Pride Films and Plays Adds Summer Season
Pictured: Pride Arts Center. Photo courtesy of Pride Films and Plays. Pride Films and Plays will fill the summer months before its already announced 2018-19 season with a five-play summer repertory of fully staged plays, according to an announcement today by Executive Director David Zak. Dubbed “PAC Pride Fest,” the...
Stage Left Puts 18/19 Season on Hold as Leadership Steps Down
Stage Left Theatre has announced that Co-Artistic Directors Jason A. Fleece and Amy Szerlong, as well as Co-Literary Manager Zev Valancy, will be leaving the company as of today. The company will put the brakes on their 2018-2019 season plans in order to focus on the search for new leadership. During the transition...
Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at Joffrey Ballet
Take the overall feeling of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, blend in a little Salvador Dali, a touch of Roger Waters. and Pink Floyd, a pinch of Monty Python, and, as my companion said, “a little Molly,” and you have some idea of the experience of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.
Review: RAISED IN CAPTIVITY at Right Brain Project
While Right Brain Project’s production of RAISED IN CAPTIVITY has potential, the bare-bones design choices and the lack of trust in Silver’s comedic mastery make much of the experience feel forced rather than funny.
Broken Nose Announces Cast & Production Staff for THE OPPORTUNITIES OF EXTINCTION
(left to right) Echaka Agba, Richard Costes, and Aria Szalai-Raymond Broken Nose Theatre has announced casting for Sam Chanse’s new drama about a couple fleeing to the Mojave Desert in the wake of a social media firestorm. THE OPPORTUNITIES OF EXTINCTION, directed by company member Jen Poulin. THE OPPORTUNITIES OF...
WATCH: Goodman Makes Production of “2666” Available for Free Streaming
Photo: Henry Godinez (Oscar Amalfitano) in the Goodman’s “2666” | Liz Lauren The Goodman Theater’s “2666,” the 2016 production of Chilean author and poet Roberto Bolaño’s novel, co-adapted and co-directed by Robert Falls and Seth Bockley, is now streaming online free of charge at goodmantheatre.org/Watch2666. Live streaming productions present many challenges due to...
Steppenwolf for Young Adults Announces 18/19 Season
Steppenwolf for Young Adults has announced the two plays and directors that will make up its 2018/19 season.
The Sweet Definition of Success
Maybe success is best thought of as a verb rather than a noun.
Review: DISASTER! at Chicago Theatre Workshop
Chicago Theatre Workshop’s production is delivered with such joy and comedic skill that it will leave you giddy with laughter.