Peter Filichia has written about theater for The Star-Ledger, TheaterWeek, Playbill, Theatermania, Broadway Select, Encore, and Masterworks Broadway. The author of seven books on theater, this four-term president of the Drama Desk Awards serves on its current nominating committee as well as those for the Lucille Lortel Awards and Theatre World Awards, whose ceremony he writes and emcees. He's been a National Endowment for the Arts assessor and Cincinnati Conservatory of Music critic-in-residence, and currently is the musical theater judge for ASCAP's awards and a Broadway Radio commentator.