Gender Roles and Identity Meet the Great Depression via Basketball in the TALL GIRLS
THE TALL GIRLS is a story about five young girls, who form a basketball team while trying to discover their identity as young women during the tumultuous time of the Great Depression.
Full of Humor and Energy THE OTHER CINDERELLA Brings the House Down
Only Jackie Taylor can remix a classic like Cinderella.
Dance Theatre of Harlem Shares Timely Pieces of Empowerment at the Auditorium
Dance Theatre of Harlem delivers a stunning show that is filled with great eloquence and breathtaking storytelling.
Polarity’s LEAVINGS is a Must See That Will Not Disappoint
(l-r) Emily Radke, RjW Mays, Monette McLin. Photo by Jackie Jasperson In the wake of a country that is still polarized by racism, Gail Parrish’s LEAVINGS forces us to take a hard look at history through a lens cloaked in accountability, as the play explores the severe impact slavery has had on...
Writers’ EAST TEXAS HOT LINKS is One Roller Coaster Of a Ride
When pairing director Ron OJ Parson with playwright Eugene Lee, expect to levitate in an orbit that will heighten one’s senses to how we engage with the world. EAST TEXAS HOT LINKS, delivers a biting punch of realism that is still pertinent in 2016.
MAN IN THE RING is a Knock-Out at Court
Court Theater lands a winning and fascinating production in Michael Cristofer’s new play, MAN IN THE RING, which manages to set the bar beyond unreachable in its skilled talent and superb storytelling.
SMOKEY JOE’S Delivers Chicago History and Non-Stop Talent
Turning west on Maxwell and then north on Halsted Street, a neighborhood miraculously transforms into street storefronts, with crooners and music lovers hugging the corners as shoppers moved tightly up and down the market.
THE HO– USE THAT WILL NOT STAND Stands Tall
Jacqueline Williams, Lizan Mitchell. Photo by Michael Courie What happens when people are too White to be Black and too Black to be White? Playwright Marcus Gardley’s THE HO– USE THAT WILL NOT STAND brings this conversation to the forefront in a dance with dialogue and history. There are advantages...
THE MARVIN GAYE STORY – a Powerful and Nostalgic Tribute
I have the utmost respect for the foundation established by Jackie Taylor and her ability to produce stories that people genuinely gravitate towards.
Painful Truths in A SMALL OAK TREE RUNS RED
Tiffany Addison and Ronald L. Conner. Photo by Congo Square Theatre Company Review: A SMALL OAK TREE RUNS RED at Congo Square Theatre Lekethia Dalcoe’s A SMALL OAK TREE RUNS RED resurrects history in a manner that should make the living uncomfortable within painful truths buried each day. Directed by...