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David A. Kaufman is an American writer and theatre critic, based in New York City.

Kaufman's book on Doris Day, Doris Day: The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door, ISBN   1-905264-30-5 was published on June 10, 2008 by Virgin Books. The book was excerpted, in an article titled "Doris Day's Vanishing Act", in the May 2008 issue of Vanity Fair . Kaufman interviewed more than 175 people in the course of his research.

Kaufman's previous work, about the American playwright Charles Ludlam was Ridiculous!: The Theatrical Life and Times of Charles Ludlam (2002) ISBN   1-55783-588-8.

Kaufman has been covering the theater in New York since 1981. A former theater critic for the New York Daily News, he is also a long-time contributor to the Nation, Vanity Fair, the Village Voice and the New York Times. His biography of Mary Martin, Some Enchanted Evenings, is published by St. Martin's Press (2016).

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