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Month: October 2021

October 30, 2021October 30, 2021Chicago Reviews

Invictus Theater’s Hamlet is “Madness, but there be Method in it”

“Who’s there?”  So begins Shakespeare’s Hamlet, an exploration of humanity through the mind of perhaps the single greatest character in the history […]

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021Chicago Reviews

Who knew that Eurydice could be such a perfect metaphor for our times?

In a Director’s Note, Kathy Scambiatterra refers to Sarah Ruhl’s Euridyce as “that reach back, that looking back one more time to […]

October 28, 2021October 28, 2021Chicago Reviews

E. Faye Butler is completely awesome in Goodman’s Fannie

Can we just turn E. Faye Butler’s name into a verb that means something like “to give a performance so outstanding it […]

October 23, 2021October 23, 2021Chicago Reviews

Giordano Dance Chicago’s Illuminate Lights Up the Night

There’s a chance, maybe a slim chance, but there’s a chance it’s not too late. You might already have plans. People like […]

October 22, 2021October 22, 2021Chicago Reviews

Scary and Smart: The Jigsaw Bride Breathes New Life into a Monstrous Story

The Peabody Estate on an October night. The eerily intriguing botanical laboratory in a Swiss castle turned circus of the macabre. The […]

October 16, 2021October 16, 2021Chicago Reviews

It’s easy to love CST’s Beatles-infused As You Like It…yeah, yeah, yeah

I don’t want to spoil the party, but I’ve got a feeling you already suspect this anyway: Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s buoyant and […]

October 15, 2021October 19, 2021Chicago Reviews

Rick Bayless and Windy City Playhouse serve up comedy and food in “A Recipe For Disaster”

Photo by Kyle Flubacker Windy City Playhouse pretty much always provides its audiences samples of snacks and beverages during its acclaimed immersive […]

October 14, 2021October 15, 2021Chicago Reviews

Nick Diffatte’s “Offbeat” Comedy Magic Show is Comedy Magic

You enter through a laundromat. …is a sentence I never thought I would lead with in a magic show review, but it’s […]

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021Chicago Reviews

Masterful acting helps “This Wide Night” show the human side of ex-cons

Society tells us that convicts must “pay their debt” before it will allow them to re-assimilate into the world. But anyone who […]

October 11, 2021Chicago Reviews

The only “horrible” thing about the excellent “Dr. Horrible” is the ridiculous intermissions

By Karen Topham; photo by Evan Hanover “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” began as a web-only creation from Joss Whedon back when he […]

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