Arts Critic Howard Kissell Dies At 69
I would be remiss if I did not mention that Howard Kissell, the longtime theatre and arts critics for the New York Daily News, died on Friday at the age of 69. I had only a nodding relationship with Kissell, but I always looked to his reviews for fairness. To his great credit, he lacked that quality that tends to infect the critical profession: bitchiness. If he disliked something strongly, he would tell you his reasons without making you feel that if you had liked that certain something you were an idiot.
