JOHN KISHLINE

Fletch,

I share your objections to the concept of awards for theatrical endeavors in this town.

The only thing we could, should, and are qualified to award is the trophy for worst critic. We all get to read them and who knows better than us what it really takes to make it all work and which blowhard has the worst case of colitis of the ears. This is the award we should bestow at the end of every season, and then raise a mild corrective to those who survived it. But what to call it??? The "Orson" perhaps?

"A critic is someone who watches the battle from afar and then comes down and shoots all the wounded." - Balzac

Kish