Revamped SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER Keeps the Good and Cleans up the Bad
In the opening montage of the classic 1977 film SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, an overhead camera soars from Manhattan to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, where we see John Travolta as Tony Manero, strutting the streets, swinging his paint can.
Casting Announced For Nothing Without a Company’s THE KID THING
Nothing Without a Company has announced casting for their spring production of THE KID THING by Sarah Gubbins.
Lisa Tejero Delivers a Truly Exceptional Performance in WIT
Margaret Edson’s 1999 Pulitzer Prize Winner WIT is a bold play, known in theater circles for requiring tremendous bravery from its lead actor.
GLORIA Is Haunting and Exposing and Darkly Funny
Disclaimer: You will see yourself in Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’ play, and it will disturb the hell out of you.
Steep’s EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON Is a Long and Uneven Journey
Over the course of Mike Bartlett’s three-hour play EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON, now in its U.S. premiere at Steep Theatre Company, he attempts to tackle themes both universal—quite literally atmospheric and cosmological—and personal.
KING LIZ Cast and Creatives Announced
Windy City Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team for Fernanda Coppel’s KING LIZ.
Steppenwolf Has Its HIR Cast and Production Team
Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced the cast and production team for HIR, a Chicago premiere by playwright, actor, singer-songwriter and performance artist Taylor Mac.
Andrew Park Steps Down as Artistic Director of Quest Theatre Ensemble
Quest Theatre Ensemble has announced founding Artistic Director Andrew Park has stepped down and Elliott Fredland will assume the position of Interim Artistic Director of the 15-year- old company.
CYMBELINE, Despite Flaws, Packs a Powerful Punch
Far wiser writers have comprehensively concluded CYMBELINE is not Shakespeare’s finest work. Thus, with mild trepidation I sat down to watch Strawdog Theatre Companies production.
Required Reading: “What Every Woman Knows”
“What Every Woman Knows” teaches the lesson that even if a woman is unattractive, she can still trap a man into marriage with her wits, as long as she suppresses her own ambitions and intelligence in the service of convincing the world that her man is really the brains and power and excuse me while I kneel before the porcelain god and vomit my brains out.