Review: Villette at Lookingglass Theatre Tells a Young Woman’s 19th Century Story With 21st Century Flair

Villette is an 19th century tale played on an strikingly modern stage set. The playing area is bounded by two walls…
Villette is an 19th century tale played on an strikingly modern stage set. The playing area is bounded by two walls…
For all the theater I’ve attended in Chicago—since childhood, really—I’m slightly embarrassed to admit that this weekend marked my first…
I wish that I could say that What to Send Up When It Goes Down was a flashback to earlier…
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Chicago playwright J. Nicole Brooks has won the 2021 Harold and Mimi Steinberg / American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award for…
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Plantation!, now receiving its world premiere in a production at Lookingglass Theatre directed by David Schwimmer, is a comedic take…
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