Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

"...Those who saw "George Gershwin Alone" (which ran for months) are likely to show up for "Monsieur Chopin," Felder's newest effort. They will enjoy themselves, even if they've never sat and listened to someone playing Chopin....Felder, a legitimate pianist, can really play his Chopin. All the way up to the balcony."

Chicago Sun Times - Recommended

"...Felder, already highly popular with Chicago audiences from his nearly yearlong run in "George Gershwin Alone," is a man of many talents: a splendid pianist, as well as an actor, writer, linguist and teacher. He has staked out a territory that not only makes full use of all these talents, but in the process conjoins the worlds of high art (which he makes highly accessible) and popular entertainment."

Daily Herald - Highly Recommended

"...Poet of the piano, Hershey Felder, paints a revealing portrait of this romantic, master composer, known for his delicate melodies and elegant compositions. Chopin lost his family and his country. Love eluded him. Yet from those disappointments came great music."

SouthtownStar - Highly Recommended

"...It's quite amazing but Felder is making great classical music popular again as demonstrated by his big box-office sales. His last presentation on Gershwin was scheduled for a month's run but stretched into a year. By the looks of the enthusiastic crowd enraptured by his Monsieur Chopin, it looks as if Felder will make this production another year-long affair...Felder's Monsieur Chopin offers not only an extraordinary opportunity to learn about Chopin the musician and Chopin the man, but also an exquisite opportunity to experience the most enchanting melodies of a musical genius."

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...though Felder's acting--which ranges from distant to cloyingly sentimental--gives the experience an encyclopedic quality: instead of offering experiences and insights, Monsieur Chopin provides facts and anecdotes. Until the very end, that is, when Felder breaks character to tell a few revelatory, deeply personal stories about Chopin in the third person and hosts a sing-along, which brings warmth to a cold evening."

ChicagoCritic - Highly Recommended

"...What Hershey Felder accomplishes here is to make Chopin appealing to a wider audience that the normal classical music crowd. He does so by giving personality and humanity to the genius composer/pianist."
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