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Author: Joe De Rosa

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022Chicago Reviews

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 […]

April 2, 2022April 2, 2022Chicago Reviews

Giordano Dance Chicago’s  Illuminate is ‘Feelin’ Good Sweet’

It seems like forever ago, but it was just last October when theaters were beginning to emerge from the pandemic shutdown that […]

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022Chicago Reviews

The Lyric’s Tosca Stands with Ukraine then Delivers Truth 

Verismo! In the late 19th century, Verismo was an opera movement led by the great composer, Giacomo Puccini. Italian for ‘truth’, verismo […]

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022Chicago Reviews

If you are a person in the world right now, you should go see Come From Away

Two things stood out as I made my way to Row G: the audience seemed really–I mean, really–happy and there was way […]

November 20, 2021November 20, 2021Chicago Reviews

Steppenwolf’s Bug: Can we talk about this?

*Another take on a brilliant show* She was sitting in the row in front of me. I noticed she was a talker, […]

November 20, 2021November 20, 2021Chicago Reviews

In Her Honor Jane Byrne, Unstoppable Force Meets Immovable Object 

*Another look at Lookinglass Theatre’s take on Jane Byrne* It’s fantastic, really, but it’s not quite what you think. You see the […]

November 15, 2021November 16, 2021Chicago Reviews

Broken Nose’s Primer Breaks Down Prioritizing “Property Over People”

In the summer of 2020 it felt like the world was going to change, all at once, for the better. Across the […]

November 8, 2021November 8, 2021Chicago Reviews

Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski is Unforgettable

 It begins with a question. “We see what goes on in the world, don’t we?” And in the lines that follow–the opening […]

October 30, 2021October 30, 2021Chicago Reviews

Invictus Theater’s Hamlet is “Madness, but there be Method in it”

“Who’s there?”  So begins Shakespeare’s Hamlet, an exploration of humanity through the mind of perhaps the single greatest character in the history […]

October 23, 2021October 23, 2021Chicago Reviews

Giordano Dance Chicago’s Illuminate Lights Up the Night

There’s a chance, maybe a slim chance, but there’s a chance it’s not too late. You might already have plans. People like […]

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