Fat Ham, the prize-winning play by James Ijames, is now on stage at Goodman Theatre in a co-production with Definition Theatre. Ijames’ script was inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet and incorporates some of the original’s […]
Alison Bechdel released an autobiographical book in 2006 titled Fun Home, based on her life growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania. It was a graphic novel that told the story […]
Glassheart is a show bursting with quirky charm, memorable performances and perhaps one too many ideas. This reimagining of Beauty and the Beast set in modern-day Chicago—helmed by newly minted […]
We are in a hair salon in Harlem, New York. Miriam (Bisserat Tseggai) is braiding Jennifer’s (Mia Ellis) hair. Hours have passed and there are still many more to go. […]
This is our first dispatch with brief reviews of some of the shows from the first week of the 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival. From vampire dreams to dancing […]
If you hated reading Shakespeare in high school, the new musical Juliet and Romeo is for you. Watching this world premiere may prove to be sweet revenge (oh, no! That’s […]
I had considered a few ways to start this review, but after consulting the details for the first national tour of Shucked, an eight-time Tony-nominated musical comedy (for which Alex […]
It’s the top of the second act. Fans of the musical will recognize the familiar bop of “Whipped into Shape” start to play from the stellar orchestra. This is the […]
Playwright Andrea Stolowitz’s extended Jewish family lived in Berlin in the 1930s during the rise of the Nazi party; they emigrated to New York City in 1939. Stolowitz’s parents believed […]
Has there ever been a more frequently adapted story than Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol? From Reginald Owen and Alastair Sim down to George C. Scott, Albert Finney, Patrick […]
A story about truth, censorship and identity and a small-town high school newspaper manages to address—sometimes obliquely, sometimes directly—issues that divide us today. Despite its abstract title, Eric Gernard’s new […]
It’s only December 13 and I’ve had enough holiday hilarity and jolly-holly spirit. For a little bah humbug, let’s talk about the rise of fascism in 1932 Germany. Fortunately Blank […]