From 1983 to 2009 he was the Post-Gazette\u2019s full-time theater editor and critic, fully covering the theater scene in Pittsburgh and also irregularly reviewing in New York, London, and the Canadian theater festivals. In 1984, he founded the annual Post-Gazette Performer of the Year Award, a coveted prize now in its 34th year.\xa0 He\u2019s an active Board member of the August Wilson House in Pittsburgh\u2019s Hill District; a long-time officer of The American Theatre Critics Association \u2013 which he has twice served as chair;\xa0a board member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame; and he was for some years\xa0on the editorial board of the national yearly compendium, Best Plays. \xa0Also, since 1968 he has been a member of the English faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, where he teaches courses in Shakespeare, critical writing, satire, and the works of August Wilson, about whom he has probably written more than any other journalist.
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