November 16, 2017November 16, 2017Chicago Reviews A Memorable and Impressive “Audience” at Timeline When it comes to Queen Elizabeth II, there is probably no contemporary writer who knows more and is able to convey it […]
November 10, 2017November 11, 2017Chicago Reviews TimeLine’s “In the Next Room” is a Place You’ll Want to Visit You go to see a show subtitled “the vibrator play” (small letters are correct). What do you expect? A sex farce? If […]
November 3, 2017November 4, 2017Chicago Reviews, USAOnStage Julie Taymor’s chrysalis transforms “M. Butterfly” into…well, you get the drift. David Henry Hwang’s Tony-Award-winning M. Butterfly was a controversial masterpiece in the 80s when it first graced the Broadway stage. For the first-ever revival […]
November 2, 2017November 4, 2017Chicago Reviews, USAOnStage “Come From Away” to See This High-Energy 9/11 Musical The greater story of what happened on 9/11 is well known, but the musical Come From Away shows us a much more confined, lesser […]
November 2, 2017November 13, 2017Chicago Reviews, USAOnStage This Is Not a Review of “The Band’s Visit” This is not a review of the wonderful new musical at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, The Band’s Visit. It can’t be: The Band’s Visit hadn’t […]
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 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 13, 2017October 25, 2017Chicago Reviews Review: Intimacy and Violence Share Stage in Kokandy’s Glorious “Bonnie and Clyde” Since the first time I encountered them, I have come to expect that a night at a Kokandy Theatre Company production will […]
October 4, 2017October 25, 2017Chicago Reviews Review: Chicago’s Hamilton is Everything There is probably no theatre fan alive who has not by now heard of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton, currently in […]
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