Review | “Lottery Day” at Goodman Theatre
Much like an actual lottery, the characters in Lottery Day all face the randomness of tragedy and success.
Goodman Announces Cast & Designers for Ike Holter’s LOTTERY DAY
Photo: J. Nicole Brooks (Mallory) and Tommy Rivera-Vega (Ezekiel) in the 2017 developmental production of “Lottery Day” as part of Goodman’s New Stages Festival. The Goodman Theatre has announced the cast and design team for its world premiere of “Lottery Day”—Ike Holter’s final work in his seven-play “The Rightlynd Saga,” directed by Lili-Anne Brown. The cast will...
Review: Firebrand and Timeline’s CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE represents the best of what musical theatre is and should be. A riveting story with unique and unforgettable characters, amazing music and sprinkle of magic is change everyone can get behind.
Review: TILIKUM – Sideshow Theatre Company at Victory Gardens
TILIKUM is a game-changer, a masterfully written, sophisticated play full of subtleties and brutalities told in a refreshingly unique method, performed by a cast of talented actors that clearly trust each other enough to tackle such electrifying material. TILIKUM is worth your time and money, as I guarantee that you will not see anything else like it this year.
Review: MARIE CHRISTINE at BoHo Theatre
If you like your musicals dark—tragically, unceasingly dark—with a complicated score that’s well sung, BoHo Theatre’s MARIE CHRISTINE is just the production to see as the fall days grow ever shorter.
Review: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
It’s worth the train or car ride to Arlington Heights to visit Metropolis and visit Neverland.
Packed with Talent, Kokandy’s THE WIZ Blows the Roof Off
On a full moon night in Chicago, Kokandy Productions showed how brazen and talented their artists are as they blew the roof off Theater Wit with their revival of THE WIZ.
XANADU is Unadulterated Musical Theater Joy
American Theater Company’s production of the musical XANADU (based upon the flop of a film bearing the same name) bursts with infectious energy and non-stop fun.
Video: Gavin Lawrence as 7-Year-Old Barack Obama
Chicago Children’s Theatre’s production of JABARI DREAMS OF FREEDOM features Gavin Lawrence as Barack Obama, and in this clip as a 7-year-old he come’s up with the ubiquitous “Yes we can”.