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Michael Feingold has died at 77: Village Voice critic, OBIE chair, translator, scholar, and playwright

Michael Feingold has died at 77: Village Voice critic, OBIE chair, translator, scholar, and playwright

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#2Michael Feingold has died at 77: Village Voice critic, OBIE chair, translator, scholar, and playwright
Posted: 11/22/22 at 12:08am

Rest in peace, Michael, and thank you for your lifelong commitment to the arts. You will be missed. 

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#3Michael Feingold has died at 77: Village Voice critic, OBIE chair, translator, scholar, and playwright
Posted: 11/22/22 at 8:37am

I always thought he was the best theater critic in New York, for his vast knowledge of theater history and the way he seamlessly wove it into his reviews of a current production (but in a non-show-offy way, unlike some critics whose idea of providing historical context is to list all the previous productions of the play they’re reviewing they have seen).

His review of the 2018 production of Three Tall Women was especially brilliant:

https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/04/05/glenda-jackson-stands-tallest-among-edward-albees-three-tall-women/

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#4Michael Feingold has died at 77: Village Voice critic, OBIE chair, translator, scholar, and playwright
Posted: 11/22/22 at 9:51am

He was a brilliant theatrical mind, and the incredibly rare person who could straddle theater practitioner vs theater critic (two groups of people that, arguably, should not overlap). 

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#5Michael Feingold has died at 77: Village Voice critic, OBIE chair, translator, scholar, and playwright
Posted: 11/22/22 at 11:11am

He was an awesomely talented critic and the Village Voice lost a jewel when they laid him off.  He hadn't written about the current theater for some years now, but his reviews should be compiled and published. 

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#6Michael Feingold has died at 77: Village Voice critic, OBIE chair, translator, scholar, and playwright
Posted: 11/22/22 at 11:32am

Michael was also a wonderful teacher.  He taught Theatre History at NYU Tisch for many years -- his classes were always a high point of my week.  RIP.