Frank Rich

Essayist

Frank Rich was born in Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States on June 2nd, 1949 and is the Essayist. At the age of 74, Frank Rich biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
June 2, 1949
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Age
74 years old
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
Profession
Journalist
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Harvard University
Frank Rich Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
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Gail Winston ​ ​(m. 1976; div. 1987)​, Alex Witchel ​(m. 1991)​
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Nathaniel, Simon
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Frank Rich Career

Career

Rich was a film and television critic for Time, a film critic for The New York Post, and senior editor of New Times Magazine before joining The New York Times in 1980. He was a founding editor of the Richmond (Va.) Mercury in the 1970s.

Rich served as the chief theater critic of The New York Times from 1980 to 1993, earning the nickname "Butcher of Broadway" for his apparent authority over Broadway shows. During its pre-Broadway tryout run in Boston, Stephen Sondheim's essay about the Broadway musical Follies (1971), directed by Stephen Sondheim, attracted attention from theatergoers. Rich was "the first one to predict the show's legendary fame" in his study of the craft. The essay "fascinated" Harold Prince, the musical's co-director, and "fully intrigued" Sondheim, who invited the undergraduate to lunch to discuss his concerns about the performance.

Rich reflected on the scandals he faced during his tenure as a drama critic, as well as on the tragedies that decimated the New York theater during the AIDS epidemic. In a book called Hot Seat: Theater Criticism by Rich, 1980–1993 (1998). Boris Aronson's Theater Art, alongside Lisa Aronson, was published in 1987.

In the Tick, Tick... Boom! Rich's presence on Broadway shows is discussed. In the 2021 film version, number "Play Game" is included: "Write for the movies, write for television."

So what if it's crap?

At least you won't write for free. For a first draft, make thousands of dollars. Your life will not be determined by whether Frank Rich laughed or not.

Rich was a op-ed columnist for The New York Times from 1994 to 2011; he published regularly on the links between mass media and American politics. His columns, which are now published in New York Magazine, make regular references to a variety of popular culture, including television, films, theater, and literature. Rich has written for several other journals, including The New York Review of Books and The New Republic, in addition to his long-time publishing for the Times and New York.

Following Rich's critique of Fox in 2004 as having a political leaning, the commentator Bill O'Reilly, host of the Fox News Channel talk show The O'Reilly Factor, attacked Rich.

Rich also attracted backlash by dismissing Mel Gibson's documentary "The Passion of the Christ (2004) as "nothing so much as a porn film," replete with slo-mo climaxes and pounding music for the money shots."

Rich expanded on his use in his column of truthiness to explore a variety of cultural and political topics in January 2006. His book, The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina (2006), attacked the American media for being in favour of George W. Bush's administration's propaganda after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the Iraq war's support.

Rich's column in July 2009 delved into what Rich believes to be President Barack Obama's detractors' bigoted nature. Rich opined that the Tea Party movement, which began in 2009, was "kowtowing to secessionists" at one of their rallies. The death threat and a brick sticking out of a congressman's window, he said, was a "small-scale imitator of "Kristallnacht" (or "night of cracked glass) in Nazi Germany and Austria in November 1938. Rich has continued to explore the American right, including the recent revival of the party's candidacy and presidency of Donald Trump.

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Golden Globes 2024: Celebrating their Success(ion)! At a prestigious ceremony, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, and Matthew Macfadyen reunited with co-stars to accept FOUR top awards

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 8, 2024
Succession's four Golden Globes gongs returned to form on Sunday evening, eight months after the show came to a close. With Succession taking home top awards such as Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Female Actor, and Best Television Series, Jesse Armstrong, the 81st Annual ceremony in Los Angeles welcomed the gongs.

Fans of Tom's Last Name Believe the following: Here's Why

www.popsugar.co.uk, May 31, 2023
Many viewers were discussing Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen), who unexpectedly ended his tenure as the American CEO of Waystar Royco in the days days after the show's conclusion. On his way, he betrayed his wife Shiv (Sarah Snook) and her brothers Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Roman (Keran Culkin) several times. All of this gave rise to a common belief that Tom's last name influenced the final's epic conclusion, and Bill Wambsganss, who turned on the first (and still only) unasisted triple play in World Series baseball over a century ago, may have inspired him. Tom's name theory soared in popularity in the days leading up to the finale, which aired in a TikTok, pointing to the obvious link between Tom and Wambsganss. The baseball player, who had since been renamed to the Guardians, was a member of the Cleveland Indians, and his team was playing the Brooklyn Dodgers when he began his triple play in 1920. That means he got three members of the other team out in one play, all alone, which ended the game. It's very unusual.

The Palace: In HBO's Succession's sequence, Kate Winslet appears for the first time

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 2, 2023
In its forthcoming limited series The Palace, HBO has premiered the first image of Kate Winslet. The 47-year-old actress is expected to appear in the film, the result of a partnership between Succession's producers Will Tracy and Frank Rich and The Queen's director Stephen Frears. As of yet, no information about the actress's character - who recently became the subject of adoration after she encouraged a young journalist in her first interview - has been published.