Review: PARADE at Writers Theatre

Review: PARADE at Writers Theatre

PARADE is just another in a string of world-class productions to Grace Writers’ new home.

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Review: THREE DAYS OF RAIN at BoHo Theatre

Review: THREE DAYS OF RAIN at BoHo Theatre

The beauty of this play comes from its familiarity, not in terms of the events that propel the story forward, but in how everyone can relate to the feelings and choices of the characters.

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Review: THE NIGHT SEASON at Strawdog Theatre Company

Review: THE NIGHT SEASON at Strawdog Theatre Company

Green’s ardent production is equal parts visceral and vulnerable, and proves that truthful, messy, human theater is female.

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Review: GREAT EXPECTATIONS at Remy Bumppo and Silk Road Rising

Review: GREAT EXPECTATIONS at Remy Bumppo and Silk Road Rising

Playwright Tanika Gupta finds the right formula to adapt Charles Dickens’ 1861 novel through an Indian perspective.

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Review: RELATIVITY at Northlight Theatre

Review: RELATIVITY at Northlight Theatre

Mike Nussbaum at age 94 in an exploration of the Theory of Relativity, used as a metaphor to explore the ideas of greatness, contribution, family, God, and genius.

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Review: BLACK PEARL: A TRIBUTE TO JOSEPHINE BAKER at Black Ensemble Theater

Review: BLACK PEARL: A TRIBUTE TO JOSEPHINE BAKER at Black Ensemble Theater

Pictured: Joann Ruffin. Photo by Michael Courier.  By Naima Dawson It is hard to not feed the dimmest part of life when one’s spirit is muted by despair and disappointment. Josephine Baker drowned much of her hardship inside the wonders of music and dance in an effort to survive the...

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Review: IDEATION at Jackalope Theatre Company

Review: IDEATION at Jackalope Theatre Company

What if a virus threatened the human species? What if a small group of highly regarded management consultants were tasked with secretly being its saviors by disposing of bodies?

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Review: AMERICAN HERO at First Floor Theater

Review: AMERICAN HERO at First Floor Theater

Set in a sandwich franchise in a local mall, Bess Wohl’s AMERICAN HERO features three sandwich makers from different walks of life who find themselves abandoned by corporate and desperately trying to keep the doors open.

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Review: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE at Chicago Theatre Workshop

Review: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE at Chicago Theatre Workshop

Finn and Lapine chart the musical course of the eccentric Hoover family and the plucky young Olive, who is given a last-minute opportunity to compete in the “Little Miss Sunshine” junior pageant in California. While the Hoovers seem to be hanging by a thread, they hop into Grandpa’s old Volkswagen van and are off to make the pageant.

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Review: TIME STANDS STILL at AstonRep Theatre Company

Review: TIME STANDS STILL at AstonRep Theatre Company

Pictured: Robert Tobin and Sara Pavlak McGuire. Photo by Emily Schwartz.  By Abigail Trabue According to a 2013 article from the Committee to Protect Journalists, a record number of journalists were killed between 2003-2011. At least 150 in total during the U.S. led invasion of Iraq, and 54 other media personnel....

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