Review: Sam Shepard, an Unreliable Narrator of His Own Life, Gets a New Biography by Robert Greenfield
It’s appropriate that True West: Sam Shepard’s Life, Work and Times by Robert Greenfield ends with the 2019 Broadway staging of True West,…
Dispatch: Socrates Found Not Guilty in the Trial of the Sesquibimillennium
The People of Athens vs. Socrates, perhaps the most famous trial in history, took place in the year 399BCE. The…
Review: Makes Me Wanna Shout! Court Theatre Presents The Gospel at Colonus—Oedipus Redeemed
Something about the sound of a really good gospel singer makes me want to tap my foot or clap along.…
Review: In Trap Door’s Dark Comedy, Bowie in Warsaw, a Strangler Prowls the City But the Starman Is Present Only in Spirit
Bowie in Warsaw isn’t really a play for David Bowie fans but it is an example of Trap Door Theatre’s ability…
Review: Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Proves Both Historic and Prescient at Invictus Theatre
Religious and moral hypocrisy is a constant theme in the timeline of American history. There must always be an enemy…
Review: A Great Cast Lifts The Whistleblower at Theater Wit
What if you told the truth to everyone—friends, family, people that you screwed over? Playwright Itamar Moses (The Band’s Visit)…
Review: Teatro Vista’s The Dream King Takes Us on a Magical Musical Silent Adventure
In The Dream King by Teatro Vista, creator Marvin Quijada as Sam performs a magical if familiar story in movement and original…
Review: Lightning Strikes With The October Storm in Raven Theatre’s 40th Season Finale
The October Storm is the second in the Grand Boulevard Trilogy by playwright Joshua Allen. It is rare that I…
Review: Gay Couple With a Son Emigrate to Singapore—With Consequences— in Tango at Pride Arts
Kenneth and Liam are a couple who have been together for years. They have an adopted son, 12-year-old Jayden. And…
Dialogs: The Law, Quantum Computing, and Sarajevo Fiction Highlight CHF’s Spring Lecture Series
Illinois is the first state to end book bans, and the Chicago Humanities Festival is the city’s premiere forum for…
Review: MotherFreakingHood! Is a Smart and Hilarious Musical at the Venus Cabaret Theater
The musical is alive and well and takes aim at millennial motherhood in all of its glory. It is so…
Review: Stage Left Asks Hard Questions About Work and Pay in World Premiere of In the Back on the Floor
Back in the day, solidarity and unions meant protection and fair wages. A person could own their home, travel, have…
