Answering the critics is one thing; answering your critics is another
Nowadays, thanks to the comment facility to most online reviews, not to mention bulletin boards and Twitter, criticism is no longer a one-way monologue but a platform for multiple conversations to begin around a production. And as critics who dish it out, we occasionally have to take it, too: we're not immune to criticism, either. But should artists involved in a show ever answer back themselves? Steven Berkoff famou…