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Janice Kaplan is a television producer and former editor in chief of Parade magazine. She is the author or coauthor of 10 novels, including the bestselling Mine Are Spectacular and The Botox Diaries; A Job to Kill For, her latest is The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking On The Bright Side Can Transform Your Life.

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She Helped Discover Nuclear Fission—and Was Then Forgotten

Legacy

Lise Meitner's co-discovery of nuclear fission in the 1940s led to nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. But the scientific establishment ignored her ground-breaking work.

Janice Kaplan | Published Feb 17, 2020

‘Mean Girls’ Gets a Refreshing African Makeover

THEATRE

In ‘School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play,’ two surprising women writers getting laughs from racism, sexism, and Jane Austen.

Janice Kaplan | Published Nov 19, 2017

Why Trump Supporters Want ‘Julius Caesar’ to Die Horribly

Bloody

The Public Theater’s Central Park production of ‘Julius Caesar’ features a Trump-like Caesar whose gruesome onstage death has led to right-wing outrage and sponsors’ withdrawal.

Janice Kaplan | Published Jun 12, 2017

The Magic That Makes a Marriage

Together

Michael McKeever’s play ‘Daniel’s Husband’ begins as a portrait of a perfect relationship. But a sudden twist leads to a much darker story.

Janice Kaplan | Published Apr 04, 2017

Joan of Arc: Nevertheless, She Persisted

STANDING UP

In ‘Joan of Arc’ at the Public Theater, an androgynous heroine wages musical war.

Janice Kaplan, Katie Baker | Published Mar 15, 2017

The Shocking Play Inspired By Sandy Hook

TRAGEDY

The murders of 20 children and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 has inspired ‘On The Exhale,’ a gripping play by Martin Zimmerman, with Marin Ireland supplying a tour de force performance.

Janice Kaplan | Published Feb 26, 2017

Get Ready For Bette Midler on Broadway

Curtain Up

<p>Stand by for some very grand dames on Broadway: Bette Midler in <i>Hello, Dolly!</i> and Glenn Close in <i>Sunset Boulevard</i>. Plus, delicious anticipation for <i>Charlie and The Chocolate Factory</i>, and much more.</p>

Janice Kaplan | Published Dec 25, 2016

The Play That’s Also an Advice Column

LESSONS LEARNED

<p>Adapted from Cheryl Strayed’s book of the same name, the Public Theater’s <i>Tiny Beautiful Things</i> is a collection of stories that are sometimes moving, often insightful, and occasionally funny.</p>

Janice Kaplan | Published Dec 07, 2016

Learn a Hard Lesson in Relationships

Write Stuff

<p>In <i>The Babylon Line</i>, Josh Radnor plays a floundering writer teaching an adult ed creative writing class—and maybe finding love.</p>

Janice Kaplan | Published Dec 05, 2016

How To Have Dinner With James Joyce

Flavor

At an elegant NYC mansion, the latest addition to the world of immersive theater unfolds: brilliantly poetic, gorgeously acted—and it includes dinner.

Janice Kaplan | Published Nov 19, 2016

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