Review: Witch by Artistic Home Uses a 17th Century Story to Question Our Hope for the Future
“Where do we go from here? Can we imagine a better world? Or is it time to burn it all…
Review: Hell in a Handbag Stages a Hilarious Parody with Murder Rewrote
Hell in a Handbag puts Joan Crawford, The Bad Seed, Jane Wyman, and Mad Magazine in the Wayback Machine and…
Review: Haven’s The Art of Bowing Challenges Us to Think About the Survival of Theater
“Theater is dead. Long live theater.” That may be the theme of Nathan Alan Davis’ imaginative and puzzling new play, The…
Preview: Broken Nose Theatre Tees Up Its 2022 Bechdel Fest With Eight Plays That Pass That Test
You may know Alison Bechdel as the author and subject of the memoirish musical, Fun Home. But she’s also the source…
Review: Haven’s Get Out Alive Brings Depression Out of the Shadows With Soul, Gospel and Hip-Hop
I almost didn’t request a ticket to review this show when I saw that it is a play about depression…
Preview: Chicago Circus and Performing Arts Festival Premieres April 21-24
Life’s been a circus over the last two years, so we might as well lean into it. Welcome to the Chicago…
Review: Not Just a Tit Show—Fly Honey Show Celebrates Body, Self, and Sex at Den Theatre
The Fly Honey Show is a vibrant reimagining of the classic cabaret in a safe space for less-heard voices to be…
Review: Haven’s Kiss Threads the Needle Between Soap Opera and Wartime
Images on the television screen. No sound. We’re in a living room in Damascus in 2014. Four people gather to…
Stage Shorts: Broken Nose Theatre and First Floor Theater Plus a Tantalizing Preview for Reverse Gossip
Another in our series of recap reviews for plays that have just opened in some of Chicago’s storefront theaters. Here…
At the Den Theatre, Charlie Johnson Reads All of Proust Will Make You Want to Do the Same
Madelines. Military service. Marriages and family. Swann’s Way to Time Regained. An older man decides he will read Marcel Proust’s iconic novel. As…
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 12/13 – 12/16
We’re inching closer and closer to the end of the year and there’s still so much left to do. There…
