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David Zak has worked as for over 25 years as a director, writer, educator, photographer, and Artistic Director in the Chicago Theater Scene, working on everything from HAMLET performed with deaf actors to exciting new works like JERRY SPRINGER - THE OPERA.

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Critics Nightmare #1. Topol in Fiddler on the Roof

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Well we have heard the Actor Horror Stories! Now it's time to hear stories from the other side of the aisle as the critics we have met in the...
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Meet the Critics 15: Kris Vire from Time Out Chicago

Monday, November 9th, 2009

How did you get started in this part of the business? Do you have formal theater or criticism training? If the clichés are that theater...
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Meet the Critics #14: Dennis Polkow of New City

How did you get started in this part of the business? I never set out to be a “critic” as such, though I grew up surrounded by the...
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Meet the Critics #13: Zac Thompson of the Reader

How did you get started in this part of the business? Do you have formal theater or criticism training? A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF HOW I GOT STARTED IN...
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Meet the Critics #12: Hedy Weiss of the Chicago SunTimes.

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When I started this series this fall, I figured that Hedy Weiss and Chris Jones needed no introduction to Chicago theater goers, and that they were...
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Meet the Critics #11: Colin Douglas of Center Stage Chicago

How did you get started in this part of the business? Do you have formal theater or criticism training? As an AEA audition monitor I meet many...
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Meet the Critics #10: Brian Kirst of Chicago Free Press

Brian Kirst has been a refreshing new voice in theater criticism in the last few years. So sorry, Brian, about the bloody pix I found of you on FB....
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Meet the Critics # 9: Albert N. Williams of Chicago Reader

Albert Williams has been a part Chicago's theater for decades and has contributed mightily to the scene as journalist, artist, and professor....
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Meet the Critics #8: Catey Sullivan from Chicago Magazine, etc.

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My 'Meet the Critics' series picks up again with a someone who has contributed greatly to awarness of Chicago theater, especially for suburban...
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Meet the Critics #7: Tom Williams of www.chicagocritic.com.

Tom Williams was the first critic I was aware of to start writing for a website, instead of printed media - his own website www.chicagocritic.com....
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