Background
Sullivan, Daniel Joseph was born on October 22, 1935 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Daniel and Irene Ann (Flagg) Sullivan.
Sullivan, Daniel Joseph was born on October 22, 1935 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Daniel and Irene Ann (Flagg) Sullivan.
AB, Holy Cross College, 1957. Postgraduate, University Minnesota, 1959. Postgraduate, University Southern California, 1965.
Postgraduate, Stanford University, 1979.
Reporter Worcester Telegram, Massachusetts, 1957, Red Wing Republican Eagle, Minnesota, 1959, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 1959-1961. Music and theater critic Minneapolis Tribune, 1961—1964. Comedy writer Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop, 1961-1964.
Music, theater reviewer New York Times, 1965—1968. Theater critic Los Angeles Times, 1969-1990. Dramaturg Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Waterford, Connecticut, 1972-1973, 93-98.
Instructor O'Neill National Critics Institute, Waterford, 1977-1992, associate director, 1993-1998, director, since 1999. Adjunct professor University Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1990. Juror theater panel National Endowment for Arts, 1983.
Juror Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1985, 89, 92. President Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, 1970-1971, Center for Arts Criticism, St. Paul, 1992-1995.
Member American Theater Critics Association (founding).
Married Helen Faith Scheid, 1965. Children: Margaret Ann, Benjamin, Kathleen.