Powerful, compelling Richard III deserves a bigger audience
Somehow, through all of my years as a play-goer, an English teacher, and a theatre critic, I had managed to miss out […]
Somehow, through all of my years as a play-goer, an English teacher, and a theatre critic, I had managed to miss out […]
Lloyd Suh’s The Chinese Lady, about the life of Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to come to America, is a remarkable […]
Often, there is a certain sameness to science fiction plays. If they are of the “exploring strange new worlds” variety, sets are […]
Entering the Bookspan Theatre space at Den Theatre to see the world premiere of Magnolia Ballet, you are thrust into another world. […]
Somewhere Over the Border, a new musical by Brian Quijada, now being presented by Teatro Vista at Windy City Playhouse, is not […]
How often do you think back to the people you knew—and more specifically to the people you loved—in high school. For me, […]
I’m not sure how it was even possible that I had never before seen Lookingglass Theatre’s stellar and inventive Lookingglass Alice, given […]
When you say that you are doing a version of Chekhov’s The Seagull (or indeed any Chekhov play at all), the expectations […]
Sometimes things just seem aligned by fate. That was the case for me this weekend, as I found myself watching three consecutive […]
Strawdog Theatre’s new play opens with one actress standing in a focus light in front of the stage platforms staring straight ahead. […]