Review: YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU at Oak Park Festival Theatre

Review: YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU at Oak Park Festival Theatre

The adorable story of the Sycamore family offers an evening of pleasant and downright silly entertainment.

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Chicago Theatre Standards in Action with Citadel’s SEX WITH STRANGERS

Chicago Theatre Standards in Action with Citadel’s SEX WITH STRANGERS

“Only then did we start to explore the transitions in which Laura Eason gives us the repeated stage direction: ‘clothes come off, sex is imminent.'”

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Review: SEX WITH STRANGERS at Citadel Theatre

Review: SEX WITH STRANGERS at Citadel Theatre

It’s ironic to review a show in which a character completely ignores the reviews of his own writing. However, the thought-provoking work that is Laura Eason’s SEX WITH STRANGERS requires a thorough exploration.

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Review: WEDDING BAND at The Artistic Home

Review: WEDDING BAND at The Artistic Home

In the final quarter of the Artistic Home’s powerfully rendered production of Alice Childress’ “Wedding Band,” there’s a scene that’s as emotionally eviscerating as anything you’re apt to see onstage this year.

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