Born in
Manhattan, Raidy earned degrees from
Georgetown University,
New York University, and the
Sorbonne. He also took theatre courses at the
Yale School of Drama. He began his career in journalism in the mid 1940s as a features writer for the
Long Island Press. In the mid 1960s he became the theatre critic for
Newhouse News Service and
The Star-Ledger, a position he remained in until his death three decades later. He died in 1993 at
New York University Medical Center at the age of 70. In his book ''The Critics' Canon: Standards of Theatrical Reviewing in America'', Richard H. Palmer uses critiques by Raidy to discuss ways in when theatre critics deliberate about the strengths and weaknesses of plot development, analyze dialogue, and review choreography. ==References==