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Editorial page editor/critic @ChicagoTribune & theater critic @NYDailyNews. Director, National Critics Institute. Author, Rise Up! (Bloomsbury) PhD Ohio State.
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Column: At the Stratford Festival, an artistic director retires. Prematurely, of course.

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By Chris Jones Verified
| Miami Herald Verified
STRATFORD, Ontario - I have come to realize that I do not approve of excellent artistic directors leaving theaters when they still have much to give. At some point during the COVID crisis, it became an article of faith that longtime artistic leaders should "make way," or some other such nonsense, usually propagated by those with a vested interest in acquiring their jobs. Many felt pressured to go, even if they did not want to in their heart of hearts.
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Column: At the Stratford Festival, an artistic director retires. Prematurely, of course.

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By Chris Jones Verified
| Belleville News-Democrat Verified
STRATFORD, ONTARIO - I have come to realize that I do not approve of excellent artistic directors leaving theaters when they still have much to give. At some point during the COVID crisis, it became an article of faith that longtime artistic leaders should “make way,” or some other such nonsense, usually propagated by those with a vested interest in acquiring their jobs. Many felt pressured to go, even if they did not want to in their heart of hearts.
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Review: In ‘Catch as Catch Can’ at Steppenwolf, a lot of the audience probably didn’t

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By Chris Jones Verified
| EIN News
Jerome Lawrence, the late, great author of “Inherit the Wind,” had several commandments for playwrights. High on the list was “Thou shalt not take the money of thine audience without letting them know what goeth on.” I’d say, observationally, that a fair portion of the audience at the opening night of Mia Chung’s “Catch As Catch Can” at Steppenwolf Theatre found themselves scratching their heads over precisely who was who and when and, yet more importantly, to what end in the here and now.
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