When a Theater Critic Learned to Grade on a Curve

The New York Times: Nothing much about the process of reviewing theater had yet changed by March 7, when I set out to see the musical “Six” on Broadway. My husband and I braved the subway from Brooklyn to a jammed Times Square, squeezed our way into the Brooks Atkinson Theater, hugged friends, took our seats and inhaled the atmosphere of joy and anxiety that perfumes every show about to open.