CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS ABOUT THE ARTIST Monday, April , , pm Frank Rich is an Op-Ed columnist for Th e acquired by Storyline Entertainment. A collection Zellerbach Hall New York Times. His weekly ,-word essay of Mr. Rich’s drama reviews, Hot Seat: Th eater on the intersection of culture and news helped Criticism for Th e New York Times, –, inaugurate the expanded opinion pages that the was published by Random House in October paper introduced in its Sunday Week in Review . His book, Th e Th eatre Art of Boris Aronson, section in April . From to , co-authored with Lisa Aronson, was published by Frank Rich Mr. Rich had been the front-page columnist for Knopf in . Mr. Rich is currently at work on the Sunday Arts & Leisure section, as part of that a new book, entitled Th e Greatest Story Ever Sold, section’s redesign and expansion. He also serves as which will be published in the fall of . senior adviser to Th e Times’s culture editor on the Before joining Th e Times, Mr. Rich was a fi lm paper’s overall cultural news reporting. and television critic at Time magazine. Earlier, he Mr. Rich has been at the paper since , had been fi lm critic for the New York Post and fi lm when he was named chief theater critic. Beginning critic and senior editor of New Times magazine. He in , he became an Op-Ed columnist, and in was a founding editor of the Richmond Mercury, a he became the fi rst Times columnist to write weekly Virginia newspaper, in the early s. a regular double-length column for the Op-Ed Born on June , , in Washington, D.C., page. From to , he additionally served Mr. Rich is a graduate of its public schools. He as Senior Writer for Th e New York Times Magazine. earned a B.A. in American History and Literature, Th e dual title was a fi rst for Th e Times and allowed graduating magna cum laude from Harvard Mr. Rich to explore a variety of topics at greater College in . At Harvard, he was editorial length than before. His columns and articles in chairman of Th e Harvard Crimson, an honorary each venue have drawn from his background as Harvard College scholar, a member of Phi Beta a theater critic and observer of art, entertainment Kappa and the recipient of a Henry Russell Shaw and politics. Traveling Fellowship. In addition to his work at Th e Times, Mr. Rich Mr. Rich has two sons. He lives in Manhattan has written about culture and politics for many with his wife, the author and novelist Alex Witchel, other publications. His childhood memoir, Ghost who is a reporter for Th e New York Times. Light, was published in by Random House and as a Random House Trade Paperback in . Th e fi lm rights to Ghost Light have been Th is performance is made possible, in part, by the generous support of the members of the Cal Performances Producers Circle and Friends of Cal Performances. Cal Performances thanks our Centennial Season Sponsor, Wells Fargo. 18 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 19.