Review: THINGS TO RUIN at Refuge Theatre Project
Musical Theatre isn’t really famous for its intimacy. But if you are into THINGS TO RUIN, intimacy you get. And immediacy. And certainly quite a bit of passion.
CIRCUS 1903 Brings the Golden Age of the Circus to Life
PIctured: Hammer Guys Photo credit: Mark Turner. Review: Circus 1903: the golden age of circus at The Oriental Theatre By Tonika Todorova When I was a kid, my grandfather took me to the circus every year. It was our thing. We always sat in the front row and ate cotton candy,...
Full of Heart, THE YEAR I DIDN’T GO TO SCHOOL Magically Brings the Book to Life
If you (or your child) ever wished you could open up a book and bring the illustrations and words to life, you needn’t look much further than the newly adapted page-to-stage production directed by Heidi Stillman.
THE SNOWY DAY Captures Sense of Child Naïveté
Most parents succumb to cynicism regarding how their children should face the world and the answer is hardly ever “creatively.”
MR. AND MRS. PENNYWORTH is a Visual Treat at Lookingglass
There is a visual treat of fairytale proportions playing at the Lookingglass stage this month brought to you by the titular characters of MR. AND MRS. PENNYWORTH. An aesthetic so well executed and true to its genre, that you could swear book pages were flipping over and coming to life in front of your eyes.
Smart and Innovative, THE HUNTER AND THE BEAR Is Everything Theater Should Be
This collaboration proved quite simply to be the reason I love going to the theater. This entire team of creators from direction to performance to design consists of the smartest and most innovative talent the theater world has to offer.
WINTERSET Leaves You Cold
As Chicago buckles down for another cold stretch, WINTERSET by Griffin Theatre seems like a well-partnered choice.
ELECTRODIDE Struggles To Find Theatrical Harmony
There is much that needs to be considered when expanding a current medium of performance into another.
HOW WE GOT ON Flows Easy and Is Fiercely Delivered
Haven has a firm grasp of HOW WE GOT ON. A show with a flow and chill beats invented by kids from an era that forgot how it got there because of parents that thought they knew better.
A-List Cast Delivers in THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHWAN
Bertolt Brecht’s tale of doomed do-gooder Shen Te in THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHWAN is as timeless as it is poignant.