Review: Goodman’s The Music Man Proves A Classic Story With Timeless Songs
The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical this year went to Daniel Fish’s stripped-down, timely interpretation of Oklahoma!,…
Review: Jonah Ray and a Killer Lineup of Local Comedians Serve Up Unique and Hilarious Show at Lincoln Lodge
It’s already been established that fezzes are cool. In Chicago, though, it’s doubly true, as anyone who frequents The Lincoln…
Review: Falsettos Is Plenty of Fun, Proves Timeless Testament to Love, Family
The mile-a-minute lyrics, the ever-changing building-block scenery and the cliché-heavy characters of Falsettos give the impression at first glance that William…
Review: Jackalope Theatre’s Life On Paper Asks What a Life Is Worth
If you were asked to put a dollar value on a human life, what you would say? You might say…
Review: Fresh Talent and Palpable Energy Deliver a Can’t Miss West Side Story
At a typical (however one defines that) performance at Lyric Opera of Chicago, the accompanying program includes in each cast…
Review: Chicago Shakespeare’s Talented Cast and Crew Bring Nuance and Definition to Hamlet
It’s my controversial opinion that you can’t ever truly “spoiler” something. If the work is of worth, then the…
Stage Shorts: Broken Nose Theatre and First Floor Theater Plus a Tantalizing Preview for Reverse Gossip
Another in our series of recap reviews for plays that have just opened in some of Chicago’s storefront theaters. Here…
Review: Between High Kicks, Porchlight’s A Chorus Line Delivers a Timeless Story
There are a few moments of Porchlight Music Theater’s production of A Chorus Line that haven’t aged particularly well. In particular,…
Review: A Bronx Tale Recreates the Classic Gangster Story With Music by Alan Menken
A Bronx Tale, based on the play by Chazz Palminteri, is the story of Calogero Anello (Joey Barreiro), his childhood…
Review: A Fully Formed Female Character Study in Broken Nose Theatre’s Girl in the Red Corner
Before I knew anything about Girl in the Red Corner, on stage in an upstairs studio at the Den Theatre in…
Review: Some of Chicago’s Best on Stage in Porchlight’s A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
The longer I write theater reviews, the more familiar I find myself becoming—at least via playbills—with the talent overflowing from…
Review: Discovery, and What Could Have Been, in Court Theatre’s Photograph 51
Once this awful cold snap breaks (because let’s be honest, we’re all hibernating until then), there’s a show on the…
