Stages, Theater

2018 in Review: What We Liked on Stage

This isn’t a “best theater of 2018” list. We didn’t see everything. Most of our writers are freelancers, all with other gigs, and it’s hard for us to cover the […]

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Review, Stages, Theater

There’s Little Brotherly Love But Plenty of Poteen in The Lonesome West by AstonRep

The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh is a story of two Irish brothers, locked in a codependent relationship of affection and hatred (mostly the latter). Throughout the course of the 100-minute […]

Nancy S Bishop /
Stages, Theater

Raven’s Suddenly Last Summer Tells Tennessee Williams’ Grisly Tale in a Garden

Playwright Tennessee Williams is a master of his craft. He is skilled at conjuring up a time or place and creating a story that snares you in its web from […]

Nancy S Bishop /
Stages, Theater

Two Great Playwrights on the Cusp of Their Careers: Philip Dawkins’ The Gentleman Caller at Raven Theatre

Tennessee Williams has been a local favorite for decades, ever since December 27, 1944, when Claudia Cassidy, the fearsome Chicago Tribune theater critic, said Williams turned the theater “into a […]

Nancy S Bishop /
Stages, Theater

Nice Girl at Raven Theatre: Sweet, Heartfelt Story of Four People Whose Lives Aren’t What They Hoped

Josephine is the nice girl. She’s so nice that she remains living at home with her mother, working in a dead-end job, when she really wants to do what she […]

Nancy S Bishop /
Stages, Theater

A Family 20 Years Later in Raven’s Assembled Parties

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“Times change,” Julie’s neurotic-if-charming sister-in-law, Faye, tells her near the end of The Assembled Parties, now in its Midwest premiere at Raven Theatre. “Yes,” is Julie’s reply. “Times change and […]

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