1913 Birthday of theatre critic Walter Kerr (1913-1996), namesake of Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre. In addition to his career as a reviewer, which took him from the New York Herald-Tribune to The New York Times and a 1978 Pulitzer Prize for criticism, he also directed or wrote book and/or lyrics for six Broadway shows, including Goldilocks and Touch and Go. His wife, playwright Jean Kerr, based her book …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM on July 8, 2015