Review: Red Theater’s Hamlet Is Intimate and Text-Driven
It’s the top of the first act. As the lights come down and the guards enter, those familiar with Shakespeare’s famous piece know what is about to happen. The guards […]
Shattered Globe Theatre Reaches Euphoric Heights to Deal With Grief in Charly Evon Simpson’s Jump
Shattered Globe Theatre is snow staging the simultaneously heartbreaking and life-affirming Jump, by Charly Evon Simpson. The play saw its world premiere with PlayMakers Repertory Company in 2019 and made […]
Feature: Collaboraction Theatre Recreates 1955 Mississippi Murder Trial in New Film, Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till
Collaboraction Theatre, which makes social change its mission, has created a powerful film based on the 1955 Mississippi murder of Chicago’s Emmett Till and the subsequent trial of two men […]
Review: At Goodman Theatre, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone Portrays Black Struggles 50 Years After Emancipation
The entire flow of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is set in the kitchen of Seth and Bertha Holly’s boardinghouse—the heart of the home is an appropriate setting for a play that […]
Review: How I Learned What I Learned by Congo Square Theatre Is Wisdom on Being Black in America
Congo Square Theatre is celebrating a landmark anniversary of 25 years of producing and staging plays written by Black artists about the Black experience in America. Their production of August […]
Review: Izzard as Hamlet in a Solo Show—Madness in Great Ones Must Not Unwatched Go
A college student returns home to find that his uncle killed his father, married his mother and wants his nephew/son out of the picture. Typical family drama. But Hamlet is […]
Review: At Northlight Theatre, Brooklyn Laundry Offers Biting Repartee and Emotional Nuance
Fran, a customer at Owen’s Brooklyn laundry, asks “Do you believe in God?” Owen replies “Why not?” In the first scene of John Patrick Shanley’s Brooklyn Laundry, the exchange sounds flippant. […]
Review: The Motive and the Cue Tells the Delicious Story of the 1964 Broadway Hamlet Directed by John Gielgud and Starring Richard Burton
The Motive and the Cue is a theater-lover’s dream, a deliciously funny and candid theater story. Directed by Sam Mendes (Empire of Light, The Ferryman), it’s a new play about the rehearsal period for […]
Review: Midwest Premiere of From Here to Eternity Opens in Milwaukee
War is hell, they say. But the months leading up to war can also be a kind of hell, as demonstrated by the characters in From Here to Eternity, a […]
Review: Beware of Scary Fairies in Impostor Theatre’s Beyond the Garden Gate
Impostor Theatre Co.’s newest production is a sight to make your skin crawl, but you won’t be able to look away from the spectacle. Beyond the Garden Gate (written by Mallory Swisher […]
Review: Nana at Trap Door Theatre Reimagines Zola’s Tale of Sexual and Financial Greed
The production is a visual spectacle. Ten actors in colorful, period costumes and stylized makeup perform on the tiny stage, which is tricked out with a more elaborate set design […]
Review: PM Theater’s Touring Production of A Star Without a Name Explores Love and Happiness
“The world is full of pain as is. Instead, let’s talk about love!” PM Theater’s administrative producer Anna Bredikhina kicks off the top of the show with this sentiment. After […]