Author Fred Landau's online theater parodies have been described by Broadway great Lin Manuel Miranda as "a local treasure." Fred has written books and/or lyrics for many acclaimed theatrical productions, and his parodies have been excerpted on CNN's AC360 and Situation Room, quoted online in the New York Times, the Village Voice, and Deadline.com, included in college-level courses, and ranked among the top ten in industry rundowns. Fred was called "lyrically gifted" by Noah Remnick in the New York Times' "New York Today" column, and legendary comedy writer Mark Evanier called him a "master parody writer." He is an alumnus of the BMI and ASCAP musical theatre workshops, graduated from Harvard Law School and has masters degrees from NYU Law School and Brooklyn College.