Mercury Announces HAIR Cast and Staff
The cast features Matt Keffer as Berger and Liam Quealy as Claude.
Review: HAMLET at Midsommar Flight
Midsommar’s dismissing of airs in the open air makes this show a Chicago summer absolute.
Review: THE NANCE at Pride Films & Plays
Douglas Carter Beane’s superb play THE NANCE gets a stellar local premiere by Pride Films & Plays.
Review: HIR at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Taylor Mac credits the seed of inspiration for HIR to the 1997 Steppenwolf production of Sam Shepard’s BURIED CHILD. Coming full circle, HIR is now playing at Steppenwolf. The leap is not that far; just as Shepard’s work is an indicting statement on the modern American family of his time, Steppenwolf’s HIR is most certainly a reflection of Mac’s.
Felicia Fields and E. Faye Butler Headline Free Navy Pier Anniversary Event
The duo join Grammy-nominated trumpeter Victor Garcia in a celebration of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lena Horne, directed by Aretha Franklin’s music director Fred Nelson III.