How Theater Failed America at Victory Gardens Theater - Biograph

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

"...If these issues compel you or rile you up, “How Theater Failed America” is your show. If not, it will likely strike you as insider pool. Daisey is under no obligation to be fair and balanced and his passion is theatrically compelling, his humor engaging and his personality delicious dramatic. I wouldn't say this is the most unified monologue of this very gifted and singular writer-performer — the biographical elements sometimes inform the potent main critique, sometimes not. And some of the careful shading (such as keeping his objects of his withering critique anonymous) are at odds with his purported frankness."

Chicago Theater Beat - Recommended

"...Yet for all Daisey’s clear-eyed vision , How Theater Failed America is hardly a cynical show. That the actor survived masturbating to Genet is an ironclad testament to the fact that talent, in the end, can trump even the most daunting of obstacles. Yes, audiences are getting smaller, older and disturbing the actors with their wheezing oxygen tanks. Daisey’s touring nonetheless. And with a cracking fine show. If he has succeeded among theater’s many failures, there’s hope for the arts yet."