By now, some of you may have heard of the passing of my former colleague Chris Page, long the theater critic in these parts. I want to say this about Chris: His wit was thumbtack-sharp. The one and only time I hung out with him - a screening of the “Dawn of the Dead” remake - he drew an on-the-spot comparison between brain-devouring zombies and Atkins dieters (the former shunned non-human flesh like the latter shunned breadsticks at Olive Garden) that made me laugh out loud. I used the analogy in the review, and attributed it to “a friend.” Having read some of the recollections posted on this site and others, I wish we really had become friends. His intellectual curiosity and relentless appetite for exploration were obvious to anyone who knew him, even casually. He was a sweet guy. A unique soul. And an exemplary critic. I’ll never nibble on an Olive Garden breadstick without thinking of him.

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