"Play by Play" is just what the title indicates—a collection of Kalb's theatre critiques, collected from The Village Voice and The New York Post, where Kalb was theatre critic until 2001. Kalb is the author of several books, including studies on playwrights Samuel Beckett and Heiner Muller, and is a professor at Hunter College, where he edits the theatre website, HOTreview.org. The Lincoln Square Barnes & Noble is located at Broadway and 66th Street in Manhattan.