This week’s guest is Priscilla Gilman, who dropped by the podcast to talk about her new memoir, “The Critic’s Daughter” (Norton) — the critic in question being her father, Richard Gilman. He was a staff theater critic at Newsweek, back when weekly magazines had such a position on payroll, but arguably became even more influential when he began teaching at the Yale School of Drama. Priscilla talked to us about growing up on the Upper West Side with powerhouse parents (her mother is the literary agent Lynn Nesbit), the stars-to-be at Yale and whether or not her dad would be able to be as opinionated nowadays. Trust us — it’s a hoot of an episode.

Bonus: “Marat/Sade” somehow comes up and Elisabeth goes into rapture.

Some links:

Priscilla Gilman’s website

Elisabeth’s review of Agnes Borinsky’s “The Trees” at Playwrights Horizons and Betty Smith’s “Becomes a Woman” at the Mint.

Peter’s piece about “Agony” in “Into the Woods” and his review of “A Doll’s House” with Jessica Chastain and Arian Moayed.

Thanks to Christian Huygen for our theme music.

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