Weekend Theater Picks: Eight Plays You Might Want to See
Thinking about going to the theater this weekend? The world on stage never really slows down in Chicago. Here are eight plays we’ve reviewed recently. Take a look at our […]
Chicago Shakes Brings Brilliant Irish Production of Waiting for Godot, a Play About Nothing
You know the scene. “A country road. A tree. Evening” Samuel Beckett couldn’t have been more succinct in the scenic direction for his existential classic, Waiting for Godot. That tree takes on mythic […]
Court Theatre’s The Originalist: Two Legal Intellects Skirmish From Political Extremes
The Originalist profiles one term in the career of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The Court Theatre production, directed by Molly Smith, proves that although Scalia may have been […]
In Refrigerator at First Floor Theater, We’re Depositing Our Consciousness … Somewhere
Refrigerator is a play about the future. A dystopian future, of course. Playwright Lucas Baisch speculates that some day we will be willing to get rid of our physical bodies and […]
Two Feisty Centenarians Tell Their Stories in Goodman’s Having Our Say
Bessie and Sadie Delany are centenarian maiden ladies. “Not old maids,” Bessie points out. They’re adorable, well-informed and spry for 100+ years. They’ve been witnesses to a century of U.S. […]
Raven’s Suddenly Last Summer Tells Tennessee Williams’ Grisly Tale in a Garden
Playwright Tennessee Williams is a master of his craft. He is skilled at conjuring up a time or place and creating a story that snares you in its web from […]
The Wizard of Oz at Chicago Theatre Can’t Quite Catch Movie Magic
Based on the 1939 MGM Classic of the same name, The Wizard of Oz attempts to adapt the tale of one Kansas kid’s quest to find the titular mage for the […]
Chicago Shakespeare Brings Proper Prestidigitation to Macbeth
J.R.R. Tolkien often railed against the supernatural in Shakespeare despite appropriating many of the tropes in his own work (the Lord of the Rings’ Ents were a counterpunch referencing Birnam […]
Prometheus Bound, a Greek Play Retold With Puppet Gods and Song
The retelling of classics, especially Greek fables and tragedies, is going through a revival in the contemporary arts and theater world. But what the makers of Prometheus Bound have that […]
In Wake of Recent Tragedies, The Yard Shines With Brutal, Brilliant Columbinus
Columbinus, directed by Mechelle Moe as part of Steppenwolf’s LookOut series, is a must-see production, insomuch as words on the internet cannot do it justice. I read this script a […]
American Blues Theater Rocks With Superb Revival of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
As a diehard rock ‘n’ roll fan, I’ve always thought that February 3 should be a national holiday—the day of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly at the age […]
True Story of Deception Inspires Timeline’s World Premiere To Catch a Fish
To Catch a Fish, according to the supplemental program notes, was inspired by Chauncey Wright, a Milwaukee native unknowingly caught up in a web of illegal activity. Written by Chicago […]