Great Acting Serves Disjointed Vignettes in WASTWATER
Sometimes the rain stops just as you are about to see a play in which all three scenes mention the rain just stopping and the play is called WASTWATER and it’s set in England where very often it rains for a long time …
Despite Flaws, TOMORROW MORNING is Sweet, Memorable and Refreshingly Uncynical
Laurence Mark Wythe’s TOMORROW MORNING does a lot of things right. In the vein of Jason Robert Brown’s THE LAST FIVE YEARS, TOMORROW MORNING aims for intimate, character-driven and contemporary. It focuses on two couples—one, the night before their wedding and the other, the night before their divorce.
Chicago Dancing Festival Features First Ever Program of Chicago-Based Ensembles
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Photo by Todd Rosenberg The 10th Anniversary of the Chicago Dancing Festival will feature the first-ever program of Chicago-based dance ensembles entitled PLANET CHICAGO, and George Balanchine’s CONCERTO BAROCCO, performed by Pennsylvania Ballet in its Chicago Dancing Festival debut. Other highlights include Alexander Ekman’s EPISODE 31 and Christopher...
Broken Nose Theatre: Setting Goals and Carving an Identity
In the Chicago storefront scene, there’s always a new company debuting—and another one disbanding. It’s hard to peg which fresh collectives have begun an exciting trajectory and which will flame out after a handful of shows.
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY Finds Artful Balance Between Poignant Topicality and Light-Heartedness
(l-r) Audrey Francis, Elena Marisa Flores, Eamonn Walker and Tim Hopper. Photo by Michael Brosilow Review: BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY at Steppenwolf Theatre Company By Rachel Weinberg Stephen Adly Guirgis’s 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning play BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY, now in its Chicago premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, focuses on issues of...
FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T Fights for Social Justice and #BlackLivesMatter Through Art
FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T: A PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE TO SHED LIGHT ON RACIAL INJUSTICE THROUGH EMPOWERING SPEECH, will host it’s 4th production on Sunday, July 31st at 9 p.m.
Partial Casting Announced for Chicago’s HAMILTON
Partial Chicago principal casting for HAMILTON was announced today.
Drury Lane Launches Cabaret Series
Drury Lane Theatre will launch “The Cabaret Room at Drury Lane” with LEADING LADIES OF CHICAGO THEATRE, a two-night event bringing some of Chicago’s top talent to an intimate setting.
Interrobang Theatre Project Announces “Flesh and Blood” Season
Interrobang Theatre Project announced today Season Seven: “Flesh and Blood,” featuring two Midwest premiere dramas.
How Do We Pay People More? Walk Away from the Kitchen Sink
In her plenary address at the TCG conference last month, Anna Deveare Smith talked about the ways in which theaters can walk the walk in their anti-discriminatory initiatives. Among the many ways she cited, she encouraged theaters to “no longer assume that people are willing to starve to work in the theater,”