Review: Magical Wolf Play at Gift Theatre Will Make You Think and Break Your Heart
It sounds like a sad story. A couple adopts a child from another country, then decides “it’s not a good fit” and decides to un-adopt him. But if I tell […]
Review: In Black Button Eyes’ Ghost Quartet, Comedy and Tragedy Span Four Centuries
Black Button Eyes Productions staged my favorite musical of the year, Evil Dead the Musical, and when I saw Ghost Quartet and its description I jumped at the opportunity to see it. I […]
Review: Roast, It’s the Comrades’ Idea for Your Funeral Planning
Roast is a world premiere and a credible first play by Northwestern alum Harry Wood, produced by the Comrades. It’s often funny and occasionally poignant, even though the structure of […]
Review: The Drag Seed Is a Campy, Delightful World Premiere From Hell in a Handbag
“I’ve seen better acting in a Hallmark Original Christmas movie,” one character says to another—and in the world of Hell in a Handbag’s wickedly funny new play The Drag Seed, […]
Review: Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Wizard of Oz Brings Family Classic Film to Life
By Katie Priest As many people’s first introduction to the world of Chicago theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater never fails to produce a memorable performance. The Wizard of Oz is one […]
Review: Pomona at Steep Theatre Tells a Sci-Fi Horror Story
Zeppo (Peter Moore) is driving around the ring road in Manchester, eating Chicken McNuggets (he buys ’em by the hundred) and reeling off the entire plot of Raiders of the […]
Review: True West, a True Time Capsule at Steppenwolf Theatre
The play that launched Chicago’s lauded ensemble returns to the substantially larger stage for the first time since 1982. Sam Shepard’s True West propelled the Highland Park High School and […]
Review: Windy City Playhouse Forces the Experience at The Recommendation
Last year, Windy City Playhouse launched a bona-fide hit with Southern Gothic, the immersive theater experience set in the early 1960s where audiences were “invited” to a birthday party among friends, […]
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!, a Rodgers & Hammerstein classic that first opened on Broadway […]
Review: Love and Acceptance Star in Kokandy Productions’ Head Over Heels
By Guest Author Katie Priest Kokandy Productions’ Chicago premiere of Head Over Heels opened last weekend to a full house, just six months after the conclusion of its Broadway run. […]
Review: Ada and the Engine at the Artistic Home Weaves a Love Story of Poetry, Music and Technology
Ada and the Engine at the Artistic Home is a magical play about poetry and technology, tinged with tragedy. Ada Byron Lovelace was the daughter of the famous poet, a man […]
Review: If I Forget at Victory Gardens Tells a Rich Story of Family Angst
If I Forget is very much about religion, specifically about Judaism—and yet it isn’t. It’s a complex human story in which you’ll find something relevant and moving, no matter whether you […]