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Writers Theatre Opens New Venue with Sparkling Arcadia

[soliloquy id=”3199″] 1809–Thomasina and Septimus. Present–Valentine, Bernard, Chloe and Hannah. Photos by Michael Brosilow.  Writers Theatre opened its spectacular new theater in Glencoe this week with an appropriately spectacular production […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • March 28, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    Cole Theatre’s The Bachelors Would Be Better Off Remaining Single

    We are at an ideal time to be making a social commentary on the male perspective. That’s right – the male perspective, the very perspective that has idealized femininity since […]

  • Lauren Garcia
  • March 22, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    Strong work in AFT’s after all the terrible things I do

    About Face Theatre’s Chicago premiere of playwright A. Rey Pamatmat’s after all the terrible things I do delivers on the company’s promise to produce plays that “advance the national dialogue on […]

  • Brent Eickhoff
  • March 21, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    Lookingglass Production Diminishes the Power of Lorca’s Blood Wedding

      Lookingglass Theatre’s new production of Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca, directed by Daniel Ostling, is set in the American Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Lorca’s simple and poetic […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • March 16, 2016
    • Circus , Stages

    Carnival of Animals Mixes Classical Music & Circus for a Young Audience

    Australia has many treasures, and contemporary circus is one they are renowned for. Circa has been touring the world since 2004 and making a name for itself as the company […]

  • Kim Campbell
  • March 15, 2016
    • Comedy , Stages , Theater

    Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love at the Apollo Theatre: Symbols Lost

    I walked into the premier of the Comrades’ production of Mary-Kate Olsen Is in Love, knowing that it would be a quirky one, hence the title. I thought I would […]

  • Elif Geris
  • March 15, 2016
    • Dance , Stages , Theater

    Broadway in Chicago’s 42nd Street a Rollicking Good Time

    When the lights dim, the curtain at the Cadillac Palace Theatre rises slowly, exposing forty pairs of feet dancing perfectly in sync. The curtain pauses at knee-height, focusing your eyes […]

  • Jami Nakamura Lin
  • March 14, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    Sideshow’s Mai Dang Lao Struggles to Serve a Happy Meal

    There’s a special form of resentment I and the rest of working class America feel about restaurant jobs. Yeah, you know exactly what I’m talking about: coming home from work […]

  • Lauren Garcia
  • March 14, 2016
    • Dance , Stages

    Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Mixes Gospel Old and Spacey New

    The glorious athletic dancers and ever-innovative choreographers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater are having a short run at the Auditorium Theatre this week – get your creaky sitz […]

  • Karin McKie
  • March 12, 2016
    • Comedy , Dance , Stages , Theater

    “Trip the Light Fantastic”– Daring but Disappointing

    Trip the Light Fantastic: The Making of SuperStrip, the new dance-theater work from Lucky Plush Productions, defies categorization. Commissioned by the Harris Theater, the show revolves around a group of […]

  • Jami Nakamura Lin
  • March 10, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    Kokandy’s “Heathers: The Musical” Is Your New Best Friend and Worst Enemy

    Look: No one wants to be the person who says that Heathers: The Musical works. You shouldn’t be able to take a cult classic movie, throw in a few snappy […]

  • Lauren Garcia
  • March 9, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    The Laser Comedy Show Reviewed

    I like lasers and I like comedy. When I gave my 6-year-old son, Pudge, the opportunity to pick a show for us to see together, he was quick to select […]

  • Tracie Bedell
  • March 8, 2016
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