Review: THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA? at Interrobang Theatre Project
The play poses some big questions: can desire be separate from emotional connection? What does it mean to “have it all” and still be missing something? What even constitutes a taboo anyway?
Review: RADIO GOLF at Court Theatre
Roosevelt wants the White man’s riches but doesn’t know his own worth. He believes he has a seat at the table but his legs will never be long enough to pull his chair up next to the rich White men he admires.
Review: SPRING AWAKENING at Blank Theatre Company
Pictured: Ensemble (background) and Haley Bolithon and Jeremiah Alsop (foreground). Photo by Nick McKenzie By Kelsey McGrath Before this review, I have to address the biggest truth in the room: SPRING AWAKENING is a problematic show. Originally on Broadway 2006, it contains a number of triggering concepts. Most of these glorify...
Review: A SHAYNA MAIDEL at TimeLine Theatre Company
A SHAYNA MAIDEL shows how family can survive the worst of what humanity can do to each other, and still learn from and love each other
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: THE LADY DEMANDS SATISFACTION at Babes With Blades
THE LADY DEMANDS SATISFACTION showcases an opportunity for a fun story with wonderful stage combat from some very talented performers.
Review: DEFACING MICHAEL JACKSON at Flying Elephants Productions
Under Director Alexis J. Roston, DEFACING MICHAEL JACKSON has the ability to reminisce, by splashing in not only Jackson hits, but a plethora of other eighties music.
Review: BLISS (OR EMILY POST IS DEAD!) at Promethean Theatre Ensemble
BLISS (OR EMILY POST IS DEAD!) is uncomfortable, humorous, and incisive in all the right ways.
Review: SOMETHING IN THE GAME at Northwestern’s American Music Theatre Project
Making flesh-and-blood figures into heroes is always a tricky thing. We tend to highlight their virtues and ignore their all too human flaws, only for those flaws to present themselves later on. This can lead to a sense of cognitive dissonance, of feeling like we were never right to revere that person in the first place. But ultimately, our understanding that all people have their own particular flaws, and allowing both the positive and negative sides of a person to coexist, can sometimes lead to a richer, more truthful perception of the heroes we admire, as real human beings who struggled with the same things that we do. SOMETHING IN THE GAME, a new musical currently running as part of Northwestern University’s American Music Theatre Project, seeks to take a more well-rounded look at one particularly enduring hero: Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne.
Review: EVERYBODY at Brown Paper Box Co.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ EVERYBODY is everything we need right now. EVERYBODY is our language, integrates our nuances, satisfies our pop culture nihilism.