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 […]
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 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 29, 2017October 29, 2017Chicago Reviews Promethean Theatre’s “Marisol” Is an Uneven Production José Rivera’s 1993 apocalyptic absurdist comedy Marisol has always had at least one central flaw: for a comedy, it isn’t all that […]
October 28, 2017Chicago Reviews Halloween-Themed Sketch Comedy “Netflix and Kill” Inconsistent But Entertaining Theater troupe “26” is known for presenting shows comprised of twenty-six sketches, one for each letter of the alphabet. The scenes are […]
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 […]
