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Chris Silk joined the Daily News in January 1999. He graduated summa cum laude from the honors program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe with a degree in Journalism and minors in Spanish and History.
While at ULM, he spent four semesters as editor of his college newspaper, The Pow Wow, which was honored with a public service journalism award from the Southeastern Journalism Conference and a "Best in Louisiana" award from the Louisiana Press Association.
Chris interned at the Daily News through the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Online Editing program in the summer of 1998 before returning to Naples full-time to work on the Web desk. He remembers when there were only two lanes headed over the Gordon River on U.S. 41 and you could see cows along Interstate 75 in Bonita Springs.
Chris began reviewing local theater performances for the Daily News during the fall of 2007. His first review was of Queen Latifah's slamming performance at the Philharmonic, while his favorite so far has been "Eagle Fruit," British playwright Terry Johnson's scream-and-leap blast of performance art for the spiritually deprived from the Laboratory Theater of Florida in December 2009.
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Review: "Jersey Boys" makes beautiful music, dazzles audiences in Fort Myers
Published 02/04/2012 at 10:33 a.m.
I don't know that I'll every be fully seduced by the "Jersey Boys," which plays through Feb. 19 at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers. I do know that it's the slickest, glossiest and best-packaged piece ...
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Review: Baseball fable "Damn Yankees" strikes out at the Philharmonic
Published 02/03/2012 at 10:24 a.m.
"Damn Yankees" slid into the Naples Philharmonic for a one-night stand Thursday. Sultry Lola got a sold-out house, even if she didn't get her man. The audience wasn't so lucky. While the show had its moments, it was plagued by ...
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Hey there, Jersey Boy! Casting director reveals secrets of finding actors for hit musical
Published 02/02/2012 at 1:24 p.m.
When Merri Sugarman sits down to cast a "Jersey Boy," she's not just looking for a singer. She's looking for a singer, an actor, a dancer and most of all - "guys who have a swagger in them."
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Review: Naples Players present stirring production of "Doubt"
Published 02/02/2012 at 12:48 p.m.
The Naples Players went back to school - Catholic school - Wednesday with John Patrick Shanley drama "Doubt." Gossip, whispers, shouts, sermons, certainties, doubts and screams flash across the stage. What do we know? When do we know it? And ...
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Review: Gulfshore Playhouse wins "Race" for buzz with riveting Mamet drama
Published 01/30/2012 at 7:42 a.m.
Gulfshore Playhouse dove into the discussion about race in America Friday night. David Mamet's searing cannonball of a play "Race," with unsayable words, unthinkable deeds and shocking twists burns across the stage. You'll watch, stare and gasp. You'll also laugh. ...
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Review: Operatic "Les Misérables" brilliant, passionate but inconsistent at Naples Philharmonic
Published 01/25/2012 at 6:30 a.m.
A re-designed and re-orchestrated vision of "Les Misérables" swung into the Philharmonic Tuesday. There's much to love - a towering Valjean, a thundering Javer, phantasmic effects and glorious voices. Yet, for all the soaring crescendo of sound, the production feels ...
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Gulfshore Playhouse offers double serving of Yasmina Reza in 2012-13 season
Published 01/23/2012 at 10:37 a.m.
Gulfshore Playhouse revealed a 2012-13 season with three recent Tony award winners Monday - including a double bill of striking Yasmina Reza works "Art" and "God of Carnage." "Master Class" and "The Whipping Man" join these in one of Kristen ...
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Review: Broadway Palm finds comedy in "Squabbles" between bickering in-laws
Published 01/23/2012 at 8:46 a.m.
Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre dropped a squawking father-in-law in the same room with a prissy mother-in-law Saturday night. She tried to kill him at the wedding with a cake cutter. He serves her saltines. Thirty-year-old play "Squabbles" dishes up big ...
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Review: BIG ARTS sets sail for the French Riviera with sparkling "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
Published 01/18/2012 at 5:49 a.m.
BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater on Sanibel got naughty this weekend. Con men visited the French Riviera - snatching cash, jewels and hearts with abandon. Champagne flowed. Dancers twirled. The "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" made off with a bag of cash ...
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Review: "Late Nite Catechism" roll dice, hits big in world premiere at Naples Philharmonic
Published 01/17/2012 at 2:57 a.m.
Flavors from across the religious spectrum crowded into the Daniels Pavilion at the Naples Philharmonic Monday for the world premiere of "Late Nite Catechism Las Vegas: Sister Rolls the Dice." Denise Fennell's stern nun came up trumps on laughter, with ...
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