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 […]
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 […]
E. Faye Butler is completely awesome in Goodman’s Fannie
Can we just turn E. Faye Butler’s name into a verb that […]
Giordano Dance Chicago’s Illuminate Lights Up the Night
There’s a chance, maybe a slim chance, but there’s a chance it’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nick Diffatte’s “Offbeat” Comedy Magic Show is Comedy Magic
You enter through a laundromat. …is a sentence I never thought I […]
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 […]
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 […]