The New York Times is revamping its lineup of arts and entertainment critics — replacing four of the paper’s TV, music and theater critics, who are being offered “new roles,” according to an internal memo obtained by Variety. The quartet of Times critics — television critic Margaret Lyons, music critic Jon Pareles, theater critic Jesse Green and classical music critic Zach Woolfe — will “be taking on new roles, and we will be conducting a search for critics on their beats in the weeks to come,” New York Times culture editor Sia Michel wrote in a memo to staffers on Tuesday afternoon. Michel joined the Times in 2007 as pop music editor before being promoted to editor of Arts & Leisure. In 2018, she became deputy culture editor and was elevated to her current role in 2023. Green has been the Times’ theater critic since 2017 and “has championed important theater from Broadway and beyond with his incisive, witty reviews,” per the memo.

Source: The Times July 16, 2025 15:57 UTC