Irish Theatre’s Spinning Portrays Tragedy in a Seaside Village
The struggles of single parenthood and the dread of losing a child cause the worlds of Conor (Dan Waller) and Susan (Jodi Kingsley) to spin out of control in the tense […]
The Body of an American at Stage Left Theatre: Two Men Haunted by the Ghosts of War
The Body of an American at Stage Left Theatre is a fact-based play haunted by visions of war and the ghosts that lurk in its shadows. Canadian war reporter/photographer Paul […]
Haymarket: The Anarchist’s Songbook: Talented Crew of Actors/Musicians Tells Tragic Chicago Story
[soliloquy id=”4686″] Photos by Evan Hanover. Haymarket: The Anarchist’s Songbook takes us on a visit to a tragic but inspiring moment in Chicago history and does it with a bang-up […]
Not Entirely Enchanted by Broadway in Chicago’s Disenchanted
What happens after the fairytale ends and the slender beauty runs off with the prince she met moments before the wedding? Naturally, it’s worse than what the magic mirror predicted. […]
Schoolhouse Rock Live!: Where History and Grammar Rules Converge
Seeing that Schoolhouse Rock Live! was currently playing in Chicago, I instantly wanted in on this nostalgic musical journey. Though the show at the Apollo Theater in partnership with Emerald […]
A Tree Falls in About Face’s The Secretaries, & Everyone Hears It
There are few things in life that I am comfortable in saying make complete sense: the science behind the salty-sweetness of a chocolate-covered pretzel, the inevitable success of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s […]
Neo-Futurists’ Mike Mother Filters Family Secrets Via Fiction and Memoir
Squeaky-voiced Neo-Futurist Jessica Anne (no last name for a reason to be revealed) has created and performs a provoking mash-up of memoir and performance art, a solo show, with two […]
This Great Nation, Much Enduring by Chicago Slam Works: Speaking Politics
With the election season finally heading into an actual election after months and months of primary contests, director J.W. Basilo and head writer Shelley Elaine Geiszler’s hybrid production put on […]
iO’s Improvised Shakespeare Company Makes Magic; Art Institute’s Supernatural Shakespeare Manifests Mystery
The Bard’s magic and mystery manifests itself in three and two dimensions as part of the ongoing Shakespeare 400 Chicago celebration: a talented ensemble harnesses the power of Will’s theatrical conventions to frame and […]
Northlight Offers Up Intellectual Delights with The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord
There’s just a rectangular metal table, two chairs—and intelligent discussion. An electronic screen high up on the back wall blinks us through the 13 scenes. One door. No color, no […]
Writers Theatre and Second City Skewer American Classics in Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody.
This is the funniest play ever written. For anyone in any aspect of theater, for anyone who has a season subscription anywhere, for all American high school drama students. This is […]
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window: Nostalgia for Greenwich Village in the ‘60s
[soliloquy id=”4377″] Photos by Liz Lauren. Goodman Theatre opened its Lorraine Hansberry Celebration Monday night with a new production of Hansberry’s last play, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window. The play, […]