The crowd was silent. You could hear a pin drop. I could feel the tension bubbling around me as everyone looked up at Marie (performed by Elayne Kramer), perched on […]
Otherworld Theatre’s world premiere staging of Garters opens with four ensemble members (Chloe Basset, Bruce Holtman, Quinton Walker, and Kylie Carroll) welcoming the audience with a fourth-wall-breaking prologue. The four remain in […]
A Little Night Music makes so many incisive points about aging that it ought to come with a trigger warning—or better yet, be required viewing—for people over 50. And what […]
At David Kwong’s The Enigmatist, an experience that is part immersive theater, part magic show and even part stand-up, the show begins before you even enter the theater. Theatergoers to […]
The world premiere of Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution appears as America must be reminded that the power of a dedicated group can cause significant changes. It is also a reminder […]
Something told me that The Function would be a scene when I pulled up to a warehouse space in East Garfield Park. Fortunately, the people I am around most gave […]
Review by Nena Martins. Though the film world is no stranger to technological dystopias, it is rare to see a play take on the science fiction genre. Jackalope Theatre’s world […]
The Danish Play by Three Crows Theatre is a human and relevant story about the Danish Resistance during World War II. The anti-fascists in Denmark are a small but determined bunch […]
The Prodigal Daughter, now on stage at Raven Theatre, is the third and final installment in the Grand Boulevard Trilogy by playwright Joshua Allen. The commissioned work is the third […]
Chicago is no stranger to Broadway trials—especially adaptations of classic films. We have seen countless move through the city over the years, and many seem to fall into the trap […]
The tragedy of Bigger Thomas has had many iterations since Richard Wright’s novel Native Son was published in 1940. Set in 1939 Chicago, at least two film versions and several […]
Turret, a new show written and directed by Chicago playwright Levi Holloway, is born from a cinematic legacy of horror, apocalypse, and suspense, and it uses the mechanisms of live […]