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Review: Lyric Opera’s The Magic Flute Is a Contemporary, Inventive Adaptation That Lets the Music Shine

The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute, a German opera by Mozart, first premiered in Vienna in 1791; Mozart himself conducted the orchestra that night. In the more than 200 years since, the show […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • November 20, 2021
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s As You Like It Combines the Bard and the Beatles to Surprising, Engaging Results

    As You Like It

    Over the centuries, Shakespeare has been adapted in countless ways. It’s the appeal of his work, after all: universal in its appeal, timeless in its messages, and just as entertaining […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 20, 2021
    • Opera , Review , Reviews , Stages

    Review: Lyric Uncorks the Charm with The Elixir of Love 

    The two works that began Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2021-22 season could hardly contrast more. The first opening, on September 17, was Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth: Dark, brutal, gory, filled with lust for power, rage […]

  • Bob Benenson
  • September 28, 2021
    • Classical , Review

    Review: Music of the Baroque Ends Live-Streamed Season With Sacred Music and an Allelujah

      Music of the Baroque‘s COVID-shortened season of six monthly live-streamed concerts ended this month with its Musica Sacra – Bach & Purcell concert. The most important thing to note […]

  • Bob Benenson
  • June 17, 2021
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Joffrey’s World Premiere Boléro Shines on the Small Screen, Despite Technical Missteps

    In this brave new normal, ballet premieres come while you’re sitting alone on your couch, instead of in a glittering theater gathered with hundreds of other balletomanes breathlessly awaiting. Perhaps nowadays you […]

  • Angela Allyn
  • March 1, 2021
    • Review , Stages , Virtual

    Review: Robert O’Hara’s Barbecue, Newly Cooked Up for Our Virtual World

    Robert O’Hara’s funny, snarky familyish drama Barbecue was staged by Strawdog Theatre in 2017 in Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theatre. It’s set in a public park where four siblings, led by one […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 12, 2020
    • Front page , Review

    Your #StaytheFHome Chicago Curated Weekend: 7/30 and Beyond

    Chicago has been letting businesses reopen their doors for quite a while now. So if you’re going to a drive-in  movie (like Chicago Drive In, Drive-in at Lincoln Yards Lot, […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • July 30, 2020
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Virtual Travel, Virtual Theater:  Irish Rep Streams Moving Production of Friel’s Molly Sweeney

      When I’m in New York, I always make it a point to see the current production at Irish Repertory Theatre in the Chelsea neighborhood, one of the best off-Broadway […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 13, 2020
    • Preview , Review , Stages , Theater

    Chicago Theaters Go Virtual During the Virus; Goodman Streams School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

    In these “AC,” After COVID, times, Chicago theaters are offering online content to fill the gap of canceled shows and in-person instruction (as well as the yawning expanse of endless […]

  • Karin McKie
  • April 26, 2020
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Steppenwolf’s I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Is Nearly Perfect

    I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is a pretty perfect play, full of youthful exuberance and teen angst, righteous anger and pure joy, and seasoned with tacos and horchata, […]

  • Karin McKie
  • March 4, 2020
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: National Book Award-Winner Middle Passage Adrift On Stage

    Lifeline Theatre presents Dr. Charles Johnson’s 1990 National Book Award winner Middle Passage, directed by Ilesa Duncan, who co-adapted with David Barr III. The result struggles from the page to […]

  • Karin McKie
  • March 1, 2020
    • Comedy , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: The Hilary Duff Project Nails the Nostalgic Sendup with Talent to Spare

    Nostalgia is a hot commodity lately, likely due to the rather dismal present and threat of an even more dire future. Taking a look back at simpler times can be […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • February 13, 2020
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