[1] Bauer went to DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, and then enrolled in New York University, earning a bachelor's degree in Journalism.

He conducted workshops and classes in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Spoleto, Italy, London and Sydney and Brisbane.

[3][9] Written just prior to his death in July 2015, Bauer's book Screenwriting Fundamentals: The Art and Craft of Visual Writing was published by Routledge in 2016.

"[11] The Wheaton Bill wrote, "We feel certain that any Jew could relate to the happenings on the stage,"[12] and the Toronto Star wrote "beyond understanding the tug of family, the unwitting destructiveness of which parents are capable, the hesitations of children about deviating from a traditional life-style, Bauer gives his people language bristling with drive, distinctiveness and the rough force of reality.

"[13] In 1975, The Seattle Times wrote that A Fine and Private Place "is a theatre piece of interest and merit.