AMERICAN JOURNALIST DAVID MARGOLICK ON SID CAESAR AND AMERICAN COMEDY

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David Margolick, an acclaimed American journalist, author, and contributing editor known for his incisive cultural reporting and historical narratives, has been a long-time contributing editor at Vanity Fair and has held editorial roles at Newsweek and Portfolio.com, bringing depth and clarity to stories on law, culture, and society.

Before joining Vanity Fair, Margolick spent fifteen years at The New York Times as a legal affairs reporter, where he wrote the weekly “At the Bar” column and covered high-profile trials including those of O.J. Simpson, Lorena Bobbitt, and William Kennedy Smith. His work at the Times was entered four times for the Pulitzer Prize, and he remains a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review. His writing has also appeared in The New York Review of Books, Tablet, and The Forward.

Margolick is the author of numerous nonfiction books that explore significant cultural and historical subjects. These include Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, Strange Fruit: The Biography of a Song, Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock, and Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns. In 2025 he published When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy. Educated at the University of Michigan and Stanford Law School, he has also taught journalism at New York University. Margolick lives in New York City and Sag Harbor.

Mark Nadler is the recipient of eight awards from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets, three Backstage Bistros, two New York Nightlife Awards, two Broadway World Awards, two Bay Area Outer Critics’ Circle Awards and the coveted Donald F. Smith Award for Cabaret Excellence given by The Mabel Mercer Foundation.  He has been a soloist with major orchestras, playing everywhere from Carnegie Hall to Philadelphia’s 14,000 seat amphitheater at The Mann Center.  His performance in the Parisian production of “Gaby DesLys” garnered him a nomination for the prestigious Trophée de la Théâtre Musicale.  His off-Broadway show, “I’m a Stranger Here Myself”, was honored with a New York Nightlife Award, a Drama Desk nomination and a nomination for Australia’s highest performing arts honor, the Helpmann Award.  www.MarkNadler.com.