JOURNALISM
This section includes freelance work and articles written as a critic and editor for The Daily Herald of suburban Chicago, The Daily Record of Morristown, New Jersey, and The Baltimore News American. As you can see, articles are divided into reviews and commentary, profiles of arts figures from Tennessee Williams to Anthony Quinn, and other feature stories. This is a small sample of my work. I once calculated that over ten years of full-time work as a critic I wrote more than one thousand reviews, most of them in the murky hours after the curtain fell. It was exhilarating work.
REVIEWS
A Flea in Her Ear puts smile on the lips 17 Apr 1985
A marvelous mishmash Kabuki Medea dassles and delights 22 July 1985
Brighton Beach Memoirs Neil Simon’s 26 Sep 1984
Center Stage expertly revives an American favorite 16 Nov 1983
Ginger Fred Fellini taps out an elegant satire 23 May 1986
Hoffman is Willy Loman yet playwright Miller stars
Laugh, cry with Chekhov 1 Feb 1984
Marceau leaves critic speechless
Milk Wood has Burton at his best 25 Sep 1985
On TV Dustin Hoffman shines in Death of a Salesman 15 Sep 1985
Paul Taylor Company flirts with Sunset and flits under the moon in Runes
Shepard’s comic side shines in Buried Child
Shortcomings obvious in Clothes 28 Feb 1980
Theater Review Verge has verve 9 Jan 1985
Woody’s Chameleon act 23 Sep 1983
PROFILES
Tom Stoppard. A man of his words but don’t hold him to them
Quinn. Actor, artist… and Zorba in a business suit
Mamet, the artist, admits he’s cocky. 21 March 1980
Lanford Wilson: alive, well and writing. 8 June 1980
FEATURES, COMMENTARIES, ETC.
A Festival Challenges Chicago’s Theater Style. June 28 1992.
The last picture show Family Fare hard to find on fading outdoor scene
What’s Wrong With Broadway Musicals That McCartney Couldn’t Fix?