Red Orchid Theatre Presents EVENING AT THE TALK HOUSE –Cocktails and Cannibals
(left to right) Miguel Nunez, Natalie West, Kirsten Fitzgerald, Noah Simon, Sadieh Rifai Photo: Michael Brosilow Prepare to Get Reeled In and Prepare to Feel Sick Upon Arrival Imagine that you haven’t...
View ArticleAthenaeum Theatre Presents PIAF! THE SHOW Review — a rose-tinted portrait
Anne Carrere in PIAF! THE SHOW, written and directed by Gil Marsalla. Photo by Alain Biguet It was a night for Francophiles. An official-looking man with a badge around his neck stood in the lobby...
View ArticleRemy Bumppo Presents THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH Review—A Play for the End of the...
A Play Whose Time has Come Around Again “The sun rose this morning at 6:32 a.m.,” the newscaster excitedly informs us at the beginning of the play. It seems lots of people thought it might not....
View ArticlePride Films & Plays Presents HIS GREATNESS Review – Intimacy and Misery
Danne W. Taylor and Whitman Johnson The spirit of Tennessee Williams is alive, and maybe not so well, in Pride Films & Plays’ superb production of HIS GREATNESS. The atmosphere, tension and human...
View ArticleNeo-Futurists present TANGLES & PLAQUES Review: A Journey Through Memory
(L to R) Mike Hamilton, Kaitlyn Andrews, Dan Kerr-Hobert, Ida Cuttler and Nick Hart in TANGLES & PLAQUES Joe Mazza Brave Lux Dementia: a set of symptoms including decline in intellectual function,...
View ArticlePivot Arts presents CAN’T LOOK BACK/MUST LOOK BACK Review- Understanding the...
Sarah Lo with a projected photo from James A. Bowey’s exhibit “When Home Won’t Let You Stay” in Pivot Arts’ world premiere of DON’T LOOK BACK/MUST LOOK BACK. Photo by Michael Brosilow. What if we had...
View ArticleRefuge Theatre Company Presents LYSISTRATA JONES Review – Greek Comedy Updated
Mary-Margaret Roberts and Collin Sanderson The authenticity of the environmental storytelling of Refuge Theatre Company continues to immerse audiences directly into the story in their latest production...
View ArticleSaint Sebastian Players Present THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA Review – Classic...
1 2 3 4 The Saint Sebastian Players (SSP) open the company’s 37th season with an alternative and eccentric approach of the intense drama written by Federico Garcia Lorca: The House of Bernarda Alba....
View ArticleCirque du Soleil Presents CRYSTAL at the Sears Center Arena Review – A...
1 2 3 Photos courtesy of Cirque du Soleil First Cirque du Soleil production on ICE For the very first time, a Cirque du Soleil production is performed on ice. Although this uncharted territory is an...
View ArticleDrury Lane 42ND STREET Review – Bringing the 20s to the 21st Century
The cast of 42nd Street Photo: Brett Beiner A pounding bass... A slicing electric guitar... Classic jazz hits? Battle of the Bands has never described anything more accurately than Drury Lane’s most...
View ArticleJuan Castañeda: A Chicago director finds renewed truth in MARISOL
Juan Castañeda works with cast members of Promethean Theatre Ensemble's revival of Jose Rivera's MARISOL Photo: Promethean Theatre Ensemble Juan Castañeda is deep into rehearsals for Promethean Theatre...
View ArticlePromethean Theatre Ensemble Presents MARISOL Review – Celebrating the 25th...
1 2 3 From the opening scene, in which a golf club-wielding homeless man delivers an apparently delusional monologue about his guardian angel abandoning him as he advances menacingly on the title...
View ArticleBarrel of Monkeys Presents STORIES ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS – And Then the Toilet...
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 At the risk of later finding all adult-oriented entertainment flat and boring, setting aside a few hours on a Sunday afternoon to experience the antics of Barrel of Monkeys is a top...
View ArticleHarris Theater Hosts RUSSIAN GRAND BALLET’S NUTCRACKER – One night only
COURTESY OF HARRIS THEATER For one show only, the Russian Grand Ballet presents full-length classic production of one of the world's most famous ballets - Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker. Founded by graduates...
View ArticleNothing Without a Company presents BOBBY PIN GIRLS – Millennial tragedies...
Millennial Tragedies Have Never Been so Funny Drawings cover the walls, music blares, and rows of chairs/egg crates are mere feet from the set. From the moment we walk in, the audience is transported...
View ArticleAmerican Theater Company presents WELCOME TO JESUS Review: A Trip to Hallelujah
Rashaad Hall (Him), Taylor Blim (Dixie Danver), Stacy Stoltz (Ma Danver) and Casey Morris (Officer Mike Danver) in American Theater Company's world premiere of WELCOME TO JESUS Michael Brosilow. Total...
View ArticleBroadway in Chicago presents WHITE CHRISTMAS Review: Celebrating a Magical...
1 2 3 I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow. - "White Christmas," by Irving Berlin...
View ArticleAbout Face Theatre SIGNIFICANT OTHER Review – Here Comes Love, Here Comes...
Amanda Drinkall, Alex Weisman and Tiffany Oglesby Photo: Michael Brosilow Facing the future is one thing. Facing the future alone is another. It’s easier when you have a partner to depend on, but we’ve...
View ArticleArianna Soloway presents PINE Review: A Charming Christmas Comedy
(L to R) Logan Hulick “Joe,” Elise Spoerlein “Gabby,” Sunny Anam “Taj” and Aria Szalai-Raymond “Betty” in PINE Matthew Freer Upon entering Festive Pines, audiences are met with an open space surrounded...
View ArticleBroadway in Chicago GOBSMACKED – Shaking the Rafters with Song
1 2 3 4 5 Broadway in Chicago Offering for A Capella Fans A capella has hit its stride thanks to the likes of Pitch Perfect bringing collegiate a cappella to the big screen and groups like Pentatonix...
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