With the election season finally heading into an actual election after months and months of primary contests, director J.W. Basilo and head writer Shelley Elaine Geiszler’s hybrid production put on […]
The Bard’s magic and mystery manifests itself in three and two dimensions as part of the ongoing Shakespeare 400 Chicago celebration: a talented ensemble harnesses the power of Will’s theatrical conventions to frame and […]
There’s just a rectangular metal table, two chairs—and intelligent discussion. An electronic screen high up on the back wall blinks us through the 13 scenes. One door. No color, no […]
This is the funniest play ever written. For anyone in any aspect of theater, for anyone who has a season subscription anywhere, for all American high school drama students. This is […]
[soliloquy id=”4377″] Photos by Liz Lauren. Goodman Theatre opened its Lorraine Hansberry Celebration Monday night with a new production of Hansberry’s last play, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window. The play, […]
Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet closes out its 60th anniversary season this month with the return of Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella in a nod to company founder Robert Joffrey. The full-length ballet represents founder […]
This past weekend, choreographer Kyle Abraham brought his work back to Chicago with Abraham.In.Motion’s stunning When the Wolves Came In at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Abraham’s work was inspired in […]
In Matt Pelfrey’s adaptation of the famous John Ball novel, In the Heat of the Night, starring Manny Buckley and Joseph Wiens as the antagonists, and directed by Louis Contey, appearances and […]
Holocaust stories remind us of the cataclysmic changes in the European Jewish community wrought by the terrorism of Hitler’s Third Reich. These large, tragic stories meant millions of lives lost, […]
The day that the Pope came to New York. The day that the Pope came to New York. It really was comical. The Pope wore a yarmulke. The day that […]
Slashing, witty and tragic. The Promethean Theatre Ensemble’s minimalist production of James Goldman’s contemporary take on legacy and love, The Lion in Winter, is comic and tragic at the same […]
It’s difficult to pinpoint my favorite part of Mercury Theater’s production of The Producers. From a pitch perfect portrayal of a flamboyant Hitler complete with a bedazzled swastika, to the […]