October 30, 2017October 30, 2017Chicago Reviews “Upstairs The Musical History” Is a Powerful Reminder Wayne Self’s Upstairs A Musical History, currently running at the Pride Arts Center, is a bit of a contradiction. Its title says […]
October 28, 2017October 28, 2017Chicago Reviews The Gift’s “A Swell in the Ground”: Life and Death, Literally and Metaphorically The title of The Gift Theatre’s final production of 2017, A Swell in the Ground, comes from a famous poem by Emily […]
October 27, 2017October 27, 2017Chicago Reviews Rivendell’s “Alias Grace” a Powerful Psychological Study Alias Grace, a 1996 novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood is a deep and unnerving psychological study of a real-life convicted murderer, […]
October 24, 2017October 25, 2017Chicago Reviews Review: Underscore Theatre’s “Carrie 2”: The Rave “When will people learn not to suck so badly?” That is the ultimate lesson not just from Joe Maddon but from Underscore […]
October 23, 2017October 1, 2018Chicago Reviews Review: Interrobang Explores the Nature of Truth in Gripping “Foxfinder” Interrobang Theatre’s Chicago premiere production of Dawn King’s Foxfinder has a timely feeling to it. The opening play of the company’s eighth […]
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 […]
