There’s a lot to love about The Playboy of the Western World
There’s a lot to love about The Playboy of the Western World. […]
Month: July 2022
Drag Disco Divas on tour: a thoroughly winning “Priscilla”
I only have vague memories of the film Priscilla, Queen of the […]
Jesus Christ Superstar’s 50th Anniversary tour returns to Chicago with most of its manic glory intact
The Rock Opera Jesus Christ Superstar is about as iconic a musical as the […]
Oak Park’s The Winter’s Tale proves to be a perfect choice for this era
In his director’s note for Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale at Oak Park […]
In “Light Falls,” a death teaches a lot about how to live
“There’s nobody looking,” the woman in the middle of the stage (played […]
Marriott Theatre’s The Wizard of Oz is a small slice of pure joy!
As Dorothy (Campbell Krausen) and the munchkins (Matthew Bettencort, Mandy Modic, and […]
Real Housewives of Dionysus: Hurricane Diane takes on climate change
Another day, another supernatural visitor heads to New Jersey. Marvel fans already […]
A brand new theatre company opens its doors with a very good “Summer and Smoke”
In Summer and Smoke, Tennessee Williams explores the interior conflict between the […]
The Story Theatre weaves history and “not history” into a brilliant conflation of revolution and the Black experience
As its name implies, The Story Theatre knows how to tell a […]
CST’s campy It Came From Outer Space takes us “out there”
If you are looking for a perfectly silly and fun piece of […]