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Review: We Go to the Theater With the Kids—and We All Loved A Year With Frog and Toad at Chicago Children’s Theatre

Nothing makes children’s theater more fun than seeing it with a roomful of giggly squirmy grade schoolers. Usually I review new plays at Chicago Children’s Theatre during a weekend performance—with […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 19, 2024
    • Beyond , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Midwest Premiere of From Here to Eternity Opens in Milwaukee

    War is hell, they say. But the months leading up to war can also be a kind of hell, as demonstrated by the characters in From Here to Eternity, a […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • April 16, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Beware of Scary Fairies in Impostor Theatre’s Beyond the Garden Gate

    Impostor Theatre Co.’s newest production is a sight to make your skin crawl, but you won’t be able to look away from the spectacle. Beyond the Garden Gate (written by Mallory Swisher […]

  • Row Light
  • April 14, 2024
    • Magic , Review , Stages

    Review: For a Good Time, Call Ondřej Pšenička’s 52 Lovers at the Magic Lounge

    Ondřej Pšenička. Photo by Martin Večeřa

    If you have never been, the Magic Lounge in Andersonville is a former laundry with a facade of machines tumbling clothes when you walk in. The magic begins at the […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • April 13, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Nana at Trap Door Theatre Reimagines Zola’s Tale of Sexual and Financial Greed

    The production is a visual spectacle. Ten actors in colorful, period costumes and stylized makeup perform on the tiny stage, which is tricked out with a more elaborate set design […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 13, 2024
    • Magic , Review , Stages

    Review: Joshua Jay: Look Closer Offers Magic and Memory at Rhapsody Theater

    As a longtime resident of Rogers Park, it warms my heart to see the Arts District coming to life again after the pandemic. One of the best things about the […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • April 9, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: PM Theater’s Touring Production of A Star Without a Name Explores Love and Happiness

    Ensemble of PM Theater's production of A STAR WITHOUT A NAME. Photo Credit: Alexander Karnyukhin

    “The world is full of pain as is. Instead, let’s talk about love!” PM Theater’s administrative producer Anna Bredikhina kicks off the top of the show with this sentiment. After […]

  • Lauren Katz
  • April 8, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Court Theatre Celebrates the Wonder and Terror of Theater Through a Doomed Duo in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

    Lights go up on a red curtain, hanging ominously over the titular characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead as they enact the famous coin-flipping scene that begins the play’s exploration of […]

  • Devony Hof
  • April 8, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Cock at Open Space Arts Is a Knock-Down, Drag-Out Good Time

    Open Space Arts is a collective that focuses on work that combats homophobia and antisemitism. The current production is Cock by British playwright Mike Bartlett. In 2009, the four-actor show debuted at […]

  • Row Light
  • April 7, 2024
    • Dance , Jazz , Review , Stages

    Review: Giordano Dance Chicago Gives New Life to Classic American Jazz Music

    Gordano Dance Chicago is in season 61 and has given a new visual life to some of the most iconic music by American composers. Founder Gus Giordano is considered one […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • April 7, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Bottled Spiders and Blood Splatter in Chicago Shakespeare’s Richard III 

    Now is the unseasonably warm winter of our discontent, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s new artistic director Edward Hall helms his first production on Navy Pier. Tony Award-nominated track and field […]

  • Karin McKie
  • February 13, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Otherworld Theatre’s Twihard! A Twilight Musical Parody Is a Comic Treat for Diehard Fans and Others

    A zany and eclectic soundtrack by Tiffany Keane Schaefer and Brian Rasmussen meets a zany and eclectic cast in this hilarious generation-specific parody. The three background musicians (Brian Rasmussen, Mark […]

  • Anthony Neri
  • February 12, 2024
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