Review: When Harry Met Rehab, an Addiction Story With Heart and Humor
All you can do is begin. That’s the advice of Barb, the therapist in When Harry Met Rehab, the new…
Review: Sideshow Theatre’s The Happiest Place on Earth Now Available to Stream
Playwright Philip Dawkins’ 2016 solo show, The Happiest Place on Earth, uses Disneyland as a means to investigate his family…
Review: N Asks “What Would Make You Cross Your Line?”
Have you ever had your moral compass challenged? I mean really challenged, like a major opportunity in your life required…
Review: Sons and Lovers Lets Us Glimpse the Early Life of D. H. Lawrence
Sons and Lovers by On the Spot Theatre Company is a credible adaptation of D. H. Lawrence’s sad and realistic novel.…
Review: All Quiet on the Western Front Vividly Recreates the Horrors and Miseries of War
The story and imagery of All Quiet on the Western Front are very familiar to me. I’ve seen the 1930 film…
Review: Roast, It’s the Comrades’ Idea for Your Funeral Planning
Roast is a world premiere and a credible first play by Northwestern alum Harry Wood, produced by the Comrades. It’s…
Review: Jez Butterworth’s The River Casts a Mood of Mystery at Boho Theatre
Basketball is loud and fast. Soccer is sheer perfect action. Football is hard-hitting, even brutal. But there’s a different kind…
Review: The Mushroom Cure, a One-Man Show Exploring a Psychotropic Cure for OCD
Adam Strauss sits on an empty stage next to a table loaded with glasses of water. He speaks plaintively to…
Review: Phone Technology is Only Part of the Surreal Story in Dead Man’s Cell Phone by the Comrades
It’s just a plain old flip phone. Not one of those computer-in-your-pocket devices that runs your life today. But when…
Review: Sideshow Theatre’s HeLa Tells Stories of Death, Joy and Outer Space
“This is Major Tom to Ground Control I’m stepping through the door And I’m floating in a most peculiar way…
The American Revolution Is Not Just for History Buffs Any More
The American Revolution by Theater Unspeakable has come to Chicago’s Greenhouse Theater Center with a new take on history, one whose…