Review: Erin Kilmurray’s The Function Vibrates High Energy in Deconstructed Dance
Something told me that The Function would be a scene when I pulled up to a warehouse space in East Garfield Park. Fortunately, the people I am around most gave […]
Review: The Singularity Play by Jackalope Theatre Reimagines a World Ruled by Artificial Intelligence
Review by Nena Martins. Though the film world is no stranger to technological dystopias, it is rare to see a play take on the science fiction genre. Jackalope Theatre’s world […]
Dialogs: Feminist Punk Kathleen Hanna at the Chicago Humanities Festival’s Illinois Tech Day
Kathleen Hanna, founding Riot Grrrl, Bikini Kill frontwoman and the person who told Kurt Cobain that he smelled like teen spirit, is currently on tour to promote her memoir Rebel […]
Review: Three Crows’ The Danish Play Focuses on the Life of a Poet and Resistance Heroine in WW2 Denmark
The Danish Play by Three Crows Theatre is a human and relevant story about the Danish Resistance during World War II. The anti-fascists in Denmark are a small but determined bunch […]
Review: The Prodigal Daughter at Raven Theatre Portrays an Ambitious Young Women in 1919 Chicago
The Prodigal Daughter, now on stage at Raven Theatre, is the third and final installment in the Grand Boulevard Trilogy by playwright Joshua Allen. The commissioned work is the third […]
Review: Broadway in Chicago’s Death Becomes Her Is Full of Camp and Knock-Out Performances
Chicago is no stranger to Broadway trials—especially adaptations of classic films. We have seen countless move through the city over the years, and many seem to fall into the trap […]
Review: Lifeline Theatre’s Native Son Tells the Sad and Stirring Story of Bigger Thomas
The tragedy of Bigger Thomas has had many iterations since Richard Wright’s novel Native Son was published in 1940. Set in 1939 Chicago, at least two film versions and several […]
Review: A Red Orchid Theatre’s Thriller, Turret, Builds a Bunker Home from Memory
Turret, a new show written and directed by Chicago playwright Levi Holloway, is born from a cinematic legacy of horror, apocalypse, and suspense, and it uses the mechanisms of live […]
Review: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Brings Exquisite Craft and Depth to Of Joy
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago closed out season 46 with a program titled Of Joy. Passion, joy, and dancers in peak performance mode were on display much to the audience’s pleasure. […]
Review: Blank Theatre’s On the Twentieth Century Never Reaches Full Steam
The new production of On the Twentieth Century by Blank Theatre Company, directed by Danny Kapinos, is the latest incarnation of many fabulous versions of this story—on stage and screen. […]
Storefront Theater Roundup: Neo-Futurist’s Cult-Show and Theatre Above the Law’s Prelude to a Kiss
We review two shows now running in Chicago’s storefront theater scene. Did you know that Chicago has more than 200 theater companies, many of them small and performing in storefronts […]
Review: Frame of Reference Elevates an Already-Popular Story with Gods & Monsters Adaptation in World Premiere Production
Some properties exist on a Wheel of Fortune spinner of adaptations. The Producers was a movie, then a musical, then a movie. Mean Girls lived the same life. Beetlejuice has […]