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 […]
Month: October 2021
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]