John Simon to Write Etcetera Column for Broadway.com

Famed critic John Simon has joined the Broadway.com editorial team. Starting today, Simon will pen Etcetera, a regular column focusing on the newest and most notable books, movies, CDs and DVDs.

"John is a legend in the world of theater and film criticism," Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek said. "As a longtime fan of his work, I'm thrilled to have him on the Broadway.com masthead." Simon kicks off his column with reviews of the world premiere recording of Michael John LaChiusa's See What I Wanna See and Steven Suskin's book Second Act Trouble: Behind the Scenes at Broadway's Big Musical Bombs.

Since 2005, Simon has been contributing New York theater reviews to Bloomberg News. Prior to that, he was the chief drama critic for New York Magazine for 37 years. He has also contributed to Esquire, The Hudson Review, National Review, Opera News, The New Leader, Commonweal, The New Criterion and The New York Times Book Review. Simon won the George Jean Nathan Award and the George Polk Award for Film Criticism. Last year, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books published compilations of his reviews in a three-volume set: John Simon on Theater, John Simon on Film and John Simon on Music.

Simon's reviews for Bloomberg can be found every weekend at www.bloomberg.com.