Mary Poppins a Delight for All Ages
This ain’t your mother’s Mary Poppins. Or rather, the NightBlue Performing Arts Company’s production of Mary Poppins is a jaunty expansion of the 1964 movie we all know and love. […]
Lyric Opera’s Romeo and Juliet: A Haberdasher’s Delight
“Do we really need to see Romeo and Juliet again?” asked the Lyric Opera’s pre-opening speaker. “Well, yeah,” he replied, especially during the city-wide “Shakespeare 400 Chicago” celebration, the Year of […]
Director Munby Mines Humor in Modern Othello at Chicago Shakes
British director Jonathan Munby finds the humor amidst the racism and uxoricide in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s “Shakespeare 400 Chicago” production of Othello. For a play that starts with the curses […]
The Interview Show celebrates eight years tonight at the Hideout
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G7Rh3oFtPo] Talk shows are usually the province of TV and guys in swanky studios in New York or Burbank. There are a handful of them in Chicago, and one […]
“Winning Works” Showcases Emerging Talent
This weekend marks the sixth annual Joffrey Ballet Winning Works program, which recognizing African, Latino, Asian, Arab and Native American emerging choreographers. This year, Jeffrey Cirio, Christian Denice and Mariana […]
MCA’s Table Top Shakespeare is CliffsNotes with Cans and Bottles
Blake said: “To see a world in a grain of sand / And a Heaven in a wild flower / Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand / And […]
Broken Nose Theatre’s A Phase Captures 20-Something Exploration and Transformation
A Phase is an original play written by Broken Nose Theatre Associate Artistic Director Elise Spoerlein which tells the story of Sam, played by Spoerlein, who moves to a new (and crappy) apartment […]
New Country’s Music City Story Is Raucous Comedy With a Heart
New Country at the Den Theatre is great entertainment before or after a dinner at one of Wicker Park’s many Milwaukee Avenue restaurants. It’s a short, snappy comedy with […]
The Compass: Guiding the Way in a Tech-Dependent Era
When going to the theater, you have to make quite a few decisions. What will you wear? How will you get there, by Uber or train? Will you go out […]
Raven Theatre’s A Loss of Roses: Quiet Portrait of 1933 Small-Town America
William Inge’s A Loss of Roses at Raven Theatre explores the lives of three people in a small Kansas town in Depression-era 1933. The play, directed by Cody Estle, […]
Broadway in Chicago’s If/Then Is a Type-A Musical Wonderland
There are many reasons why one would want to root for Broadway in Chicago’s If/Then. For one, it’s not a riff on, say, a ’90s Disney film or Andrew Lloyd […]
Doo Wop Shoo Bop Highlights ’50s Artists @ Black Ensemble Theater
At the open of the 40th anniversary season, this past Sunday afternoon the Black Ensemble Theater in Uptown was hopping as the ensemble cast of Doo Wop Shoo Bop revisited […]