Thursday, January 30, 2014
Sideshow Theatre’s production of German playwright Roland Schimmenlpfenig’s “The Godlen Dragon” takes place in and around a busy Chinese restaurant, which is crowned with a se…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:53PMThursday, January 16, 2014
Can theatre transcend destiny and distance? Can it save the moral soul of whores, thieves and adulterers? A couple of Royal Marines on the penal colony of New South Wales thought it might be…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:21AMTuesday, November 26, 2013
Now entering its 36th year, The Goodman Theatre’s production of “A Christmas Carol” is a family tradition for many in the Chicago area. The story is Dickens at his best and one of the …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:34PMMonday, November 25, 2013
The Strange Tree Group’s “The Dead Prince” is a comedic, musical romp through an enchanted forest with a genial and slightly daft band of minstrels, magic mirrors, thieves and, as …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:18PMFriday, November 8, 2013
“Kate and Sam Are Not Breaking Up” is The New Colony’s original production now making its premiere at Flat Iron Arts Center. The story follows desperate fanboy Bill (Rob Grabowski), wh…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:05AMThursday, October 31, 2013
“All My Sons” is a tried and true script and the story, by any cast, is moving and engrossing. Eclectic Full Contact Theatre does not disappoint in its production with some strong acting…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:35PMFriday, October 25, 2013
The Neo-Furturists’ “The Sovereign Statement” is now playing at the company’s theater in Andersonville and the fast-paced comedy is a different experience for all who immigrate to it…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:48PMWednesday, October 9, 2013
The Gift Theatre’s premiere of “Broadsword: A Heavy Metal Play,” is another great fit for a storefront that continually presents stories that force the audience to question reality. �…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:01AMSaturday, October 5, 2013
“Unwilling and Hostile Instruments: 100 Years of Extraordinary Chicago Women,” performed by Theatre Seven is a now playing at American Theatre Company. The play is about seven historical…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:34PMThursday, September 19, 2013
For the Opening of its 2013-2014 season Lifeline Theater is revisiting a production it first commissioned in 2004 – the stage adaption of Michal Shaara’s, “The Killer Angels.” T…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:32PM Step Up Productions begins its 2013-2014 with a play by Emmy-award winning producer Rick Roberts, who has worked on multiple documentaries and stories about homelessness in America; a…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:43AMFriday, September 13, 2013
I think it’s sort of cliché to open a theatre review by suggesting a production is “as relevant as ever,” since if a script is any good, it should always maintain some sort of r…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:27PMFriday, August 30, 2013
For a Chicago theatre company that strives to “present stories inspired by history that connect with today’s social and political issues,” it is certainly no surprise to see TimeLine s…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:36AMWednesday, July 24, 2013
Reviewed by: Joseph Hillenmeyer “Mojada,” now playing at Victory Gardens in Chicago is playwright Luis Alfaro’s second adaptation of the Greek tragedy “Medea,” this time set in Chi…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:14PMFriday, July 19, 2013
Reviewed by: Joseph Hillenmeyer Jackalope Theatre’s “The Casuals” sets mostly in the year 1955, during a decade many fondly recall as, and younger generations have almost ex…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:44PMWednesday, July 10, 2013
Reviewed By: Joseph Hillenmeyer A Red Orchid Theatre is bringing its 20th season to a close with a play by Illinois native Sam Shepard and a cast of nearly all ensemble members, including A …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:54AMThursday, July 4, 2013
Reviewed By: Joseph Hillenmeyer Carrie Barrett’s “The Burden of Not Having A Tail,” produced by Sideshow Theatre company is tutorial about preparing for the end of the world and al…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:51PMSaturday, June 29, 2013
While the sounds of the Metra shuttling passengers to and from the suburbs is slightly audible outside of the Signal Ensemble Theatre, Strange Tree Group’s “Half-Brothers Mendels…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:05AMThursday, June 20, 2013
Reviewed by: Joseph Hillenmeyer When asked why he chose Laura Mark’s “Mine” for the mid-season production at The Gift Theatre, artistic director and co-founder Michael Patri…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:02PMSunday, June 16, 2013
Reviewed by: Joseph Hillenmeyer Like the political fervor of democrats and republicans that divides this country on a national stage, so it is in Chicago with baseball. Black versus Blue. No…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:33PMThursday, May 23, 2013
Reviewed by: Joseph Hillenmeyer The About Face Youth Theatre Company has remounted last year’s “What’s The T?”, this time with a focus on the changing Boystown district, raci…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:26PMWednesday, May 22, 2013
Reviewed by: Joseph Hillenmeyer The title alone should give away that “Fight Girl Battle World” is not your usual storefront theatre production, but don’t judge it by its name: you…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:57AMTuesday, May 21, 2013
Reviewed by: Joseph Hillenmeyer Court Theatre, in residence at The University of Chicago, is launching its Center for Classic Theatre with The Molière Festival: The Misanthrope and Tartuffe…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:00AMSunday, May 19, 2013
Reviewed by: Joseph Hillenmeyer Fed up with nepotism and educational elitism at work? Tired of giving women everything just to have them stomp on your heart? If you’re a real ma…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:17PM 
