Two sisters. Ash, the elder, has a professional job with a good income. Harley, the younger sister, inherits the family home when their father dies. “Probably because he thought I’d […]
“Whenever I walk down a street, I find myself fascinated by the glow of windows and the curtains drawn across them, knowing that behind each one lives a world of […]
This is the second in our series of articles on The Art of Survival, in which we explore how small Chicago arts organizations are surviving post-COVID and weathering the anti-humanist […]
The F*ck House, now being staged by Strawdog Theatre, is a comic coming-of-age story about two 13-year old girls. The world premiere by playwright Susan H. Pak brings us a […]
Redtwist Theatre is high-kicking and playing on the edge for Season 21, themed “Defiant Femmes.” It is a timely theme and, in my opinion, needed to bolster the energy and […]
This oddly named play is a love story as well as the drama of a serious health risk faced by many women. Rather than treating it in documentary style, its […]
Buddha’s Birthday by Lucid Theater is a little slip of a play, a story of family relationships and conflicts—husband/wife, mother/daughter, aunt/niece. One character in each of those pairs is played […]
For the first half hour of Dennis Kelly’s Girls & Boys, making its Midwest debut at the Bramble Arts Loft, one could be forgiven for calling it a Fleabag rip-off. […]
Two chairs, a piano and a big bird. That simple scenic design—combined with a creatively structured script and superb performances by four actors playing 20 roles—creates magic on a small […]
As fans of Stephen Sondheim may know, Passion is not as widely prod’suced as some of his other musicals. There are many reasons for this. The music can be quite […]
Last week, the Russian government erected a new statue of Joseph Stalin in Moscow. Apparently Vladimir Putin is resurrecting the image of the brutal dictator. And this week, a Chicago […]
First Floor Theater brings something strange but not altogether original with its debut of Evanston Salt Costs Rising, written by Succession writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Arbery and directed […]