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Review: Strawdog Theatre Stages Shakespeare in a Pub—It’s Much Ado About Nothing: The Ides Reunion Episode

The Strawdog Theatre Company is staging a new take on Shakespeare with a satire of ’90s reality shows. Much Ado About Nothing: The Ides Reunion is a spoof of the […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 21, 2025
    • Children's theater , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Chicago Children’s Theatre Go, Dog, Go! Ve Perro ¡Ve! Is Spare With Words and Lavish With Fun

    Nothing says willing suspension of disbelief like children watching a show. For the young ones gathered at Chicago Children’s Theatre’s world premiere of a new version of Go, Dog, Go, […]

  • Susan Lieberman
  • March 20, 2025
    • Opera , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Lyric Opera’s New Version of La Boheme Is Set in a Realistic Paris and Sounds Wonderful

    This may be the fourth time I have seen La Boheme at the Lyric. It is my all-time favorite and gets me misty every time. The 2025 version is advertised […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 19, 2025
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Joffrey’s Winning Works Presents a Thrilling Glimpse of the Future

    Being present at the beginning of a burgeoning career in the arts is a privilege. The Grainger Academy is a training program exclusively operated by the Joffrey Ballet. Winning Works […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 18, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Idle Muse Theatre Presents a Vibrant and Lively Production of The School for Scandal

    (L to R) Erik Schnitger, Elizabeth MacDougald and Mara Kovacevic in SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL from Idle Muse Theatre, now playing through April 12 at The Edge Off-Broadway Theatre

    The lights slowly come down at the top of the show. Audience members quiet down and all look towards the stage, waiting for the action to begin. Then, the lights […]

  • Lauren Katz
  • March 18, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: The Drowning Girls by Three Crows Theatre Tells a True Crime Story With Dramatic Style

    The three drowning girls are young women in their 20s and 30s, desperate to marry and avoid spinsterhood. The time is the early 20th century, and Bessie Mundy, Alice Burnham […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • March 15, 2025
    • Comedy , Film & TV , Interview , Review , Stages , Talk show

    Dialogs: Paul Reiser Reflects on His Career —“I Didn’t Plan Any of This Shit”—at Chicago Humanities Event

    “I didn’t plan any of this shit.” That was Paul Reiser’s hilarious and refreshingly honest assessment of the long—and still ongoing—list of accomplishments in a career spanning over four decades. […]

  • Anthony Cusumano
  • March 15, 2025
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Brings a Spiritual Revival High to the Auditorium

    I search for meaning in these times of turmoil, which usually would lead me to a traditional church environment. In the last decade, however, I have found comfort in the […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 9, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: At Jackalope Theatre, Dummy in Diaspora Portrays Post-Millennial and First-Generational Angst

    A lot of new work is showing up in the theater world, and mastery of tech allows more productions on stage and streaming. The post-Millennials are possibly the most connected […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 6, 2025
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Ballet Folklórico de México Performs a Festival of Passion, Music, and Pride in Traditions

    Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández revives some great memories from my childhood, visiting my grandparents’ neighborhood near Pilsen. The performance last Saturday was greeted with applause and shouts […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 5, 2025
    • Circus , Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Titus Andronicus Up Close and Intense at Redtwist Theatre

    The last time I saw Titus Andronicus, it was promenade-style, staged in the attic of an old Gilded Age mansion in Morgan Park. The audience walked through the play as […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • February 25, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Raven Theatre Creates a Sizzling Production of the Sam Shepard Masterwork, A  Lie of the Mind

    A Lie of the Mind, Sam Shepard’s 1983 play about two families and the tragedy that binds them, is a sizzling 2.5 hours of solid acting, direction and pacing. At […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 25, 2025
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