Kicking Off “Shakespeare 400 Chicago” with Robust Russian Measure for Measure
Shakespeare in Russian rocks, especially when you start the evening with a shot (OK, shots) of vodka in a “Shakespeare…
Oracle Rekindles Message in O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape 94 years later
Oracle Productions’ new play, The Hairy Ape, was one of Eugene O’Neill’s early works, written in 1922. It’s written in…
Hedwig Dances Finds New Home in the New Year
Hedwig Dances kicked off the new year with a move to the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. Headed by founder…
Another Word for Beauty—A Musical Beauty Pageant Behind Bars Goes Awry
The world premiere of Another Word for Beauty at the Goodman Theatre was packed. Written by playwright Jose Rivera, the…
The Mutilated at Red Orchid Celebrates a Joyous Goofy Christmas
A Red Orchid Theatre has mounted a joyous, goofy production of a Tennessee Williams eccentric rarity, The Mutilated. Oh,…
Timeline’s Sunset Baby Is a Tough Story of Broken Dreams
The bluesy, politically charged music of Nina Simone is the aural background for Sunset Baby, Timeline Theatre’s Chicago premiere of…
Griffin Theatre’s London Wall: Marriage Was the Only Escape for a Working Girl
Griffin Theatre creates a perfect microcosm of the pre-feminist age in London Wall, the 1931 John Van Druten play about…
In ATC’s Bruise Easy, Two Siblings Try to Remedy a Broken Past
American Theater Company’s world premiere of Bruise Easy is a troubling play about two siblings trying to establish a…
Rhinofest Back for 27th Year; Beau O’Reilly Tells About It
Rhinofest is about to kick off its six-week run at Prop Thtr, from January 16 to February 28. As usual, it will…
Chicago’s “SketchFest,” the Largest of Its Kind, Runs Its 15th Festival
Chicago may be mocked as the second city, but one thing the city excels at is comedy — especially sketch…
Q&A With Story Sessions’ Jill Howe and Rachael Smith
Like the Poetry Slam of the ’90s and early aughts, storytelling is having its live lit moment in the sun…
Thodos Dance Chicago premieres piece chronicling life of Sono Osato
This January, Thodos Dance Chicago will give audiences a deeper look inside the life of Japanese-American dancer Sono Osato. The…
