November 9, 2017November 9, 2017Chicago Reviews Relationship Contradictions Abound in Brilliant “Significant Other” “Don’t get old. Don’t die young but don’t get old. I feel so useless.” This advice, from his grandmother Helene to Jordan, […]
November 1, 2017Chicago Reviews, USAOnStage Tony Award Winning “Dear Evan Hansen,” Ben Platt Are Both As Good As You’ve Heard If I had a whole Christmas tree full of green lights, I’d be tempted to award them to Ben Platt and Dear Evan […]
October 31, 2017December 21, 2017Chicago Reviews Goodman’s “Yasmina’s Necklace” a Combination of Hilarious Marriage Comedy and Powerful Refugee Drama Rohina Malik’s Yasmina’s Necklace, now playing at the Goodman Theatre’s Owen Theatre, is a play that, while extremely funny, has a very […]
October 23, 2017October 25, 2017Chicago Reviews Porchlight’s “Billy Elliot” Brings On the Electricity Porchlight Theatre’s Billy Elliot is a powerful production that puts its audience through an emotional wringer but leaves it feeling the joy […]
October 21, 2017October 28, 2017Chicago Reviews Review: A Funny and Disturbing “Evening at the Talkhouse” There are two things you know for certain when the play you’re about to see is written by Wallace Shawn: first and […]
October 18, 2017October 25, 2017Chicago Reviews Pride Arts Center’s “His Greatness” Is Simply Great Who are critics anyway? a character asks in the play “His Greatness,” written by Canadian playwright Daniel MacIver and currently playing at […]
October 16, 2017October 25, 2017Chicago Reviews Review: Eclectic Theatre Company’s “Last Days of Judas Iscariot” Brilliantly Explores Tough Questions In The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Stephen Adly Guigis dares to explore some of the biggest philosophical and religious questions in […]
October 16, 2017October 25, 2017Chicago Reviews Review: Steppenwolf’s “The Rembrandt” Is All About the Connections Many years ago, in Norway, I was visiting Oslo’s National Gallery of Art, mostly to see the works of Edvard Munch. There […]
October 14, 2017October 25, 2017Chicago Reviews Review: The Undead Crave Sex in Flawed But Fun “Zombie Bathhouse” Putting on an original musical is an enormous undertaking, especially for a brand new company with little financial backing. More often than […]
October 4, 2017October 25, 2017Chicago Reviews Review: A Brilliant “Fun Home” The Victory Garden’s brilliant, somewhat minimalist production of Alison Bechdel’s Tony Award-winning “Fun Home” leaves just about no emotional leaves unturned as it […]
