After 29 Seasons, RHINO FEST Is Still Going Strong
Opportunity plays a pinnacle role in today’s arts and social relevancy when juxtaposed to the current events and hardships. The Rhinoceros Festival bravely charges forward, driven to create a way for any new idea and any inspired mind to have space to breathe life into their creations.
Review: BOY at TimeLine
With BOY, TimeLine sets a strong example of theater as a call to action, conversation and empathy.
Review: THE ANTELOPE PARTY at Theatre Wit
I have to admit, I was incredibly skeptical when asked to review a show entitled THE ANTELOPE PARTY, whose principle iconography includes the “My Little Pony” toys in Trump-era ball caps.
Review: FRANKLINLAND at Jackalope Theatre Company
The dynamics of a father & son relationship are often perplexing. With the assumed normal construct of what a “man” is and what a man wants, we often have conflicting agendas, and as the son grows into his preferred wants, a father may continue to instill his perceptions of how the son should think.
Review: THE LIGHT at The New Colony
There are hard lessons learned from THE LIGHT, like one person’s trauma should not negate the validity of another person’s trauma, though they may appear different in nature.
Review: JITNEY at Congo Square Theatre
One would flag a Jitney down and jump in with other passengers and tell the driver where you wanted to get off. Blacks have always been forced to use their ingenuity so that we can still exist with some form of normalcy when being left out of the equation.
Chicago’s Best Shows of 2017
Of the 247 shows our critics reviewed, many of their favorites went beyond the plight of the marginalized — beyond making liberal theatergoers feel sorry for their part in our society — to twist the knife in the nuance and intersectionality of the American experience.
Review: VIOLET at Griffin Theatre
Griffin Theatre’s stunning production of VIOLET will simultaneously make hearts ache and soar.
Review: ALTAR BOYZ at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Altar Boyz is the Most Fun You’ll Ever Have Being Proselytized.
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Midsommer Flight
Midsommer Flight’s returning fare for the holidays is perhaps the most delightful Shakespeare I’ve been privy to, made only more magical by the panoramic walk up through the Lincoln Park Zoo lights and the oversized winter decorations hanging above the oversized fauna under the Conservatory’s oversized glass domes. Talk about a shift in reality! Welcome to Illyria, boys and girls. It’s TWELFTH NIGHT. Or as known in Western Christian theology — the Day of Epiphany. Or by its alternative title given by the Bard himself — “What You Will.”