Blazing a Trail: Boho Theatre’s outstanding all-TGNC “tick…tick…BOOM!” redefines the play
Photo by Jenn Udoni (he/they) – Franco Images Photography “Cages or wings: Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, […]
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Midsommer Flight “queers” Twelfth Night with a hilarious production
Photo by TCMcG Photography Midsommer Flight, the little company that loves putting on quality free—or pay-what-you-can—Shakespeare for the enjoyment of the masses, […]
Here comes a lion (king)…and it’s just as incredible as you might remember
Photo by Matthew Murphy The Zulu opening of “The Circle of Life,” “Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba,” translates to “Here comes a lion, […]
Goodman’s 45th “A Christmas Carol” continues to sparkle with the light of the season
Photo by Liz Lauren When you know that a production is in its 45th year and that the same actor has played […]
It’s a blue Christmas as Second City gets horny for the holidays
You can always count on Second City to find ways to make you laugh…and to push envelopes…with any of their shows. They […]
Jackalope’s “Among the Dead” is wonderfully complex and darkly funny
Photo by Joel Maisonet There are many plays that deal with the discarded children of soldiers who are abroad fighting wars. One […]
Enjoy holiday nostalgia with an exuberant “A Christmas Story: the Musical” at Marriott Theatre
Christmas season is a time of year when we most enjoy the comfort of the familiar, a fact that explains, perhaps, why […]
“Malapert Love” is the funniest show of the year.
Photo by Joe Mazza Brave Lux Malapert /ˈmaləpərt/ ARCHAIC: adjective… “boldly disrespectful to a person of higher standing”; noun… “an impudent person” […]
“Trouble in Mind” delves into racial tension on Broadway in 1957
Photo by Liz Lauren Alice Childress’ powerful play Trouble in Mind did not get its planned Broadway run in the mid-1950s because […]
The Twenty-Sided Tavern Rolls a Natural Twenty
Review by Joe De Rosa You walk into the lobby of the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place and gaze at the […]