Taubman, Howard
(1907–1996)
TAUBMAN, HOWARD. Critic; b. New York, New York, July 5, 1907; d. Fairfield, Connecticut, January 8, 1996. Howard Taubman’s career was associated more with music than with theater, but he was the drama critic of the New York Times for a brief period. While at Cornell University he held a part-time job at the New York Post copy desk. In 1929, after his graduation, he moved to the Times. A year later he started work in the music division. In 1935 he became music editor for the Times and remained…