Preview: Let’s Get Physical at the 9th Annual Physical Theater Festival July 16-24
Chicago’s Physical Theater Festival returns for the ninth year with in-person, indoor and outdoor performances, plus four workshops by festival artists, July 16-24,…
Review: Pride Arts’ Tommy on Top Has the Recipe for Farce—But It’s Slightly Undercooked
I am a big fan of British comedy and in particular, one master of the genre—John Cleese in Fawlty Towers.…
Review: Goodman Theatre’s Life After Has None
I’ll keep this short – but it won’t be sweet. The Goodman Theatre’s production of Toronto playwright Britta Johnson’s freshman…
Review: Kokandy Productions Presents Scandalous Teens and Schemes in Cruel Intentions: the ’90s Musical
What says snobby teens with step-sibling issues and boy band music cruising the airwaves better than the movie Cruel Intentions?…
Review: Steep Theatre’s Paris Is a Workplace Tragicomedy With a Family Feeling
Paris is a workplace comedy or more accurately, a tragicomedy. It’s tinged with sadness, tainted with racism and with the despair…
Review: Ensemble Español Brings Andalusian Rhythm and Soul with Flamenco Passion
Review of a flamenco performance based in Spanish history.
Review: Giordano Dance Chicago—Exuberant, Urban and Avant Garde
When I think of modern or jazz-inspired dance, a few people come to mind. Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins, and Katherine…
Review: Get a Cortisol Correction from Second City’s New Mainstage Revue, Do the Right Thing, But No Worries If Not
Politics are exhausting, but inevitable and important. People are exhausted, but continue to seek normalcy via social interactions. The Second…
Review: Hercule Poirot Unravels Murder Scheme Aboard Milwaukee Rep’s Orient Express
Agatha Christie mystery fans will want to climb aboard Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s production of Murder On the Orient Express, which opened last…
Review: Eclectic Full Contact Theatre’s Blithe Spirit Is a Frothy Comedy for a Summer Outing
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward, a story of ghosts and seances set in a posh English home.
Review: Joffrey Ballet Shines with the Exuberance of Spain in Don Quixote
Don Quixote by the Joffrey Ballet
Review: Water People Theater Brings Surreal and Magical Writing to Life with Lorca, Living the Experience
Lora, Living the Experience
The life and work of Federico Garcia Lorca
