checks the quality of a paper, proposal, or code

focuses on assessing live performances rather than documents or code

T

theater critic

vsdrama critic

• Literature

4 4.8

A person who writes reviews of plays for newspapers or websites

focuses on print outlets like newspapers and magazines rather than all media

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