Who Decides Which Plays Are “Good”?

Top 20 Major Papers in America That Most Affect Theatre and Artists Via Criticism

Of the 22 critics for 20 major papers:

%

(18) are white

%

(16) are men

**The majority of newspapers have never had a Chief Theatre Critic who is not white and male.

NY Times:
Jesse Green, Chief Critic (white, man) *
Laura Collins-Hughes (white, woman)

Chicago Tribune:
Chris Jones (white, man)

Washington Post:
Peter Marks (white, man)

LA Times:
Charles McNulty (white, man)

Wall Street Journal:
Charles Isherwood (white, man)

San Francisco Chronicle:
Lily Janiak (white, woman)

Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Timpane (white, man)

Cincinnati Enquirer:
David Lyman (white, man)

Denver Post:
Lisa Kennedy (PoC, woman)
John Wenzel (white, man)

Time Out New York
Adam Feldman ( white, man) 

The New Yorker
Helen Shaw (white, woman)

Seattle Times:
Misha Berson (white, woman)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Wendell Brock (white, man)

Boston Globe
Don Aucoin (white, man)

Houston Chronicle
Wei-Huan Chen (AAPI, man)

StarTribune
Rohan Preston (Black, man)

The Wichita Eagle (Kanas)
David Burke (White, man) 

Arizona Daily Star (Arizona)
Kathleen Allen (white, woman) 

St. Louis Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
Calvin Wilson (Black, man) 

Indy Star (Indianapolis, IN)
Steve Mannheimer (White, man)