Michael Charlies Kuchwara was an American theater critic, columnist and journalist.
10 Facts About Michael Kuchwara
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Michael Kuchwara, who was based in New York City, reviewed as many as 200 theater productions a year.
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Michael Kuchwara was born on February 28,1947, in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Michael Kuchwara received his bachelor's degree from Syracuse University and his master's degree from the University of Missouri.
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Michael Kuchwara worked for the Associated Press for more than 40 years, first as a reporter and then as a theater critic.
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Michael Kuchwara began his career as a journalist for the Associated Press' bureau in Chicago, Illinois.
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Michael Kuchwara moved to New York City to work as an AP editor on the wire service's national desk.
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In 1984, Michael Kuchwara became the Associated Press chief theater critic, a position he held until his death in 2010.
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Michael Kuchwara died at Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan of idiopathic ischemic lung disease on May 22,2010, at the age of 63.
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Michael Kuchwara is survived by his sister, Patricia Henley, and wife, Jonnie Kay Kitchen; the couple had been married since 1975.