Jack Zink has covered every aspect of show business throughout Florida for <I>Variety</I> since 1977, including a stint in the late '80s as Florida bureau chief, managing other writers across the state for <I>Variety's</I> special sections. He is currently theater critic and cultural affairs writer for the The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, with former posts as entertainment editor of The Palm Beach Post & Evening Times, entertainment editor of The Fort Lauderdale News, and entertainment columnist/critic for The Miami Herald. In 1976 Zink was the founder of The Carbonell Awards (South Florida's legit awards), and is currently that program's executive director. Zink is the immediate past president of the Foundation of the American Theatre Critics Assn.