Interrobang’s THE NORTH POOL—A Pressure-Cooker of a Play
Rajiv Joseph’s pressure-cooker of a play reveals that you are not merely an audience member, but a spectator at a turbulent tennis match—power volleying feverishly between student and teacher. Psychological crucible THE NORTH POOL ultimately culminates in an oddly cathartic detonation, cutting both captor and captive down to their common denominator—maddening guilt.
Pegasus Theatre Chicago Receives Matching Grant for RUTHERFORD’S TRAVELS
l-r: Chicago Dramatists Artistic Director Meghan Beals, Pegasus Theatre Chicago Artistic Director and Rutherford’s Travels co-adapter Ilesa Duncan, author Charles Johnson, and co-adapter David Barr, III. Photo from Pegasus Theatre Chicago Archive Pegasus Theatre Chicago recently became the recipient of The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation grant for the production of Pegasus’s...
Jonathan Berry—The Epitome of a Chicago Director
I’d like to take you back to 2008. Eight years ago, 34-year-old director Johnathan Berry had major profiles in both Time Out Chicago and the Chicago Tribune, heralding him as the epitome of a Chicago theater director. Time Out called that upcoming season “A Berry Year,” and for good reason. The soft-voiced, genial craftsman was about to embark on four Chicago premieres, including his first Equity production at Remy Bumppo, The Marriage of Figaro. On the Shore of the Wide World at Griffin would mark the first of several plays by Olivier and Tony Award-winning British playwright Simon Stephens directed by Berry.
Poignant Tragedy SPINNING Unearths Haunting Empathy
Connor Burke is a man overcome with regret, clutching at the scraps of life that remain after catastrophe tears apart his world like a tortuous riptide.
Season of Concern Appoints New Manager Of Communication and Fundraising Events
Season of Concern announced today the appointment of Frank Farrell as Director of Communications and Fundraising Events succeeding Scott Duff, who stepped down in January to pursue a full-time sales career at Windy City Media Group. “Season of Concern is excited to welcome Frank Farrell as the new Manager of...
Adventure Stage Chicago’s 16-17 Season Includes Two New Works
SIGHT UNSEEN, March 2016, Photo Credit Johnny Knight Adventure Stage Chicago (ASC) has announced its 2016 – 2017 season which will include two new works, a collaboration with The National Theatre of Scotland, and a site-specific production to celebrate The Settlement’s 125th anniversary. Adventure Stage Chicago, a program of Northwestern...
Whimsical Roaming SHERLOCK Is the Perfect Summer Activity
Do you remember what it was like to see your world as a game? I picture myself as a child, a small flame-haired thing, running around heavily-wooded Defiance, Missouri, thinking my little universe is but an ever-stretching scene of discovery. An oddly shaped stone, a lost pen cap, the first summer firefly– everything in sight was a clue to unraveling the wonder of the everyday. I was happy to catch a glimpse of that feeling again this weekend with SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE MYSTERY OF PORTAGE PARK, watching merrily on as adults and children alike take delight in the seemingly ordinary world around them.
KINKY BOOTS Returns to Chicago
Tony Award-winners Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein’s popular musical KINKY BOOTS returns to Chicago this summer playing at the Oriental Theatre Aug 30th – September 4th. Inspired by true events, KINKY BOOTS takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe factory in Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan. Charlie Price is...
Deftly Crafted Would-Be Superheroes Fly in PROWESS
In a time when most storefronts have little faith in their audience to make it through 90 minutes without looking at their phone, Prowess flies through it’s 2+ hour run time.