During my tenure at the Sun-Times, I was a leader in nontraditional story telling. Here, features writer Misha Davenport, executed my idea to tell the story of the scenery of a restaurant or theater set. As journalists, reviewers and critics don’t give much space to the atmospherics that contribute to a production. In this we, the Sun-Times features staff, could tell the WHOLE story of a venue. In the cases below, we deconstruct the settings of an August Wilson play and a restaurant, Marche, designed by a Chicago-based restauranteur known for his visual flourishes.
