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Straight White Men: Brotherly Horseplay and Rejecting the American Dream

Matt rejects the American dream, but his father and brothers will have none of it. Straight white men rule the world. Matt has to be happy, use his skills and […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 14, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Northlight’s Faceless A Timely Courtroom Drama by Promising Playwright

    There’s no doubting the timeliness of Selina Fellinger’s play, Faceless. In a world premiere directed by BJ Jones now running at Northlight Theatre, the 22-year-old’s play examines a variety of […]

  • Brent Eickhoff
  • February 9, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    The Bodyguard: Singing Along Because I Love the Music. The Play Not So Much.

    I will admit that I had a smile on my face when I left the Oriental Theatre after seeing The Bodyguard.  But, while I was smiling and singing along with […]

  • Kristen Urchell
  • February 8, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Preview: New Irish Voices Festival by Irish Theatre of Chicago

    Irish Theatre of Chicago will present staged readings from three emerging Irish playwrights three weekends this month at Chief O’Neill’s Pub on Elston Avenue. The plays, never before produced in […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 8, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Elemeno Pea Spells Bad Choice for Citadel

    At the outset of Elemeno Pea, a Molly Smith-Metzler play at Citadel Theatre, there is arguing.  Halfway in, there’s still arguing. The whole show centers on the tired “rich vs […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • February 7, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: Teatro Vista’s The Wolf at the End of the Block Is a Thriller Set in Chicago’s Mean Streets

    It’s the end of the evening, the end of The Wolf at the End of the Block. The lead character, Abe (Gabriel Ruiz) is in a bar, thinking about what […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 7, 2017
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    The Nether at A Red Orchid Predicts a Darker Side of the Web and Virtual Life

    Jennifer Haley’s very contemporary play, The Nether, is set in a world we may find all too familiar. Neither real nor unreal. Mostly virtual, in fact, rather like our social media […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 6, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    High Energy Rock Chops in Remount of High Fidelity: The Musical

    Oh, if only one could jump into the Wayback Machine into the simpler times of Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel and Stephen Frears’ 2000 movie to escape 2017’s dystopia. You can, just […]

  • Karin McKie
  • February 3, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    A Family 20 Years Later in Raven’s Assembled Parties

    “Times change,” Julie’s neurotic-if-charming sister-in-law, Faye, tells her near the end of The Assembled Parties, now in its Midwest premiere at Raven Theatre. “Yes,” is Julie’s reply. “Times change and […]

  • Brent Eickhoff
  • February 2, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Steep Theatre’s Earthquakes in London: A Sly, Carnival-Like Treatment of the Planet’s Demise

    Three sisters. Estranged from their climate scientist father. Their lives each upended by climate change. And dozens of other characters. Steep Theatre’s U.S. premiere of Earthquakes in London spans eras […]

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

    Hypocrites’ Season-Ender A Meditation on Life and Death

    It is perhaps fitting that the now final show of The Hypocrites’ season–cut short due to financial troubles–is Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer-prize-winning play, Wit. In Edson’s heartbreaking play, Dr. Vivian Bearing, […]

  • Brent Eickhoff
  • January 27, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Gloria: Ambition and Desperation in a Toxic Office Environment

    Have you ever worked in an office—creative or otherwise—where a bunch of young associates groused over their bosses, gossiped about their colleagues, and desperately sought promotion to the next step […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • January 26, 2017
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