Home People Ben Brantley Ben Brantley Benjamin D. "Ben" Brantley (born October 26, 1954) is an American journalist and the chief theater critic of The New York Times. Personal facts Birth dateOctober 26, 1954 Birth placeDurham North Carolina NationalityUnited States facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Ben Brantley on Wikipedia Ben Brantley External resources http://didhelikeit.com http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/b/ben_brantley/index.html