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Review: The Olde School Shakespeare Collective Presents The Taming of the Shrew (Brat-Tamer Version)

A raucous night of theater just as the bard intended awaits audiences of the Olde School Shakespeare Collective’s production of The Taming of the Shrew. Hosted at My Buddy’s bar, […]

  • Row Light
  • August 26, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: In His Hands at First Floor Theater Explores Two Gay Men’s Very Different Experiences With the Church

    Review by Erin Ryan.  In His Hands, a 90-minute no intermission play, showcases two gay men and their very different experiences with two denominations of the Christian church: Lutheran and […]

  • Erin Ryan
  • August 11, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: In Wells and Welles, Lucid Theater Portrays the Day in 1940 When the Two Prodigies Meet

    Being considered a “boy genius” probably heightened Orson Welles’ substantial ego. In October 1940, his chutzpah enabled him to knock on the hotel room door of a man long recognized […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • July 23, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: At Pegasus Theatre, Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea, Tells a Young Man’s Ancestral Dream Story

    Pegasus Theatre’s play, Dontell, Who Kissed the Sea, benefits from the poetic language of playwright Nathan Alan Davis and the production’s water theme. The work is directed by Ilesa Duncan, who […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • July 22, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: A Case for the Existence of God at Steep Theatre Walks a Thin Line Between Hope and Despair

    Samuel D. Hunter has received a lot of attention in recent years, with Little Bear Ridge Road now receiving rave reviews at Steppenwolf, and the success of The Whale, a […]

  • Devony Hof
  • July 21, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Otherworld Theatre Tackles Problems of Parentage and Demigodly Puberty in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical 

    The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical made its Broadway debut in 2017 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre and went on a national tour in 2019. The show’s source material, […]

  • Row Light
  • July 14, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Theatre L’Acadie’s The Swan Is a Surreal Concoction of Magical Realism and Mythology

    Theatre L’Acadie describes The Swan as a psychosexual fever dream. It is that, but there is more simmering beneath the murky surface. Playwright Elizabeth Egloff’s play takes place in Nebraska […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • July 13, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Raw and Emotional Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Haven Chicago

    This is a love letter. To Stephen Trask’s brilliant music and lyrics and John Cameron Mitchell’s searing wit. To one of the best musicals to ever come out of New […]

  • Doug Mose
  • July 11, 2024
    • Preview , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Preview: The Underground Society for Music Portrays a World Where Music Is Banned

    “The Underground Society for Music is a play with music about a group of musicians fighting to keep their artform alive. In spite of constant threats from government actors to stop […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • July 3, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Trap Door Theatre’s Must-See Production of Antigonick Takes on a Bittersweet Classic

    The Trap Open Series is designed to bring non-traditional dramatic takes to Trap Door Theatre’s stage for short runs. The latest in the series is Antigonick, translated and adapted by […]

  • Row Light
  • June 12, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Tuta Theatre Stages an Experimental and Mystifying Play, Attempts on Her Life, With Style and Flamboyance

    Seventeen unrelated scenes. Six actors playing nameless characters. Joy and celebration, sadness and grieving, terror and violence. But no discernible plot. Attempts on Her Life, an experimental play by Tuta Theatre, […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • June 11, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: The Singularity Play by Jackalope Theatre Reimagines a World Ruled by Artificial Intelligence

    Review by Nena Martins. Though the film world is no stranger to technological dystopias, it is rare to see a play take on the science fiction genre. Jackalope Theatre’s world […]

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  • May 28, 2024
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