Let the good times roll: A perfectly staged Blues for an Alabama Sky by Remy Bumppo
Photo by Nomee Photography There are times for a director to put an imprint onto a script, but there are others when […]
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The Last Living Gun is a clever, cross-genre journey into ourselves
Photo by Kyle Smart | The Impostors Theatre Company There is plenty of truth to the oft-stated maxim that Chicago’s most exciting theatrical […]
Immigration issues, friendship, and love lie at the heart of Steppenwolf’s Sanctuary City
Photo by Michael Brosilow “Volunteers say buses of migrants arriving in Chicago at increased rate.” —Headline in Chicago Tribune 9/23/23 Martyna Majok’s […]
Emjoy Gavino and Alexandra Main are both enormous in Little Voice
Photo by Brave Luz—Joe Manno I am used to seeing shows from The Gift Theatre in its old, cramped quarters on Milwaukee […]
A Clear View Indeed: A Review of Shattered Globe Theatre’s A View From the Bridge
Photo by Jeffrey L. Kurysz Review by Seth Wilson Arthur Miller’s status as one of the canonical American dramatists has always left […]
A Chorus Line at Skokie Theatre still entertains despite imperfections
I have loved A Chorus Line since I first saw it in about 1977 at the Schubert (now CIBC) Theatre in Chicago. […]
Hamilton: don’t say no to this ground-breaking, amazing show
Photo by Joan Marcus I’ve reviewed Hamilton here before, and my opinion of the show has not changed. If you count Disney+, […]
Citadel’s The Mousetrap is a bloody good time
Review by Samantha Robison Photo by John Olson Christopher Wren (a character in The Mousetrap, not the architect) really says it best: […]
You say you want a Revolution? Best invite Natalie West along.
Photo by Evan Hanover Early in the new play Revolution, playwright Brett Neveu has a character spontaneously invite someone she hardly knows […]
New musical at Theo is fun but not fully “Baked”
Photo by Time Stops Photography Baked the Musical might feel like an unusual choice for Theo Ubique to begin its ’23-’24 season […]