With the election season finally heading into an actual election after months and months of primary contests, director J.W. Basilo and head writer Shelley Elaine Geiszler’s hybrid production put on by Chicago […]
The Bard’s magic and mystery manifests itself in three and two dimensions as part of the ongoing Shakespeare 400 Chicago celebration: a talented ensemble harnesses the power of Will’s theatrical conventions to frame and fuel amazing […]
There’s just a rectangular metal table, two chairs—and intelligent discussion. An electronic screen high up on the back wall blinks us through the 13 scenes. One door. No color, no ornament. You […]
This is the funniest play ever written. For anyone in any aspect of theater, for anyone who has a season subscription anywhere, for all American high school drama students. This is the first […]
Photos by Liz Lauren. Goodman Theatre opened its Lorraine Hansberry Celebration Monday night with a new production of Hansberry’s last play, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window. The play, first produced in 1964 […]
Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet closes out its 60th anniversary season this month with the return of Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella in a nod to company founder Robert Joffrey. The full-length ballet represents founder Joffrey’s last […]
Holocaust stories remind us of the cataclysmic changes in the European Jewish community wrought by the terrorism of Hitler’s Third Reich. These large, tragic stories meant millions of lives lost, families destroyed, […]
The day that the Pope came to New York. The day that the Pope came to New York. It really was comical. The Pope wore a yarmulke. The day that the Pope […]
Slashing, witty and tragic. The Promethean Theatre Ensemble’s minimalist production of James Goldman’s contemporary take on legacy and love, The Lion in Winter, is comic and tragic at the same time. Brian […]
It’s difficult to pinpoint my favorite part of Mercury Theater’s production of The Producers. From a pitch perfect portrayal of a flamboyant Hitler complete with a bedazzled swastika, to the emotional breakdown […]
Mary Page Marlowe is an ordinary woman, living in US flyover country. (How I hate that term.) She has a couple of failed marriages, loses her job as a CPA, drinks […]
One of the most anticipated productions in Chicago Shakespeare Theatre‘s impressive lineup of programming for Shakespeare 400 Chicago, Othello: The Remix reframes Shakespeare’s Othello as a 90-minute tale of jealousy, betrayal and revenge infused with hip-hop. Developed […]
