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Goodman’s Objects in the Mirror: A Reflection on Stories

There’s a cinematic quality to Objects in the Mirror, now playing at Goodman Theatre in a production directed by Chuck Smith. Minimal and expansive, Riccardo Hernandez’s scenic design dwarfs the […]

  • Brent Eickhoff
  • May 18, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Timeline’s Paradise Blue Examines a Detroit Jazz Club Amidst Urban Renewal

    [soliloquy id=”13453″]   Paradise Blue by Dominique Morisseau muses on the troubled relationships of jazz musicians in an old jazz club, but she overlays their story with the political turmoil […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 10, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Chicago Shakes’ Shakespeare in Love A Charming and Clever Love Story

    3cr-Ed Paschke's Sonnet at CST.

    The Oscar-winning film, Shakespeare in Love, has been adapted for the stage, and what better company to present its Chicago premiere than Chicago Shakespeare Theater, whose lush costumes and dynamic […]

  • Brent Eickhoff
  • May 8, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Hookman at Steep Theatre Succeeds in Being Terrifying and Hilarious

    3CR Hookman, Steep Theatre.

    Playwright Lauren Yee calls her play Hookman an “existential slasher comedy.” And Steep Theatre’s new production takes her up on that with creative staging, solid performances, especially by the three […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 7, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    City Lit’s Forty-Two Stories: Behind the Scenes at a High-Rise Condo Where Stuff Happens

    Do you live in a highrise condo on Lake Shore Drive? Or spend time with someone who does? Then all your suspicions about what goes on behind the scenes will […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 2, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Aladdin Grants All Your Wishes at the Cadillac Palace

    Broadway’s Aladdin takes a magical carpet ride into the Cadillac Palace Theatre! (no promises but I’ll try to keep the Aladdin-themed references to a minimum).  Director Casey Nicholaw alongside the […]

  • Andrea Palm
  • May 2, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Feeling Nostalgic? See Red Orchid’s 3C: R-Rated “Three’s Company” in ’70s Color

    A Red Orchid Theatre’s new production, 3C, reminds me of two things I’d rather forget. The silly sitcom, “Three’s Company,” that aired on ABC for eight years, ending in 1984. […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 30, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Raven’s Not About Nightingales Introduces Tennessee Williams’ Depression-Era Prison Tragedy

    3CR-Raven-Nightingales.

    Not About Nightingales, an early Tennessee Williams script, is a Depression-era tragedy with many elements that foretell Williams’ genius as a playwright. Its setting—a large prison where the prisoners revolt […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 27, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Teatro Vista’s La Havana Madrid: A ’60s Chicago Salsa Club Resurrected

     La Havana Madrid, a 1960s Latino nightclub on the corner of Belmont and Sheffield, has been resurrected for five weeks by Teatro Vista. Colombian-American actor Sandra Delgado wrote and stars […]

  • Emma Terhaar
  • April 27, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    No One Flies at Shattered Globe in For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday

    For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday is a gift by playwright Sarah Ruhl to her actor mother, Kathleen, who plays herself in this three-part family story. The 85-minute play […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 17, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Steppenwolf’s Linda Vista: An Adult Comedy About a Guy Who Isn’t

    Linda Vista, in its world premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre, is a smart and thoroughly entertaining production—a very adult comedy—funny, sexy and poignant. Dexter Bullard, who directed The Flick and has […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 13, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    In to America at Griffin Theatre Tells Our Origin Story, Warts and All

    In to America, the world premiere production by Griffin Theatre, is America’s origin story, a documentary-style production that tells our history of immigration and multiculturalism, in all its glorious and cruel aspects. William […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 4, 2017
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