Wendy Smith

Wendy Smith is a contributing editor of the Scholar and the author of Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America, 1931–1940.

The Man Who Got His Way

John Hammond, scion of white privilege, helped integrate popular music

By Wendy Smith | Thursday June 1, 2006

The Abuses of Enchantment

Why some children’s classics give parents the creeps

By Wendy Smith | Thursday September 1, 2005

Miller's Tale

The playwright drew a line between reaching out and selling out

By Wendy Smith | Tuesday March 1, 2005

The Sondheim Way

By Wendy Smith | Tuesday November 30, 2021

Encounters Of f the Page

By Wendy Smith | Monday December 2, 2019

A Century at the Muny

By Wendy Smith | Monday June 4, 2018

The Price Isn’t Right

By Wendy Smith | Tuesday September 5, 2017

All in the Family

By Wendy Smith | Tuesday September 6, 2016

As the Bard Turns

By Wendy Smith | Monday February 29, 2016

The Naples Quartet

By Wendy Smith | Wednesday September 2, 2015

Cold Truths

By Wendy Smith | Monday June 8, 2015

The Director Who Named Names

By Wendy Smith | Wednesday December 10, 2014

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