Perry Stewart was theater critic and entertainment columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for almost four decades, chronicling the early careers of Betty Buckley, Sara Hickman, Brent Spiner, Stephen Bruton and T-Bone Burnett. He also reviewed film for the Star-Telegram during the late 1960s and early '70s and for the Cable Connection Magazine in the 1980s.

He wrote a general entertainment column for Fort Worth Magazine, under the name "Peggy Irvin" and reported on Fort Worth night life for Texas Monthly Magazine. Perry graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.A. in government, intending to be a political writer. In 1966, the Star-Telegram assigned him to cover the governor's race in his native Arkansas. Those articles prompted the newspaper to move him, sans explanation, to the entertainment desk.

Perry keeps a low profile, although the back of his head and silver ponytail are visible in the under-appreciated student/independent film, Limo Driver.

Email: perrystewart@theaterjones.com