Rob Ackerman
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I’m a playwright who used to be prop master for the SNL Film Unit. I can also make dinner.
Good for them and us—
Theatre Critics Named at New York Times, New Yorker
Helen Shaw leaves The New Yorker for the Times’s top spot, while former NYer TV critic Emily Nussbaum will take over the mag’s theatre beat.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Good for them and us—
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The first giant blue urban snowflake of winter
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The first giant blue urban snowflake of winter
How long does it take to read 20,000 emails? We’re about to find out.
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
How long does it take to read 20,000 emails? We’re about to find out.
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Not on my bingo card, but Jimmy Kimmel and Marjorie Taylor Greene are right.
If the health care tax credits expire, health insurance premiums will double for millions of Americans.
Republicans need to come to the table to end the shutdown and protect Americans’ health care.
If the health care tax credits expire, health insurance premiums will double for millions of Americans.
Republicans need to come to the table to end the shutdown and protect Americans’ health care.
October 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Not on my bingo card, but Jimmy Kimmel and Marjorie Taylor Greene are right.
If the health care tax credits expire, health insurance premiums will double for millions of Americans.
Republicans need to come to the table to end the shutdown and protect Americans’ health care.
If the health care tax credits expire, health insurance premiums will double for millions of Americans.
Republicans need to come to the table to end the shutdown and protect Americans’ health care.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
It’s gratifying when a critic really “gets it”…and this one does!
@broadwayworld.com
@broadwayworld.com
Review: ORIGINAL PRODUCTION THEATRE'S BACK TALK at Abbey Theater Of Dublin
What did our critic think of ORIGINAL PRODUCTION THEATRE'S BACK TALK at Abbey Theater Of Dublin? OPT found a small but powerful quartet of actors to bring Ackerman’s script to life.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It’s gratifying when a critic really “gets it”…and this one does!
@broadwayworld.com
@broadwayworld.com
What happens when a play starts writing itself…
Interview: Rob Ackerman of BACKTALK at Abbey Theater Of Dublin
“We all have voices in our heads. Even the people who say they don't have (that inner voice), have one. You have these little suggestions you get from somewhere that aren’t from you. In BACKTALK, we h...
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September 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
What happens when a play starts writing itself…
Trump, claiming he’s handsome and healthy, fires makeup artist and doctor.
August 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Trump, claiming he’s handsome and healthy, fires makeup artist and doctor.
You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
August 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
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And we're officially at the end of being able to trust the jobs numbers in this country ever again.
August 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
And we're officially at the end of being able to trust the jobs numbers in this country ever again.
Readers who have experienced John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, know that there was a list, and nobody will ever see it.
July 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Readers who have experienced John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, know that there was a list, and nobody will ever see it.
The Big Vicious Bill will pass, and so will lots of less fortunate American citizens.
July 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Big Vicious Bill will pass, and so will lots of less fortunate American citizens.
“She was discouraged from pursuing a career in astronomy and was denied access to state-of-the-art telescopes. Astronomers initially dismissed her evidence of dark matter. And though her work pioneered a new understanding of the universe, she never won a Nobel Prize.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/s...
Vera Rubin’s Legacy Lives On in a Troubled Scientific Landscape
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June 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“She was discouraged from pursuing a career in astronomy and was denied access to state-of-the-art telescopes. Astronomers initially dismissed her evidence of dark matter. And though her work pioneered a new understanding of the universe, she never won a Nobel Prize.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/s...
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Best and worst of the Tonys, by Jesse Green, Scott Heller, Alexis Soloski, Elisabeth Vincentelli, Sarah Bahr and me. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/t...
Best and Worst Moments From the 2025 Tony Awards
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June 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Best and worst of the Tonys, by Jesse Green, Scott Heller, Alexis Soloski, Elisabeth Vincentelli, Sarah Bahr and me. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/t...
The daffodils of Riverside Park do a great job ignoring the headlines.
April 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The daffodils of Riverside Park do a great job ignoring the headlines.
It’s as if someone in power wakes up every day and wonders what would be the meanest, cruelest things he could do, and then he does them.
April 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It’s as if someone in power wakes up every day and wonders what would be the meanest, cruelest things he could do, and then he does them.
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I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
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NBC News: A federal judge just issued a final judgement and permanent injunction against the Trump admin — ruling that the National Institutes of Health must continue funding research grants at their original, full amounts. @msnbc.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
NBC News: A federal judge just issued a final judgement and permanent injunction against the Trump admin — ruling that the National Institutes of Health must continue funding research grants at their original, full amounts. @msnbc.com
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I think one of the easiest questions to pose to Trump supporters is to ask why he’d allow Musk to fire US National Park rangers. If the parks can’t open, all that revenue they raked in is lost. Then if you cut down all the trees, there’s no more park. If you drill baby drill—who pockets the profits?
April 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I think one of the easiest questions to pose to Trump supporters is to ask why he’d allow Musk to fire US National Park rangers. If the parks can’t open, all that revenue they raked in is lost. Then if you cut down all the trees, there’s no more park. If you drill baby drill—who pockets the profits?
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Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company
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IG 3sixteen
April 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company
IG 3sixteen
IG 3sixteen
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Trump Tariffs Upend Global Economic Order
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April 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump Tariffs Upend Global Economic Order
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