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Author: Kyle A. Thomas

November 27, 2025November 27, 2025Chicago Reviews

The Court Theatre’s Taming of the Shrew Breaks Bad the Bard

IMAGE: Samuel Taylor as Hortensio, Jay Whittaker as Petruchio, and Melisa Soledad Pereyra as Katherina. Photo by Michael Brosilow. The Taming of […]

November 14, 2025November 14, 2025Chicago Reviews

Wild Door Theater Makes Its Chicago Debut With Noah Haidle’s Ambitious But Flawed “Smokefall”

CAPTION: Violet (Vilmarie Rosario) reseeds the family apple tree. Photo credit: Joe Mazza/brave lux. Many of the most renowned American playwrights are […]

November 12, 2025November 12, 2025Chicago Reviews

Tin Drum Theatre Company’s Liminal Imprisonment Sits Heavy in The Unseen

Wallace (Jordan Gleaves), Smash (Jacob Coggenshall), and Valdez (Carlos Andrés Mai) wrestle with their situation in an undisclosed detention facility. Photo credit: […]

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025Chicago Reviews

Things Fall Apart: Four Places is the Fantastic Final Act of Family

Warren and Ellen drive Peggy to her favorite restaurant. Photo by Lauren Berman. Since the very beginnings of theatre in ancient Greece, […]

September 19, 2025September 19, 2025Chicago Reviews

Life of a Salesman: Ashland Avenue is the Road Between Family and Business

All things change and time marches on. Many years ago, the Bears were a vaunted and competitive football team. The Chicago River […]

August 23, 2025August 23, 2025Chicago Reviews

Parade Presents a Story of American Injustice for Chicago Audiences

There are few numbers in musical theatre that are more viscerally striking than the opening salvo of Parade. Waving around a large […]

August 22, 2025August 22, 2025Chicago Reviews

Dungeons & Dragons is Ruining Theatre in All the Best Ways

“The actors working through the story of The Forgotten Realms.” Photo by Kyle A. Thomas. Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern is […]

July 24, 2025July 24, 2025Chicago Reviews

Tin Drum Theatre Company’s Production of Icognito by Nick Payne Asks What it Means to Know

in•co•gni•tus, Latin; an unknown person or thing. Incognito by Nick Payne is an exploration of the human desire to know. Payne’s play […]

June 17, 2025June 17, 2025Chicago Reviews

Ancient Greek Storytelling in a War-Torn World: An Iliad Brings to Bear the Bellicose Bombast of the Trojan War for Chicago Audiences

Timothy Edward Kane as The Poet, photo by Michael Brosilow. Athens, 534 BCE. The storyteller, Thespis, steps forward to sing his tale […]

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