Decades earlier, in 1993, the weekly newspaper The Boston Phoenix reported that women at Gloucester Stage Company had accused Mr. Horovitz of sexual misconduct, but nothing was done. After The Times article appeared — one of a number of such articles about prominent men that helped propel the #metoo movement — Gloucester Stage severed its ties with him. Image A 1993 report in The Boston Phoenix described accusations by women at the Gloucester Stage Company in Massachusetts that Mr. Horovitz had sexually abused them. Mr. Horovitz traced his stage career to his writing a novel at 13. (Years later he earned a master’s degree in English literature at the City University of New York.)

Source: New York Times November 11, 2020 21:44 UTC