“Elephant and Piggie” is wonderful children’s theatre
Review by Samantha Robison Don’t walk. Run! Load up the family wagon and make a beeline to Lincolnshire. The perfect cure for […]
Month: July 2023
Steppenwolf puts on a hilarious yet hopeless “No Man’s Land”
Photo by Michael Brosilow I could tell you that Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land, now playing at Steppenwolf Theatre, is a deeply […]
Rock of Ages camps up the 80s and highlights some excellent music
Photo by Liz Lauren Take a bunch of 80s rock anthems by groups like Whitesnake, Journey, Poison, REO Speedwagon, Quarterflash, and even […]
Oak Park Festival’s new AD stages an LGBT+ version of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and it is excellent
Photo by Josh Darr Peter G. Anderson, the new Artistic Director of the Oak Park Festival Theatre, has put on the director’s […]
Bold, provocative, and original: The Art of Bowing is a tribute to live theatre
Photo by Michael Brosilow There are some plays whose messages are straightforward and easy to understand. There are others, though, that force […]
Catch Me If You Can is fine fun, but that female chorus is outstanding
Billy Surges’ Surging Films and Theatrics may not be a huge “name” company, but it has been producing plays and musicals in […]
The 39 Steps is a farcical Hitchcock-lite noir
Photo by Brett Beiner Never see a comedy at a Sunday matinee. For whatever reason, audiences are sleepier and far less animated […]
Not a simple sponge: Spongebob is a silly, fun under-the-sea musical for all ages
Photo by Evan Hanover I have never watched a single episode of “SpongeBob Squarepants.” As I entered the Chopin Theatre to see […]
A Distinct Society takes us back to Trump’s Muslim ban and explores its real impacts
Photo by Michael Brosilow The phrase “a distinct society” refers to the Canadian province of Quebec which, with its French culture and […]
Other Chicago theatres may be closing doors, but Blank Theatre merrily rolls along
Photo by Eli Van Sickel/VanCap Images In a shoebox-sized space on Thorndale Ave. called (though no signage exists to confirm this if […]