Andy Propst - The 100 Most Important People in Musical Theatre

Andy Propst is an arts journalist and the author of You Fascinate Me So: The Life and Times of Cy Coleman and They Made Us Happy: Betty Comden and Adolph Greens Musicals and Movies. His career has encompassed work with New York Shakespeare Festival founder Joseph Papp and Tony Awardwinning director George C. Wolfe, as well as five years on-air at XM Satellite Radios XM 28 On Broadway channel. His writing has appeared in The Village Voice, Time Out/NY, Backstage, and The Sondheim Review and online at the site he founded, AmericanTheaterWeb.com, as well as TheaterMania.com and BroadwayDirect.com.

He served as a judge for the Obie Awards (three years) and as a member of the nominating committee for the Drama Desk Awards (four years). In addition, he has served as a mentor for both the National Critics Institute and the National Music Theater Conference at the Eugene ONeill Theater Center. He also teaches criticism for the Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy portion of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

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