Howard Sherman

Howard Sherman is the author of Another Day’s Begun: Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in the 21st Century, which was published in January 2021 by Methuen Drama.

As a writer, since 2012 he has been the US columnist and feature writer for The Stage newspaper in London. He was a contributing editor at Stage Directions magazine and a contributing writer at Encore Monthly, and has contributed articles to American Theatre Magazine, National Public Radio, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and The Guardian.

Howard is presently the managing director of the Baruch Performing Arts Center at Baruch College in Manhattan, a position he has held since March 2022. Previous positions include: Director of the Arts Integrity Initiative at the New School for Drama; Interim Director of the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts in New York; Executive Director of the American Theatre Wing; Executive Director of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford CT; Managing Director of Geva Theater in Rochester.

Howard has taught and/or guest lectured at the Yale School of Drama, Columbia University, Princeton University, North Carolina School of the Arts, Emerson College, Brooklyn College, Hartt School of Music, SUNY Purchase and University of Connecticut. He also served for several years as an on-site evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts.