AT portrait  


Written and performed by W. Allen Taylor
 


Reviews

Tony Brown
Theater Critic - The Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio

"...a deeply personal story, a chapter of this great city's history and an account of a pivotal era in broadcasting and popular music."
http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1181724211108010.xml&coll=2


Fran Heller
Cleveland Jewish News
Cleveland, Ohio

"...Entertaining and informative, the show’s broadest appeal lies in Taylor’s bravura performance...."
http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2007/06/15/features/arts/aarts0615.txt
 

James Damico
Cleveland Free Times
Cleveland, Ohio

"....a breathtaking kaleidoscopic gallery of effortlessly drawn, economically minimal, but surgically accurate thumbnail sketches of the broad range of folks ....distinctly brought to life with the most human credibility."
http://www.freetimes.com/stories/15/6/oneman-grand
 

Robert Hurwitt
San Francisco Chronicle
“Taylor's quest for such wisdom is the intriguing core of a piece subtitled ‘In Search of My Father.’
The art he makes of that search is not only enlightening but moving, funny and captivating as well.”
Search for his father set stage for one-man show
Robert Hurwitt, Chronicle Theater Critic Tuesday, January 10, 2006

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/10/DDGOIGKNDD1.DTL
 

Chad Jones
Oakland Tribune
“The more Taylor delves into his father's past, the more interesting the show gets,
so that the finale, in which we come as close as we can to actually meeting Bill Hawkins,
is tremendously rewarding.”

W. Allen Taylor goes walkin' and talkin' in search of absent father
Oakland Tribune,  Jan 12, 2006  by Chad Jones, STAFF WRITER


Sam Hurwitt
East Bay Express
"W. Allen Taylor's one-man show about searching for the father
he never knew, the first black disc jockey in Cleveland, shows considerable
polish, funny and poignant in all the right places."
What's Happening in East Bay Theater East Bay Express  February 8, 2006
Walkin’ Talkin’ Bill Hawkins

 
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2006-02-08/culture/what-s-happening-in-east-bay-theater/2