Theatre Critics -- David Cote & Zoe Kaplan

BCR's Park Bench Chat -- Talking with UWSers in Manhattan's Riverside Park.

Episode 263 of the Bar Crawl Radio podcast, hosted by Alan Winson & Rebecca McKean, titled "Theatre Critics -- David Cote & Zoe Kaplan" was published on September 26, 2025 and runs 51 minutes.

September 26, 2025 ·51m · Bar Crawl Radio

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Summary

For this Park Bench Chat edition of Bar Crawl Radio podcast we talked about the changing nature of the New York City theatre review and how Tik Tok might be dumbing down the craft of the NYC theatre critic. Joining us on a park bench in the "You've Got Mail" Riverside Park Promenade are two NYC Theatre Critics -- David Cote and Zoe Kaplan. David Cote is a playwright, librettist, song writer, actor and director -- and the longest serving drama critic of Time Out New York. His reviews have appeared in Opera News, The Village Voice, The Guardian and The New York Times – and elsewhere.  And with us is Zoe Kaplan whose day job is as a Content Marketing Manager.Earlier, Zoe demystified the world of work for Gen Zers and before that she managed reproductive and hormone health content for OOVA. Zoe writes a theater Substack called -- Not to Be Dramatic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Description

For this Park Bench Chat edition of Bar Crawl Radio podcast we talked about the changing nature of the New York City theatre review and how Tik Tok might be dumbing down the craft of the NYC theatre critic. Joining us on a park bench in the "You've Got Mail" Riverside Park Promenade are two NYC Theatre Critics -- David Cote and Zoe Kaplan. David Cote is a playwright, librettist, song writer, actor and director -- and the longest serving drama critic of Time Out New York. His reviews have appeared in Opera News, The Village Voice, The Guardian and The New York Times – and elsewhere. And with us is Zoe Kaplan whose day job is as a Content Marketing Manager.

Earlier, Zoe demystified the world of work for Gen Zers and before that she managed reproductive and hormone health content for OOVA. Zoe writes a theater Substack called -- Not to Be Dramatic.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.