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Review: Otherworld Theatre’s Prospera: A Sci-Fi Retelling Imagines a New World But Gets Too Complicated

Prospera: A Sci-Fi Retelling is a fanciful but complicated story in its new production by Otherworld Theatre. The play is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s late play, The Tempest, but you […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • January 20, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Green Corridors at Trap Door Theatre Tells a Ukrainian Playwright’s  Story of War and Displacement

    Green Corridors focuses on the stories of four Ukrainian women and other citizens trying to escape the brutality of Russian attacks on Ukraine in the war that Russia started in […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • January 17, 2026
    • Beyond , Comedy , Review , Stages , Theater , Travel feature

    On the Road: A Midwesterner Decodes the Chaos of the British Pantomime

    Third Coast Review contributor Tory Crowley is a native Midwesterner currently living in Budapest, Hungary. Please enjoy her European cultural notes.  When I told my British co-worker that I’d be […]

  • Tory Crowley
  • January 16, 2026
    • Dance , Jazz , Music , Review , Stages

    Review: Taiko Legacy 22 Adds a Groove to the Message of Peace in Yoko Ono’s Skylanding

    In 2016, legendary avant-garde artist and musician Yoko Ono presented Chicago with a sculpture called Skylanding. It stands in Jackson Park on the same site where the Japanese Pavilion stood […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • December 23, 2025
    • Puppet theater , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol Is Hilarious, Brilliant and Moving

    I was not quite sure what to expect from the Manual Cinema adaptation of A Christmas Carol. I have seen countless versions, including one rated TV-MA on cable television that […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • December 17, 2025
    • Broadway , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Megan Hilty at Steppenwolf Theatre—Broadway Glamour but Seasonal Struggles

    Megan Hilty’s shows at Steppenwolf Theatre this last weekend were the kind of event that draws a crowd before the first note is played. With Tony-nominated credentials from Death Becomes […]

  • Doug Mose
  • December 16, 2025
    • Opera , Review , Stages

    Review: Chicago Opera Theater Delves Into Salieri’s Falstaff With a White Lotus Vibe

    The Chicago Opera Theater, a much-enjoyed cultural institution, performs works from the corners of history that have been forgotten or have not received their due recognition. COT commissions and stages […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • December 11, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Murder Girl in Milwaukee Becomes an Unlikely Holiday Hit

    One addition to Milwaukee’s holiday entertainment roster this season has nothing to do with dancing nutcrackers or elderly English moneylenders. Instead, the cast of Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s Murder Girl by […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • December 11, 2025
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: South Chicago Dance Theatre Exopresses the Raw Emotions of Loss Through Lamentations of Peace

    South Chicago Dance Theatre (SCDT) is in season 9 and continues to dance close to the edge. Founder Kia S. Smith choreographed Lamentations of Peace with a narrative of the […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • December 9, 2025
    • Children's theater , Review , Stages , Storefront

    Review: A Year With Frog and Toad Delights Kids and Parents at Young People’s Theatre  

    A Year With Frog and Toad may not be a holiday play but it is a celebration of friendship throughout the seasons, from the moment the two friends wake from […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 8, 2025
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Joffrey’s Sparkling Nutcracker Delivers Sugar Plums, Magic, and Spectacle

    Let us now consider the sugar plum. For years, I thought it was an artisan plum rolled in silver sugar. I was this many years old when I discovered that […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • December 8, 2025
    • Review , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: A More Dickensian Approach to A Christmas Carol for the Goodman Theatre’s Centennial

    Several versions of A Christmas Carol are familiar on television, in the movies, and, specifically, live at the Goodman Theatre. It’s a start to the holiday season in Chicago, usually coinciding […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • November 28, 2025
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