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. Well, not the actual playboy. There’s not really all that […]
Month: July 2022
Drag Disco Divas on tour: a thoroughly winning “Priscilla”
I only have vague memories of the film Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, though I know I enjoyed it and have long […]
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 modern era has produced. The familiar territory of this show–not […]
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 Theatre Festival, Kevin Theis writes, “When the leader of your […]
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 by Kendra Thulin) says. Her name, she tells us, is […]
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 Laura Savage) danced around the yellow brick road while a […]
Real Housewives of Dionysus: Hurricane Diane takes on climate change
Another day, another supernatural visitor heads to New Jersey. Marvel fans already know the havoc that Wanda Maximoff (aka The Scarlet Witch) […]
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 physical and spiritual parts of human nature. As he does […]
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 story. The young company, only in its third season, has […]
CST’s campy It Came From Outer Space takes us “out there”
If you are looking for a perfectly silly and fun piece of summer entertainment, the theatrical equivalent of a great beach read, […]