Education
Columbia University.
Columbia University.
Before serving as the chief theatre critic for the Daily News for twenty years, Kissel was the arts editor for Women"s Wear Daily. He also wrote a column for The Huffington Post. Kissel also authored a biography on theater producer David Merrick, entitled David Merrick, the Abominable Snowman, which was published in 1993.
Kissel was born on October 29, 1942 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attended Shorewood High School.
He attended Columbia University and Northwestern University.