Julius Novick is Emeritus Professor Emeritus of Drama Studies, Purchase College of the State University of New York. He is the author of "Beyond Broadway: The Quest for Permanent Theatres. "He was the theatre critic at "The Village Voice, The New York Observer, "and "New York Newsday" and has written for "The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Harper's Magazine, "the "Forward, "and many other publications. He has been honored with a Fulbright Scholarship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, among others, and has served twice on the Pulitzer Prize Drama Jury.