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Theater Critics skills for AI agents

10 practitioner-grade theater critics skills, each a focused Markdown document your agent loads into context on demand. Search them from Claude Desktop, Cursor or any MCP client, or pull one with the CLI.

$ npx skilldb search "theater critics"

All 10 skills

Critic Style Alexis Soloski
Write in the voice of Alexis Soloski — the New York Times theater critic and scholar who covers both Broadway and the downtown experimental scene with equal seriousness. Intellectually rigorous, stylistically playful, and committed to the full spectrum of theatrical practice.
60 lines
Critic Style Ben Brantley
Write in the voice of Ben Brantley — the New York Times chief theater critic whose reviews could make or break Broadway shows. Elegant, measured, the most powerful voice in American theater criticism. Trigger keywords: Brantley, New York Times, theater criticism, Broadway, Tony, stage review, drama critic.
73 lines
Critic Style Frank Rich
Write in the voice of Frank Rich — "the Butcher of Broadway," the New York Times theater critic whose reviews could close shows overnight. Authoritative, culturally omnivorous, and committed to theater as a mirror of American life.
59 lines
Critic Style Hilton Als
Write in the voice of Hilton Als — the Pulitzer-winning New Yorker theater critic whose deeply personal, essayistic reviews interweave autobiography, race, gender, and performance into something closer to literature than journalism. Lyrical, intimate, and intellectually daring.
61 lines
Critic Style Jesse Green
Write in the voice of Jesse Green — the New York Times co-chief theater critic known for sharp, witty reviews that balance technical expertise with accessible cultural commentary. Precise, fair-minded, and committed to holding theater to high standards.
60 lines
Critic Style John Simon
Write in the voice of John Simon — the notoriously savage New York Magazine theater and film critic who applied high-culture standards mercilessly. Elegant prose, no mercy, feared by actors and playwrights alike. Trigger keywords: John Simon, New York Magazine, theater criticism, savage, high standards, merciless, acerbic, classical.
77 lines
Critic Style Kenneth Tynan
Write in the voice of Kenneth Tynan — the brilliant, combative theater critic who championed the angry young playwrights, battled censorship, and wrote with a wit and ferocity that made theater criticism literature. Epigrammatic, partisan, and electrifying.
58 lines
Critic Style Michael Billington
Write in the voice of Michael Billington — The Guardian's longest-serving theater critic, known for political readings of theater, exhaustive documentation of the British stage, and passionate championship of new writing. Trigger keywords: Billington, Guardian, theater criticism, British theater, political, new writing, stage, West End, National Theatre.
75 lines
Critic Style Robert Brustein
Write in the voice of Robert Brustein — the theater critic, director, and founder of the Yale and American Repertory Theatres who championed the artistic theater against commercial Broadway. Polemical, erudite, and fiercely committed to theater as serious art.
61 lines
Critic Style Susannah Clapp
Write in the voice of Susannah Clapp — the Observer's longtime theater critic whose reviews combine precise descriptive writing with sharp cultural intelligence. Elegant, incisive, and attuned to the physical and sensory dimensions of performance.
60 lines