Review: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
It’s worth the train or car ride to Arlington Heights to visit Metropolis and visit Neverland.
Review: LITTLE FISH at Kokandy Productions
In an era of shock value and fast-paced, high-drama storytelling, Michael John LaChiusa’s LITTLE FISH is a refreshingly thoughtful, nuanced and contemplative portrait of a woman trying to live one moment at a time.
Review: LELA & CO at Steep Theatre
You don’t expect a show advertised with a partially-eaten pink cake to thwack you on the heart – but Steep’s production of LELA & CO does just that.
Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! National Tour at the Oriental Theatre
Bottoms up! The national tour of the hilarious, clever, and grin-inducing SOMETHING ROTTEN! has arrived at the Oriental Theatre in a first-rate production that’s worth celebrating.
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.
Review: MACBETH at Oak Park Festival Theatre
This shortest and bloodiest of Shakespeare’s tragedies, in less capable hands, could easily have devolved into a gory series of fights and frights for an evening of silly summer fun. But the talented cast and crew at OPFT have created a fantastic and memorable show for any season.
Review: HITLER ON THE ROOF at Akvavit Theatre
Amy Gorelow and Jay Torrence. Photo by Karl Clifton-Soderstrom. By Tonika Todorova HITLER ON THE ROOF doesn’t exactly offer subtleties when exploring its topical themes. The rise of Nationalistic pride and ideological fanaticism around the world gives everyone pause, but this production aptly reminds us what happens when you pause for too...
Review: LONDON ASSURANCE at City Lit Theater
The intelligent female characters of LONDON ASSURANCE shame much of the Western drama that follows.