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'Giant' fun for kids with strings attached
by Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times Theater Critic, February 8, 2008 |
Theater review |
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'Giant' speaks to kids, whether young, old
By Chris Jones, Tribune theater critic, February 5, 2008 |
Theater review |
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Fairy tale glows with strange fun --
'Snow Queen' provokes knowing mirth in a holiday romance
by Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times Theater Critic, December 17, 2007 |
Theater review |
| Reviews of Lisa Asher's show: Stranded in the Moonlight: The Music of Michael Peter Smith, from Dancing Bull music, August 2006 | Reviews of singer performing Michael's songs |
| ==> (Sept. 2007 See below for newly added Grapes of Wrath reviews from 1988-90) | |
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`Snow Queen' sounds good but is in need of a face-lift
By Chris Jones, Tribune theater critic, December 14, 2006 |
Theater review |
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Enchanting 'Queen' begs for swirl of action onstage
by Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times Theater Critic, December 13, 2006 |
Theater review |
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Variety review of Snow Queen
by Steven Oxman, Variety, December 10, 2006 |
Theater review |
| Conversation with Michael Smith aboutThe Snow Queen by Lavina Jadhwani of Victory Gardens Theater, November 2006 | Interview about theater and music |
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Michael responds to questions about Snow Queen
from Time Out Chicago, November 2006 |
Theater comments |
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It's time Fame caught up with songwriter
by Tom McNamee, Chicago Sun-Times, August 7, 2006 |
Interview and appreciation |
| Review of The Gift of the Magi CD (opens a new browser window), by Michael Devlin, in Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange | CD review |
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Review of
Such Things Are Finely Done CD
by Rich Warren, from Sing Out!, Winter 2004 (A Rich Warren favorite of 2003! ) |
CD review |
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Finely Done For Sure, Review of
Such Things Are Finely Done CD
(also mentions Live at Dark-Thirty CD)
by Arthur Wood, from Folkwax, 11/19/2003 |
CD review |
| Review of Such Things Are Finely Done CD (opens a new browser window), by Moshe Benarroc, in Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange | CD review |
| Review of There CD, from Performing Songwriter, December 2001 | CD review |
| Review of There CD (opens a new browser window), by Michael Devlin, in Music Matters Review | CD review |
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Parody is
'Mighty' form of flattery,
relieved folkie Smith finds --
Film spoof has ring of truth to folk singer
by Dave Hoekstra, Chicago Sun-Times, April 17, 2003 |
Michael's comments on "A Mighty Wind" |
| Interview in Music Matters Review (opens a new browser window) by Michael Devlin, Music Matters Review, Issue 14, 6/15/2000 | Interview with Michael |
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Making Interesting Songs: Michael Smith
by Tom Nelligan, Dirty Linen, June/July 1998 |
Long Interview / Bio |
| Rainbows in your pocket -- The unsung singer of some of the best songs ever written by Jeff Mahoney, Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ontario, June 1999 | Discovering Michael's music |
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Review of
Michael, Margaret, Pat & Kate CD
(opens a new browser window),
by Michael Devlin, in Music Matters Review |
CD review |
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New Era for 'Grapes of Wrath'
by Frank Rich, New York Times, March 23, 1990 |
Theater review |
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Excerpts
from other reviews ofGrapes of Wrath
Chicago, La Jolla, London, 1988-1989 |
Theater reviews |
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Big Budget
(Grapes of Wrath by
Steppenwolf Theatre Company at the Royal-George Theatre)
by Anthony Adler, Chicago Reader, September 23, 1988 |
Theater review |
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Steppenwolf offers a flawless, faithful 'Grapes of Wrath'
by Hedy Weiss, Theater Critic, Chicago Sun-Times, September 19, 1988 |
Theater review |
