Review | SOMETHING CLEAN from Sideshow and Rivendell
SOMETHING CLEAN, the joined effort by Sideshow and Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, is a production with emotionally messy material to tackle, but this superb ensemble handles the task with extreme tenderness, intensity and attention.
Review | “The Memo” at Organic Theater Company
It’s impossible to separate this play from any of the politicking that surrounds us, but it is important to take away a perspective on the individual, because, in the end, we all play our part, whether willingly or knowingly.
Review | “Melancholy Play” at Organic Theater Company
Truth be told, if it wasn’t for the Director’s Note in the program that also offers a few of playwright Sarah Ruhl’s words, you would question why Organic Theater chose this show as part of their season.
Review | FORTS: BUILD YOUR OWN ADVENTURE at Filament Theatre
Filament Theatre fulfills its promise of being the place where families come and play yet again in their returning installment of FORTS: BUILD YOUR OWN ADVENTURE.
Review | THE NUTCRACKER at House Theatre of Chicago
There is a reason some holiday shows come back year after year and become Chicago staples at Christmastime.
Review | FRANKENSTEIN at Court Theatre
Manual Cinema could hardly choose a production more closely matching their aesthetic than FRANKENSTEIN
Review: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD at Adventure Stage Chicago
Pictured: Gabriel Fries, Carlyle DePriest and Felipe Carrasco | Josh Darr By Tonika Todorova Adventure Stage Chicago invites us along for THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, the classic tale about a hero whose heroism swims in the murky waters of doing wrong to better another wrong. Geared for pre-teen and teen...
Review: NIGHTMARES & NIGHTCAPS: THE STORIES OF JOHN COLLIER at Black Button Eyes Productions
Depending on your tastes, it could be your mare or your cup o’. But you can’t blame Black Button Eyes for doing its particular thing so darn well.
Review: GUARDS AT THE TAJ at Steppenwolf
Omar Metwally and Arian Moayed | Michael Brosilow By Tonika Todorova There certainly is captivating beauty in Rajiv Joseph’s GUARDS AT THE TAJ currently to behold at Steppenwolf’s upstairs theatre. But this production isn’t as much about upholding the “true meaning of beauty and the cost of transcendence in a...
Review: MACBETH at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
A production so spellbinding that even knowing how the story ends, you sit at the edge of your seat expecting the predictable with eyes wide open.