Playwright Philip Dawkins’ 2016 solo show, The Happiest Place on Earth, uses Disneyland as a means to investigate his family history. The park, which opened in 1955, became a crucial institution for […]
Have you ever had your moral compass challenged? I mean really challenged, like a major opportunity in your life required you to cross that line, the line you said you’d never cross. […]
Sons and Lovers by On the Spot Theatre Company is a credible adaptation of D. H. Lawrence’s sad and realistic novel. The U.S. premiere, co-produced with the Greenhouse Theater Center, is adapted and […]
The story and imagery of All Quiet on the Western Front are very familiar to me. I’ve seen the 1930 film several times and read the Erich Maria Remarque novel from which it […]
Roast is a world premiere and a credible first play by Northwestern alum Harry Wood, produced by the Comrades. It’s often funny and occasionally poignant, even though the structure of the play […]
Basketball is loud and fast. Soccer is sheer perfect action. Football is hard-hitting, even brutal. But there’s a different kind of intensity in another sport: Fly fishing. Fly fishermen say there’s a […]
Adam Strauss sits on an empty stage next to a table loaded with glasses of water. He speaks plaintively to us about his ongoing internal monologue about which MP3 player has the […]
It’s just a plain old flip phone. Not one of those computer-in-your-pocket devices that runs your life today. But when Jean takes possession of the phone, it enables her to meet new […]
“This is Major Tom to Ground Control I’m stepping through the door And I’m floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today For here am I sitting […]
The American Revolution by Theater Unspeakable has come to Chicago’s Greenhouse Theater Center with a new take on history, one whose spirit and cast of characters tell big stories about epic events on […]
Rose Kennedy, the “queen mother” of Camelot, is nearing her 79th birthday. She’s well dressed, well coifed, calm and self-assured. She moves like a 79-year-old woman, slowly, a bit creakily. But her […]
Puff: Believe It or Not by Remy Bumppo Theatre is a smart, funny poke in the eye of the contemporary affection for fake news and hype about nothing, set in an 1840s […]
