AUTHOR ~ JOURNALIST ~ BOOKSELLER
Over the course of a distinguished journalistic career, Barry Singer has written extensively about the arts for The N.Y. Times, The New Yorker, New York magazine, The N.Y. Times Magazine, Opera News, USA Today, Huffington Post and Playbill, among others.
He is the author of BLACK AND BLUE: The Life and Lyrics of Andy Razaf, a N.Y. Times Notable Book of the Year; ALIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD, winner of an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for excellence in music writing; EVER AFTER: The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond; CHURCHILL STYLE: The Art of Being Winston Churchill, and the newly-published EVER AFTER: Forty Years of Musical Theater and Beyond 1977-2020.
He has written the lyrics and libretto for MISIA, a new musical featuring a previously undiscovered score by the legendary composer Vernon Duke, released in its world premiere recording by PS Classics.
He is also the founder and proprietor of CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, one of New York City's last independent bookstores, now in its 40th year.