About Jon Kaplan
Lived 1947 – 2017 (aged 69–70). Jon Kaplan was a journalist and theatre critic.
Jon Kaplan (1947–2017) was a Canadian theatre critic. He was the senior theatre writer at NOW Magazine.
Early life and education Kaplan grew up in Florida. He graduated from Brandeis University in 1969 with a degree in English before moving to Canada. He later received a master's degree in English from York University. His thesis was on Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre.
Career Kaplan began his career as a theatre critic in Toronto in the 1970s writing reviews for The Body Politic.
He wrote his last review for NOW two weeks before his death in 2017. He was survived by his husband, Don Cole.
The Jon Kaplan Legacy Fund and the associated annual Jon Kaplan Awards are named in his honour. The Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Award, awarded as part of Toronto's Dora Awards, is also named for Kaplan.
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Canadian theatre critic (1947–2017)
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Jon Kaplan was a journalist and theatre critic.
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