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Reviewers must normally function as huff-and-puff artists blowing laggard theatergoers stageward.

Walter Kerr

Wherever it came from, the musical came with its hair mussed and with an innocent, indolent, irreverent look on its bright, bland face.

Walter Kerr

I needn't tell you that Stephen Sondheim is, both musically and lyrically, the most sophisticated composer now working for the Broadway theater.

Walter Kerr

Soft-spoken as he was, deferential as he was, confiding as he was — he always had the air of sharing a bit of good news or choice gossip with you — he seemed less an editor of any sort than the very best sort of guardian angel.

Walter Kerr

He wove a great web of knowledge, linking everything together, and sat modestly at a switchboard at the center, eager to help.

Walter Kerr

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Walter Kerr

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Born: July 8, 1913

Died: October 9, 1996 (aged 83)

Bio: Walter Francis Kerr was an American writer and Broadway theater critic. He also was the writer, lyricist, and/or director of several Broadway plays and musicals as well as the author of several books, generally on the subject of theater and cinema.

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