Review: PASS OVER at Steppenwolf
We need to ask ourselves, “do black lives matter?” Because the thought of complacency is frightening for the future of humanity.
Review: NATIVE GARDENS at Victory Gardens Theater
This is a play that wields commentary about race and entitlement with swift aim, making incisions that cut deep.
Review: PILGRIMS at The Gift Theatre
Kiechel’s script is why we become actors, designers, directors, and supporters of the arts. It requires all of you, both physically and mentally. She doesn’t let up and has delivered the best show I’ve seen all year.
Review: IMPROVISED JANE AUSTEN
Pictured: Stephanie Jones and Vickie Eisenstein. Photo by David Audino. Ahhh, Jane, how you make so many hearts beat wildly with your tales of lost (and found) loves, matchmakers, wards, prejudice, sense and of course, pride and sensibility. For many of us, we will never look upon a lake and...
Review: KING LIZ at Windy City Playhouse
Women in power rarely are privy to traveling the path of least resistance in their climb to success.
Review: PARADE at Writers Theatre
PARADE is just another in a string of world-class productions to Grace Writers’ new home.
Review: THREE DAYS OF RAIN at BoHo Theatre
The beauty of this play comes from its familiarity, not in terms of the events that propel the story forward, but in how everyone can relate to the feelings and choices of the characters.
Review: THE NIGHT SEASON at Strawdog Theatre Company
Green’s ardent production is equal parts visceral and vulnerable, and proves that truthful, messy, human theater is female.
Review: GREAT EXPECTATIONS at Remy Bumppo and Silk Road Rising
Playwright Tanika Gupta finds the right formula to adapt Charles Dickens’ 1861 novel through an Indian perspective.
Review: RELATIVITY at Northlight Theatre
Mike Nussbaum at age 94 in an exploration of the Theory of Relativity, used as a metaphor to explore the ideas of greatness, contribution, family, God, and genius.