News & Reviews Category
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
Read More
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.
Read More
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
Read More
The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
Nevermore – Black Button Eyes Production
If a theatergoer thinks his life is disappointing or less than ideal, he needs to visit the new production at the Edge Theater. Written and composed by Jonathan Christenson, this
Read More
Where Your Devotion Lies
For the Loyal – Interrobang
Mia is seven months pregnant when Toby, her young husband, college football coach-in-training,
Read More
I Gotta Crow
Peter Pan – Music Theatre Works
Many children will be looking up into the sky over the holidays, searching for a highflying sleigh pulled by eight tiny reindeer. But there’s another extraordinary
Read More
You’ve Got a Friend
BLKS – Steppenwolf Theatre
Following an evening of sexual playtime with her “partner,” Ry, Octavia suddenly, unexpectedly
Read More
A Renaissance Man of Entertainment
Sammy: A Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr – Black Ensemble theatre
Jackie Taylor’s closes her 2017 Season of Dance with this celebration of the extraordinary American entertainer known as Mister Show Business. Written and
Read More
Change Was in the Air
Red Velvet – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Lolita Chakrabarti’s fascinating biographic drama, which premiered in London in 2012 to much
Read More
The Grandaddy of Them All!
A Christmas Carol – Goodman Theatre
Goodman Artistic Associate Henry Wishcamper enjoys his return as the director of Tom Creamer’s excellent stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas
Read MoreRECOMMENDED SITES
