Hookman at Steep Theatre Succeeds in Being Terrifying and Hilarious
Playwright Lauren Yee calls her play Hookman an “existential slasher comedy.” And Steep Theatre’s new production takes her up on…
Laurie Anderson Returns Home to Quell My Political PTSD in The Language of the Future
Photo by Ebru Yildiz Glen Ellyn native and iconoclast Laurie Anderson returns home for a lovely, lyrical and melancholy meditation on…
City Lit’s Forty-Two Stories: Behind the Scenes at a High-Rise Condo Where Stuff Happens
Do you live in a highrise condo on Lake Shore Drive? Or spend time with someone who does? Then all…
Aladdin Grants All Your Wishes at the Cadillac Palace
Broadway’s Aladdin takes a magical carpet ride into the Cadillac Palace Theatre! (no promises but I’ll try to keep the…
Feeling Nostalgic? See Red Orchid’s 3C: R-Rated “Three’s Company” in ’70s Color
A Red Orchid Theatre’s new production, 3C, reminds me of two things I’d rather forget. The silly sitcom, “Three’s Company,”…
Raven’s Not About Nightingales Introduces Tennessee Williams’ Depression-Era Prison Tragedy
Not About Nightingales, an early Tennessee Williams script, is a Depression-era tragedy with many elements that foretell Williams’ genius as…
Teatro Vista’s La Havana Madrid: A ’60s Chicago Salsa Club Resurrected
La Havana Madrid, a 1960s Latino nightclub on the corner of Belmont and Sheffield, has been resurrected for five weeks…
Stomping Grounds Spreads Message of Unity
For Lane Alexander, Artistic Director of the Chicago Human Rhythm Project, Stomping Grounds is like a reunion of old friends.…
No One Flies at Shattered Globe in For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday
For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday is a gift by playwright Sarah Ruhl to her actor mother, Kathleen, who…
Steppenwolf’s Linda Vista: An Adult Comedy About a Guy Who Isn’t
Linda Vista, in its world premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre, is a smart and thoroughly entertaining production—a very adult comedy—funny, sexy…
Cavalia’s Odysseo Transports Us with Mythology
When a show’s slogan is ‘The Best Show Ever’ I take it as a personal invitation to test that theory…
In to America at Griffin Theatre Tells Our Origin Story, Warts and All
In to America, the world premiere production by Griffin Theatre, is America’s origin story, a documentary-style production that tells our…
