Monthly Archives: February 2015
A Full Frontal Satire of Society
The Importance of Being Earnest – Shaw Chicago Theatre Company
Can there be a more exquisite comedy in the English language? Populated by some of literature’s most delightfully self-absorbed
Read MoreWhimsy Inventively Presented
James and the Giant Peach – Filament Theatre Company
In 1961, a young British author named Roald Dahl burst onto the literary scene with a children’s novel that set the standard for inventive
Read MoreMillennial Connections, with Music
First Date – Royal George Theatre
Just in time for Valentines Day, and poised to warm up those cold Chicago nights, this pocket-size, recycled sitcom-style musical is cute,
Read MoreMoving Toward the Darkness
The Addams Family – Mercury Theatre
The sizzling sound you hear is all the artistry that burns within Mercury Theater’s creative team. This includes director, L. Walter Stearns,
Read MoreBring on the Girls
La Cage aux Folles – Marriott Theatre
The glitz and glamor of St. Tropez, with all its sparkle and shine, stars in sequins and feather boas and talented chorines in drag, almost
Read MoreEverything’s Coming Up Mormon
Book of Merman – Pride Films and Plays
With the phenomenal success of Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez’s cleverly written, irreverent and infectious musical comedy,
Read MoreDocumented History as Theatre
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 – The Other Theatre Company
Following the unthinkably violent incidents that occurred in the aftermath of Rodney King’s sadistic beating in California, stage and
Read MoreA Chilling Morality Tale for a Winter Night
White Guy on the Bus – Northlight Theatre
Each Saturday Ray, an affluent, caucasian business man, shares a public bus with a single, African American mother named Shatique, in
Read MoreLadies Not for Burning
Rapture, Blister, Burn – Goodman Theatre
At some point in life, often in one’s middle age years, a person begins considering the road not taken, the life one could’ve chosen…but
Read MoreThe Family That Votes Together…
The Apple Family Plays: – Timeline Theatre
That Hopey Changey Thing
It’s November 2 in Rhinebeck, New York. The polls are about to close for the 2010 mid-term elections. Gathering around the dinner table
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