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Michael Sommers' I Wanna Be Like You!

Podcast: I Wanna Be Like You with Elbi Cespedes
Published: Mar 31, 2026
Duration seconds: 5562
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Summary

Michael Sommers is a drama critic currently working for New York Stage Review. He served as the president of the New York Drama Critics Circle for two terms as well as freelanced for the The New York Times and Backstage to name a few. Michael was a longtime chief of The Star Ledger as well as the Newhouse News Service! We get to talking about the history of drama critics, whether or not being a critic still holds much weight in a time where influencers' opinions dominate, and what he's looking forward to this season.