Jon Kaplan (theatre critic)
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Born1947
Died (aged 69)
OccupationTheatre critic
Jon Kaplan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1947 |
| Died | (aged 69) |
| Occupation | Theatre critic |
Jon Kaplan (1947–2017) was a Canadian theatre critic. He was the senior theatre writer at NOW Magazine.
Kaplan grew up in Florida. He graduated from Brandeis University in 1969 with a degree in English before moving to Canada.[1] He later received a master's degree in English from York University. His thesis was on Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre.[2][3]
Career
Kaplan began his career as a theatre critic in Toronto in the 1970s writing reviews for The Body Politic.[3] A few years later, he began working for NOW Magazine.[1] Kaplan would go on to become NOW's senior theatre writer and to work for the magazine for 35 years.[3][4]
He wrote his last review for NOW two weeks before his death in 2017.[3]