While still a student at Hunter College, Linda Armstrong began her long career as a theater critic, walking into former Wilbert Tatum’s office at the Amsterdam News building in 1985 and getting an opportunity to write about what she wanted. For the last 40 years, she has established a name as one of the leading voices for Broadway, off-Broadway, and Black theater productions.

On October 27, Armstrong will be honored by the Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza at 6 pm.

Armstrong has regularly written for the AmNews for 40 years, but is also the arts and entertainment editor for Harlem News and has written for several other publications, including TheatreWeek, Headliner Magazine, Our Time Press, and Playbill Online.

From a young age, Armstrong was drawn to the

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