Monday, 02 April 2018 22:44
Review: How I Learned to Drive at The Artistic Home
Written by John Accrocco
Never has there been a more relevant time for Paula Vogel’s 1998 Pulitzer Prize winner ‘How I Learned to Drive’. By now, it’s considered a modern classic and has certainly made Vogel a hot playwright ever since. The fact that this play is now twenty years old and is arguably…
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Friday, 30 March 2018 14:35
Factory Theater Show Has Charm, Though It’s Probably Not The Next Big Thing
Written by Bill Esler
It’s 1997, and Beth Peterson, an aspiring 19-year-old musician, has journeyed from her home town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to Chicago. She is bearing a guitar, and a business card of a gentleman who heard her at an open mic near her home in Escanaba. He invited her to come…
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Monday, 26 March 2018 19:04
“Bad Girls: The Stylists” an ode to today's hairstylist
Written by Ken Payne
Akvavit Theatre’s latest presentation brings Astrid Saalbach’s Danish comedy “Bad Girls: The Stylists” to the U.S. for the first time where it is being performed at Strawdog Theatre Company. Taking place in a beauty salon, the story follows four hair stylists through their daily endeavors in the workplace, getting all…
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Sunday, 25 March 2018 19:05
Review: Court Theatre's 'Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner'
Written by John Accrocco
By now we all know who’s coming to dinner. Based on the 1967 film starring Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn, Court Theatre presents a new stage adaptation of ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.’ Written in 2013 by Todd Kreidler, this fresh look points at the progress America has made regarding…
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Saturday, 24 March 2018 18:31
Point Taken - Red Tape's “Round Heads and Pointed Heads”
Written by Ron Reis
At The Ready, a small theatre on Chicago’s Northside is currently hosting the classic parable play “Round Heads and Pointed Heads”. Penned by Bertolt Brecht in 1936, its current Chicago run is being brought to you by Red Tape Theatre - a fine theatre company I would urge one to…
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Sunday, 25 March 2018 23:48
On Your Feet! Great Songs, Dance, and a Story Make It So Much More Than a Juke Box Musical
Written by Bill Esler
On Your Feet! is the compelling rags to riches tale of Emilio Estefan and Gloria Fajardo Estefan’s odyssey - from dreaming Cuban immigrants, to stars who brought a fresh Latin flavor to the American song book. It’s also a love story, and a musical journey. It wasn’t painless, either. And…
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Women Laughing Alone with Salad from Theater Wit is a funny mess. Based on the popular meme of stock photos of women who always seem to be having the time of their lives while eating a bowl of tasteless raw vegetables, the play tries to satirize this concept. The concept being…
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Monday, 19 March 2018 05:20
"The Brink or Nobody's Ever Kissed Me like That" A Stunning work of Surrealism Overflowing with Sensual and Romantic Images of Modern Love
Written by Kimberly Katz
Each week as I sort through the invitations to theater and concert events taking place in Chicago, it’s rare that I find a title as intriguing and inviting as this one - "The Brink or Nobody's Ever Kissed Me like That". Walkabout Theater Company described this show in their press…
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Tuesday, 20 March 2018 23:38
'An Enemy of the People' not your average period piece
Written by John Accrocco
"In real life, you're exploited by the moneyed class and then you die." says Petra in Robert Falls' new production of 'An Enemy of the People' at Goodman Theatre. His adaptation of Ibsen's 1882 play, spends two and a half hours exploring the theme of freedom. "An Enemy of the…
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Wednesday, 14 March 2018 13:08
Comical Moments and Absurdist Riffs Almost Enough To Save Hang Man
Written by Bill Esler
It’s an unsettling opening scene: actor Gregory Fenner silently dons a noose strung from a tree in as he steps into the role of Darnell. When the spotlight hits him, he lifts his head to speak, and Stacy Osei-Kuffour’s Hang Man takes flight as a play. Darnell is hanging from…
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Thursday, 08 March 2018 22:19
Neo Futurist's "Seven Fights": How to Fight Back in the Arts and Win - Without Actually Drawing Blood
Written by Kimberly Katz
I went to see "A Story Told in Seven Fights" at Neo-Futurists Theater on my birthday for two reasons. One, I wanted to have a fun, exciting interactive theater experience and two, because my dear friend and college classmate, actor, comedy writer Phil Riddarelli was one of the original members…
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About Face Theatre’s Time Is on Our Side is a wonderful play that carries a LGBTQ theme throughout. This might make some people uncomfortable – and for those it does, this play is a must see. The subject matter is very open. The characters are very open. I found it…
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On a beautiful plantation in the modern day South, a mother asks her three daughters what they would change in the world, if they could. After rattling off some Miss America-esque answers – including "giving a croissant to a homeless person" – the girls go back to their own self-interests,…
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