The evening rush is on along Broadway in a near-constant flow that sounds more like white noise than cars. People walk past me, some coming out of the Berwyn el station. Along this stretch, Broadway and the el form both border and barrier between two distinct neighborhoods: To the west the largely white, affluent Lakewood-Balmoral […]
Author Archives: Peter M. Handler
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Vigilante Artists
Dear Reader editors, Last week [September 24] the Reader published a letter from someone hiding behind the initials D.D.B.S. D.D.B.S. claims the mantle of artist injured by the theater reviews of the Reader’s Justin Hayford [September 10]. D.D.B.S. feels that Justin Hayford “should be fired” and “should be beaten.” D.D.B.S. writes: “In general, I have […]
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7 Second Delay
7 SECOND DELAY at Sheffield’s Radio, in its heyday of dramatic serials and farfetched adventures, offered food for the imagination in a way that television never has. Instead, the argument goes, television stunts creative growth by giving us such complete images that no room remains for personal, imaginative exploration. 7 Second Delay, an hour-long comedy […]
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Talley and Son
TALLEY AND SON Reflections Theatre Ensemble To the casual observer, the Talley family seems to have it all — wealth, high social standing, and a big house. Owners of a local bank, and coowners of a clothing factory doing a booming business supplying uniforms to the Army during World War II, the Talleys appear fortunate […]