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June 16, 2026Chicago Reviews

The vampire wears Prada: Lookingglass Theatre’s funny, bloody horror/romance is simply brilliant

Photo by Justin Barbin Photography I have been in the thrall of vampire stories since the first time I met Barnabas Collins […]

June 12, 2026June 12, 2026Chicago Reviews

A Grand Slam of Charm: Damn Yankees at Theo Ubique

The Senators of Damn Yankees. Photo credit Elizabeth Stenholt Photography.  There is very little in this world more enduring than baseball, America’s […]

June 9, 2026June 9, 2026Chicago Reviews

A very good Brokeback Mountain at CST still needs something more

Photo by Kyle Flubacker Keeping up my recent streak of oddly-focused reviews, and also realizing that I should by all rights have […]

June 4, 2026June 7, 2026Chicago Reviews

An Antigone for our tragic time

Photo by Stephen Townsend, Distant Era When, in 2014, I was given the opportunity to direct a show for the first time […]

May 21, 2026September 28, 2026Chicago Reviews

Spamalot Keeps the Python Spirit Alive at CIBC Theatre

From left: Chris Collins-Pisano as French Taunter, a cow, Blake Segal as Patsy, Ellis C. Dawson III as Sir Bedevere. Photo by […]

May 21, 2026May 21, 2026Chicago Reviews

South Pacific: A Stunning Revival at Paramount Theatre 

Photo credit Boris Martin There is something strangely comforting to me about a musical from Broadway’s Golden Age. As the overture began […]

May 17, 2026May 18, 2026Chicago Reviews

Timeline opens its new home with Ibsen’s strangely relevant An Enemy of the People

Photo by Brett Beiner Photography “It is alarming. That we’ve lived here this long, without understanding who our neighbors are, that they […]

May 14, 2026May 18, 2026Chicago Reviews

Dissecting a critic’s “Covenant” with her readers: how I reviewed the Goodman’s creepy new play

Photo by Hugo Hentoff This play is a story about possibly supernatural intercession in the human world; however, this review is the […]

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026Chicago Reviews

Always…Patsy Cline at American Blues Theater is a Joyous Musical Journey of an American Vocal Artist

Liz Chidester as Patsy Cline. Photo by Michael Brosilow. Always…Patsy Cline invites audiences into its honky tonk setting overflowing with the memories, […]

May 11, 2026September 28, 2026Chicago Reviews

Going Bacharach Celebrates an American Icon

Ta-Tynisa Wilson, Photo by Russ Rowland Like a lot of millennials, I learned who Burt Bacharach is from Austin Powers. Unlike a […]

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