Review: A NIGHT IN ALACHUA COUNTY at WildClaw Theatre Company
Pictured: Allison Cain. Photo courtesy of WildClaw Theatre Company. By Bec Willett World creation has always been important in engaging audiences in stories, particularly those presented in more fantastical genres. How would it affect our interpretation of the story if we were never quite able to believe that in Harry’s world...
Review: BONNIE & CLYDE at Kokandy Productions
BONNIE & CLYDE, with music by Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Don Black, and a book by Ivan Menchell, receives an outstanding interpretation in its Chicago premiere by Kokandy Productions at Theatre Wit.
Review BARBECUE – Strawdog at Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theater
Strawdog and Kiely have given us a beautiful, rare, and unapologetic blend of responsible theater-making, social commentary, and pure entertainment. BARBECUE is not to be missed.
Review: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY UNIT AT MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER OF NEW YORK CITY at Route 66 Theatre Company
A hospital room is a ubiquitous yet evocative thing. Stiff linen corners, tiny paper cups, polyester-clad furniture – all in chemical pastels so sterile that even the filth of grief and the sloppiness of celebration remain unabsorbed.
Review: THE TRAGEDY OF HE-MANLET at New Millennium Theater Company
New Millennium Theatre Company’s current production, THE TRAGEDY OF HE-MANLET, is the essence of storefront theatre
Review: THE AUDIENCE at TimeLine Theatre Company
“You’re allowing complicated people, over-complicated people, to measure themselves against something unchanging”
Review: THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY at Red Theater Chicago
Do you remember Hulk Hogan? Not the recent version who battled online media websites about leaked sex tapes, but the 80’s icon who battled bad guys like the Iron Sheik?
Review: TREVOR THE MUSICAL at Writers Theater
Eli Tokash and cast. Photo by Michael Brosilow. By Rachel Weinberg TREVOR, the soul-stirring and exceptionally executed new musical at Writers Theatre, managed to simultaneously break my heart and make me grin uncontrollably over the course of its two-hour run time. With book and lyrics by Dan Collins, music by...
Review: HAIR at Mercury Theater Chicago
Brenda Didier’s production hits the bullseye, with musical arrangement by Eugene Dizon that takes advantage of the superhuman voices of the ensemble to create a blend of intimate vibrating harmonies and face-melting belts.
Review: THE FOOD SHOW at The Neo-Futurists
THE FOOD SHOW is exactly how I think it would feel: people who know your rhythms, respect your boundaries, and love you just how you are.