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John Simon (critic)

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John Ivan Simon (born May 12, 1925) is an American author and literary, theater, and film critic. [1]

54 relations: American Theatre Wing, Barbra Streisand, Barry Moser, Belgrade, Bloomberg L.P., Bryan A. Garner, Carol Burnett, Common good, Davi Napoleon, Do You Speak American?, Doubt: A Parable, Esquire (magazine), Garner's Modern English Usage, Harvard University, Hollywood Arms, Jean Anouilh, John Clark (actor), Joseph Papp, Kathleen Turner, Kenneth Mars, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Lillian Hellman, Liza Minnelli, Lynn Redgrave, National Review, New York (magazine), New York City, New York Drama Critics' Circle, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Opera News, Peter Bogdanovich, Playbill, Roger Ebert, Saturday Night Live, Shakespeare for My Father, Star Wars (film), Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Subotica, Sylvia Miles, The Hudson Review, The Language Instinct, The Lark (play), The New Criterion, The New Leader, The New York Times Book Review, The Odd Couple (1970 TV series), The Paris Review, The Weekly Standard, United States Army Air Forces, Variety (magazine), ..., Wallace Shawn, What's Up, Doc? (1972 film), Wichita Falls, Texas, Wilfrid Sheed. Expand index (4 more) »

American Theatre Wing

The American Theatre Wing, "the Wing" for short, is a New York City-based organization "dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre," according to its mission statement.

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Barbra Streisand

Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker.

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Barry Moser

Barry Moser (born 1940) is an artist, known as a printmaker and illustrator of numerous works of literature.

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Belgrade

Belgrade (Beograd / Београд, meaning "White city",; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Serbia.

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Bloomberg L.P.

Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Bryan A. Garner

Bryan A. Garner (born November 17, 1958) is an American lawyer, lexicographer, and teacher who has written more than two dozen books about English usage and style, and advocacy.

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Carol Burnett

Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedian, singer and writer, whose career spans seven decades of television.

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Common good

In philosophy, economics, and political science, the common good (also commonwealth, common weal or general welfare) refers to either what is shared and beneficial for all or most members of a given community, or alternatively, what is achieved by citizenship, collective action, and active participation in the realm of politics and public service.

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Davi Napoleon

Davi Napoleon, a.k.a. Davida Skurnick and Davida Napoleon (born 1946) is an American theater historian and critic.

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Do You Speak American?

Do You Speak American? is a documentary film and accompanying book about journalist Robert MacNeil's investigation into how different people throughout the United States of America speak.

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Doubt: A Parable

Doubt, A Parable is a 2004 play by John Patrick Shanley.

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Esquire (magazine)

Esquire is an American men's magazine, published by the Hearst Corporation in the United States.

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Garner's Modern English Usage

Garner's Modern English Usage (GMEU), written by Bryan A. Garner and published by Oxford University Press, is a usage dictionary and style guide (or 'prescriptive dictionary') for contemporary Modern English.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hollywood Arms

Hollywood Arms is a play by Carrie Hamilton and Carol Burnett.

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Jean Anouilh

Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades.

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John Clark (actor)

Ivan John Clark (born 1 November 1932) is an English actor, director, producer and writer.

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Joseph Papp

Joseph "Joe" Papp (June 22, 1921 – October 31, 1991) was an American theatrical producer and director.

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Kathleen Turner

Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954), better known as Kathleen Turner, is an American film and stage actress and director.

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Kenneth Mars

Kenneth Mars (April 4, 1935 – February 12, 2011) was an American actor and voice actor, who specialized in comedic roles.

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Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian, Slovene: Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; Кралство Југославија) was a state in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, that existed from 1918 until 1941, during the interwar period and beginning of World War II.

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Lillian Hellman

Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American dramatist and screenwriter known for her success as a playwright on Broadway, as well as her left-wing sympathies and political activism.

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Liza Minnelli

Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress and singer.

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Lynn Redgrave

Lynn Rachel Redgrave (8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010) was an English and American actress.

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National Review

National Review (NR) is an American semi-monthly conservative editorial magazine focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs.

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New York (magazine)

New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, and with a particular emphasis on New York City.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Drama Critics' Circle

The New York Drama Critics' Circle is made up of 19 drama critics from daily newspapers, magazines and wire services based in the New York City metropolitan area.

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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, is located in Manhattan, New York City, at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on the Upper West Side, between the Metropolitan Opera House and the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

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Opera News

Opera News is an American classical music magazine.

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Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich (Serbian: Петар Богдановић, Petar Bogdanović, born July 30, 1939) is an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic and film historian.

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Playbill

Playbill is a monthly U.S. magazine for theatregoers.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author.

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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol.

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Shakespeare for My Father

Shakespeare for My Father is a one-woman play written and performed by Lynn Redgrave.

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Star Wars (film)

Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas.

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams.

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Subotica

Subotica (Суботица, Szabadka) is a city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia.

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Sylvia Miles

Sylvia Miles (born September 9, 1924) is an American film, stage, and television actress.

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The Hudson Review

The Hudson Review is a quarterly journal of literature and the arts.

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The Language Instinct

The Language Instinct is a 1994 book by Steven Pinker, written for a general audience.

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The Lark (play)

The Lark is a 1952 play about Joan of Arc by the French playwright Jean Anouilh.

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The New Criterion

The New Criterion is a New York-based monthly literary magazine and journal of artistic and cultural criticism, edited by Roger Kimball (editor and publisher) and James Panero (executive editor).

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The New Leader

The New Leader (1924–2006) was a political and cultural magazine.

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The New York Times Book Review

The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR) is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed.

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The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)

The Odd Couple, formally titled onscreen Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, is an American television situation comedy broadcast from September 24, 1970, to March 7, 1975, on ABC.

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The Paris Review

The Paris Review is a quarterly English language literary magazine established in Paris in 1953 by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton.

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The Weekly Standard

The Weekly Standard is an American conservative opinion magazine published 48 times per year.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Wallace Shawn

Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, playwright and essayist.

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What's Up, Doc? (1972 film)

What's Up, Doc? is a 1972 American screwball comedy film released by Warner Bros., directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, and Madeline Kahn in her first feature film role (for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe).

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Wichita Falls, Texas

Wichita Falls is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States.

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Wilfrid Sheed

Wilfrid John Joseph Sheed (27 December 1930 – 19 January 2011Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times, 19 January 2011) was an English-born American novelist and essayist.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simon_(critic)

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