“Sometimes getting praise from a critic is like having a proctologist tell you you’ve got a nice ass – -sooner or later, there’s still some pain to come.” That’s Center Theatre Group’s Michael Ritchie in a conversation with other LA theatre heads about the need for criticism. (Why are we not linking directly to the show on LA’s KPCC, where the conversation took place? Because Mac users seem to be out of luck if they want to listen in.)