Tice L. Miller was Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of "Bohemians and Critics: American Theatre Criticism in the Nineteenth Century," co-editor of "The American Stage: Social and Economic Issues from the Colonial Period to the Present" and "The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre," and an advising editor and contributor to "The Cambridge Guide to Theatre." His book, "Entertaining the Nation," was published in 2006.