September 9, 2026September 9, 2026Chicago Reviews I Killed Andy Breitbart is a remarkable and true one-woman show Photo by Corey Henry There are times when Chicago’s storefront theaters don’t merely reflect the world around us but actually affect it. […]
September 4, 2026September 4, 2026Chicago Reviews Trap Door opens its 33rd season with a Gabriel Garcia Marquez story Photo by Chris Pope Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ short story “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” is a seminal work of magical […]
July 24, 2026Chicago Reviews & Juliet retells Shakespeare in a feminist voice with a pop styling Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade I’ve taught Romeo and Juliet many times, and every time was a journey of discovery with […]
July 21, 2026July 22, 2026Chicago Reviews Beads, flowers, freedom, happiness: Kokandy’s Hair reminds us to keep our eyes open wide, wide, wide Photo by Michael Brosilow Hair, the 1967 hippie celebration of drugs, sex, and rock and roll by Gerome Ragni, James Rado, and […]
June 26, 2026June 26, 2026Chicago Reviews Water For Elephants brings the excitement of the circus to the Nederlander in a delightful musical My husband Dirk was from Baraboo, WI, the longtime winter home of the Ringling Brothers Circus and the home of Circus World. […]
June 18, 2026June 18, 2026Chicago Reviews Triple tour de force: Steppenwolf’s Catch As Catch Can is an acting showcase Photo by Michael Brosilow Steppenwolf has been known since its inception as an actors’ theatre, even in its first years performing at […]
June 16, 2026Chicago Reviews The vampire wears Prada: Lookingglass Theatre’s funny, bloody horror/romance is simply brilliant Photo by Justin Barbin Photography I have been in the thrall of vampire stories since the first time I met Barnabas Collins […]
June 9, 2026June 9, 2026Chicago Reviews A very good Brokeback Mountain at CST still needs something more Photo by Kyle Flubacker Keeping up my recent streak of oddly-focused reviews, and also realizing that I should by all rights have […]
June 4, 2026June 7, 2026Chicago Reviews An Antigone for our tragic time Photo by Stephen Townsend, Distant Era When, in 2014, I was given the opportunity to direct a show for the first time […]
May 17, 2026May 18, 2026Chicago Reviews Timeline opens its new home with Ibsen’s strangely relevant An Enemy of the People Photo by Brett Beiner Photography “It is alarming. That we’ve lived here this long, without understanding who our neighbors are, that they […]
