TV Review: The Outrageous Fortune of Free Slings & Arrows
Like Hamlet’s murdered dad, the award-winning Canadian TV series Slings & Arrows has been resurrected, now for free on the Internets so all can experience or revisit the fraught fictional […]
At Stage Left Theatre: Insurrection: Holding History Time Travels to Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion and Back
Insurrection: Holding History by Robert O’Hara is a satirical, time-traveling look at our history of slavery and repression, race and identity. O’Hara turns time on its head to take us […]
Theater Wit’s Flamingo & Decatur Takes a Gamble and Doesn’t Quite Break Even
Flamingo & Decatur, the world-premiere play by Todd Taylor now on through February 18 at Theater Wit in the Belmont Theater District, is a bit of a cross-country sort of […]
Edgar Allan Poe’s Life and Death Get a Melancholy Production by Black Button Eyes
Black Button Eyes’ darkly gothic production of Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe makes good use of the Edge Theatre’s spacious proscenium stage. The six performers […]
It’s My Penis and I’ll Cry If I Want To Confronts Gender Politics at Pride Arts Center
It’s My Penis and I’ll Cry If I Want To is a 45-minute one-man show exploring the nuances of gender, often humorously, always movingly and inextricably linked to the many […]
Steppenwolf’s BLKS Celebrates the Chaos of Friendship and Adulthood
BLKS, poet Aziza Barnes’ foray into playwriting, is a funny, insightful and honest look into the lives of four, 20-something black women living in New York City. Forged with humor […]
Trap Door’s They Dramatizes an Anti-Art Authoritarian Society—or Does It?
A play at Trap Door Theatre always starts before it really starts. The open stage in the tiny theater is set and populated with characters from the play, in some […]
Hogwarts’ Primer Proffered in Potted Potter at Broadway Playhouse
Potted Potter: The Unauthorised Harry Experience is a non-stop, 70-minute two-hander taking the piss out of Muggle culture by stream-rolling through all seven of J.K. Rowling’s books. The high-energy, cheap […]
Red Velvet at Chicago Shakes: In 1833 London, the Actor Is Guilty of Acting While Black
Ira Aldridge is a unique 19th century hero: An African-American actor who gains renown performing all over Europe. He plays iconic Shakespearean roles such as Macbeth, Othello and King Lear. […]
Goodman’s A Christmas Carol Carries On Great Chicago Tradition for 40th Year
The Christkindlmarket has opened, the first weekend of Zoolights has come and gone, the Songs of Good Cheer holiday sing-along shows start at Old Town School of Folk Music next […]
Breath Boom at Eclipse Theatre Reveals the Violence and Dreams of a Bronx Girl Gang
Kia Corthron’s play, Breath Boom, makes us think twice about the nature of gender and violence. The tense and sometimes brutal story focuses on a Bronx girl gang and the […]
Remy Bumppo’s Puff: Believe It or Not Satirizes French Salons and Modern Hype
Puff: Believe It or Not by Remy Bumppo Theatre is a smart, funny poke in the eye of the contemporary affection for fake news and hype about nothing, set in […]