Monthly Archives: January 2018
Feudin’ and Fightin’
Hatfield & McCoy – House Theatre
The bullets fly, the blood freely flows and the feudin’ and fightin’ begins in The House Theatre’s newly-revised story from 19th century America. It’s a violent
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When Things Start Falling Apart
We the People: The Anti-Trump Musical – Flying Elephant Productions
Sean Chandler’s original new musical revue is basically a form of choral catharsis. It’s a song cycle, with music and lyrics by Leo Schwartz, that, for better or worse,
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Any Dream Will Do
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Drury Lane Oakbrook
It appears that Drury Lane Oakbrook has turned into Chicago’s venue of reinvention. Beginning with
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Loving a Man in Uniform
Yank: A WWII Love Story – Pride Films and Plays
It’s 1943 and WWII is raging in Europe. Stu is one of many scared Midwestern draftees to be called to serve.
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A Career-Defining Performance
Boy – Timeline Theatre Company
The story may be told with simplicity, but the subject matter is involved, complicated and filled with pain and heartbreak. Based upon a real case, Anna Ziegler’s play about a young
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Rogues and Roleplaying in Pennsylvania
The Antelope Party – Theatre Wit
There are an infinite number of secret clubs and congregations around America. They appeal to just
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Camelot’s Queen Mother
Rose – Greenhouse Theatre Center
Talented, multi-Jeff Award-winning Chicago actress Linda Reiter earned her latest, well-deserved
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Watching a Slice of Life
Five Mile Lake – Shattered Globe Theatre
The small lake town near Scranton, Pennsylvania is the kind of place where young people grow up
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Up, Up and Away
Montauciel Takes Flight – Lifeline Theatre
Early in the summer of 1783 two brothers performed an exciting experiment to prove to themselves, and the citizens of Annonay, France, that they had invented a means for flight.
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Whistleblowing in the Northern Suburbs
Traitor – A Red Orchid
In 1882 Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen wrote a scathing drama entitled “An Enemy of the People,” partially in response to the outrage over his previous play, “Ghosts.” That
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