… is a journalist and radio personality whose reviews of plays, movies, and concerts, are of interest to all and especially to theSpanish-speaking public. Updates on movies and cultural events are a highlight during regular programming on radio and in Latino print media. In an effort to familiarize Spanish-speakers with the cultural events that are available  , items of local, regional, national and international flavor all come under the critical scrutiny of “El Conocedor ” (“the know-it-all”).

Arecent Broadway or Off-Broadway opening, the latest blockbuster from Hollywood, a week-end excursion to the Berkshires or Bilbao, Spain, the Salzburg Music Festival, the Passion Play at Oberramergau, the current exhibit at a world class museum or atone of the world’s little known treasures, an interview with Al Pacino ora famous tango instructor from Buenos Aires… all are subjects fordiscussion, enlightenment or just plain fun when El Conocedor, radio personality and journalist with years of experience in the arts, shares his point of view and personal style with his public on radio, in print in andat his popular web page elconocedor.net .

A member of ATCA (American Theatre Critics Association), the International Association of Theatre Critics, and the New York Drama Desk, Mr. Gentile is a member of the executive/nominating committee of the prestigious Outer Critics Circle of New York. Thomás Gentile, el Conocedor, is one of only a very few recognized critics to address a large population in Spanish. Respected at home and abroad by press agents and public for his witty and on-target remarks, his work is of interestto a wide and varied audience with an appeal that both Latinos and non-native speakers of Spanish will recognize. Thomas Gentile, el Conocedor—of Broadway and everywhere else.