Chris Jones

Quick Facts

Full Name	Chris Jones
Date Of Birth	Sep 10, 1963(1963-09-10)
Age	61
Birthplace	Manchester
Birth City	Manchester
Horoscope	Capricorn

Chris Jones Biography

Chris Jones is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on September 10, 1963 in Manchester, Manchester, ****. Christopher Nigel “Chris” Jones (born September 10, 1963) is a British-American journalist and academic. He is the chief theater critic and Sunday culture columnist of the Chicago Tribune. In 2014, he also become the director of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Critics Institute. Jones appears live on the news broadcast of CBS-2 Chicago as a weekly theater critic. In 2001, he was featured in an article in American Theatre magazine about the 12 most influential theater critics in America. In 2016, the New York Times cited Jones as an important reason that Broadway shows try-out in Chicago, noting the role his reviews have played in helping producers improve productions for New York runs.

In 2015, Jones was a co-winner of the George Jean Nathan Award, the most prestigious award for drama criticism in the United States. Chosen annually by the English department chairs from Cornell, Princeton and Yale, the Nathan Award honors scholarly and journalistic dramatic criticism. In making the award, the committee highlighted Jones’ review of The Project(s), an American Theater Company docudrama exploring the lives of Chicago public housing residents.

Telling the story of Chicago’s theatrical history, his book, Bigger, Brighter, Louder: 150 Years of Chicago Theater (published in 2013 by the University of Chicago Press, ISBN 9780226059266) showcases the plays, writers and productions that went on to shape the country’s theatrical landscape. A tryout of A Raisin in the Sun with then unknown Sidney Poitier, a “lost” interview with Tennessee Williams, the first performance of the musical Grease, and the biting wit of Claudia Cassidy and Peregrine Pickle are collected among dozens of reviews, each featuring commentary by Jones that puts the excerpt into cultural and historical context.

His other honors include the Gold Medallion from the American College Theatre Festival, for his work with young theater critics. He has received five Peter Lisagor Awards from the Chicago Headline Club for arts criticism and arts and entertainment reporting and the Illinois Theatre Association’s 2012 Award of Honor. In 2013 he was awarded the James Friend Memorial Award for Literary and Dramatic Criticism by the Society of Midland Authors for his “exemplary contribution to theater, culture and the arts.” In 2016, he was the Maegene Nelson Visiting Scholar at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.

In 2015, Jones wrote the introduction to How to Write About Theater, a book published by Methuen. (ISBN 9781472520548)

Chris Jones Net Worth

Chris Jones is one of the richest Journalist from . According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chris Jones 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jones started his career as a critic in the 1980s by contributing film reviews, interviews, and reports for WCBE-FM in Columbus, Ohio, and also served as the long-time film critic for the Columbus Alive alternative weekly newspaper. Beginning in the mid-1980s, he began writing for Variety and Daily Variety, developing a particular specialty in reviewing out-of-town tryouts of Broadway musicals, for which he became nationally known. During this time, his arts criticism was also often published in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Washington Post, American Theatre magazine as well as other newspapers and magazines. He is among the most prolific critics in the nation, reviewing about 200 Chicago shows a year and covering all the major Broadway openings.

From 1990-2000, Jones taught at Northern Illinois University, variously as assistant professor, associate professor and then as professor and associate chair of the School of Theatre and Dance. From 2000 to 2002, he served as associate dean of The Theatre School at DePaul University, where he remains an adjunct professor. He left his tenured post in academe to join the Chicago Tribune in 2002.

Jones authored, Rise Up! Broadway and American Society from ‘Angels in America’ to ‘Hamilton’, a book published by Bloomsbury in 2018. (ISBN 9781350071933)

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Chris Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in. Chris Jones celebrates birthday on September 10 of every year.

Who is Chris Jones married to?

Jones married his wife Angela on New Year’s Day, 2014. The ceremony was held on the 50-yard-line on the field of Gillette Stadium.

Where did Chris Jones go to college?

Mississippi State University

Who is Chris Jones animator?

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Born| October 14, 1969
Nationality| American
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How many children does Chris Jones have?

He is survived by seven children , Jennifer Strasberg, Christopher Jones Jr., Jeromy McKenna, Delon Jones, Tauer Jones, Calin Jones, and Seagen Jones. He is interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Where did Chris Jones go to high school?

Education