Beckett's Waiting For Godot he wrote "The play, asking for a thousand readings, has none of its own to give. It is a veil rather than a revelation. It wears a mask rather than a face." Awards and honors Walter Kerr won a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1978 for "articles on the theater". In 1983, Kerr was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 1990, the former Ritz Theater on West 48th Street in the Theater District, New York was renamed the Walter Kerr Theatre in his honor. Works Books (selected) Criticism and Censorship (1954) How Not to Write a Play (1955) Pieces at Eight (1958) The Decline of Pleasure (1962) The Theatre in Spite of Itself (1963) Tragedy and Comedy (1967) Thirty Plays Hath November (1969) God on the Gymnasium Floor (1971) The Silent Clowns (1975) Journey to the Center of the Theater (1979) Broadway Count Me In 1942 musical – wrote book Sing Out, Sweet Land 1944 musical revue – wrote book and directed book The Song of Bernadette 1946 play – wrote book with Jean Kerr and directed Touch and Go 1949 musical revue – wrote sketches and lyrics with Jean Kerr and directed King of Hearts 1954 play – directed (written by Jean Kerr and Eleanor Brooke Goldilocks 1958 musical – wrote book and lyrics with Jean Kerr and Joan Ford (lyrics) and directed Other Miss Calypso – a Maya Angelou album that Kerr produced Stardust (1946) wrote (comedy), presented at the Catholic University, Washington, DC under the title Art and Prudence References Notes Miletich, Leo N. Broadway's prize-winning musicals (1993), Haworth Press, External links Walter and Jean Kerr Papers at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research walterkerrtheatre.com an unofficial Walter Kerr site with Show Archive, Works etc Walter Kerr Theater, New York Life Magazine Images: Walter & Jean Kerr Gene Doll Clothes samples of some of Kerr's dramatic criticism Biography at filmreference.com 1913 births 1996 deaths American theater critics Critics employed by The New York Times American film historians New York Herald Tribune people Catholic University of America faculty Northwestern University alumni Writers from Evanston, Illinois Writers from New Rochelle, New York Pulitzer Prize for Criticism winners Laetare Medal recipients 20th-century American historians 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers Catholics from New York (state) Catholics from Illinois Historians from Illinois American theatre directors Historians from