Ship of Fools: A Review of The Deck Chairs (or Make the Titanic Great Again) at The Conspirators by Hugh Iglarsh

The Conspirators present a multi-level satire of just about everything in this sharp-edged and in touch production.

Not Very Rich: A Review of A Little Night Music at Boho Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

Performed in cramped quarters, BoHo Theatre's production of Sondheim's rarely revived musical reveals an ugliness beneath its polished, polyphonic surface.

Dream A Little Dream: A Review of Cry It Out at Northlight Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

Molly Smith Metzler's new play at Northlight Theatre explores the realities of modern motherhood.

Making Imperialism Great Again: A Review of The Explorers Club at Citadel Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

Nell Benjamin's play at Citadel Theatre attempts to pose reactionary nostalgia as feminist provocation.

Good History: A Review of A Home on the Lake at Piven Theatre Workshop and Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

Piven Theatre Workshop and Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre co-produce this place-based world premiere about Evanston's racially-charged history.

A Lane Worth Staying In: A Review of How I Learned to Drive at The Artistic Home by Hugh Iglarsh

The Artistic Home's production of Paula Vogel's Pultizer Prize-winning play is storefront theater at its very best.

Sadistic Pageantry: A Review of The Beauty Queen of Leenane at Northlight Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

Even the formidable leads of this Northlight Theatre production cannot rescue it from Martin McDonagh's bone-deep cynicism.

Farewell, Hedy: An Open Letter to the Theater Community, Meaning All of Us by Hugh Iglarsh

Theater and art in general feed on attention and die of neglect.

Antihero For Our Time: A Review of An Enemy of the People at Goodman Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

Intelligence minus sympathy and compassion equals arrogance in this Goodman Theatre production.

Albanian Delight: A Review of Some Like It Red at The Plagiarists by Hugh Iglarsh

The Plagiarists mashup 1959 drag comedy "Some Like It Hot" and Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" into an original and subversive world premiere.

Grinding Away: A Review of Skeleton Crew at Northlight Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

Northlight Theatre completes Dominique Morisseau's Detroit Trilogy with a production that exerts more force than her script offers.

Towers of Hypocrisy: A Review of Pillars of the Community at Strawdog Theatre Company by Hugh Iglarsh

This Norwegian moral drama at Strawdog Theatre Company finds two prodigals returning home from America. Getting Ibsen's play to cross the gulf of time and space to Chicago, however, proves a…

Trivial Pursuit: A Review of Blind Date at Goodman Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

In the shadow of nuclear armament, this behind-the-scenes political comedy lacks exactly what its leads are at risk of destroying: life itself.

Beyond The Curtain: A Review of Red Velvet at Chicago Shakespeare Theater by Hugh Iglarsh

Lolita Chakrabarti's story of Ira Aldridge returns to Chicago sans fanfare.

Holiday Humbug: A Review of I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile at Redtwist Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

This dysfunctional family drama is heavy on the dysfunction and light on just about everything else.

Heavy Is The Hand: A Review of Fade at Victory Gardens Theater and Teatro Vista by Hugh Iglarsh

Based in Los Angeles and making its local debut at Victory Gardens, Tanya Saracho's behind-the-curtain entertainment industry drama doesn't travel well.

Impressive Arrival: A Review of Yerma at Theatre Y and Red Tape Theatre    by Hugh Iglarsh

This co-production with Red Tape Theatre marks a mature and invigorating new phase for Theatre Y.

Sans Sancho: A Review of Quixote: On the Conquest of the Self at Writers Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

Written and directed by Claudio Valdés Kuri, "Quixote" stumbles in its attempt to connect history's most infamous knight errant with contemporary audiences.

Red Menace: A Review of Foxfinder at Interrobang Theatre Project by Hugh Iglarsh

A literal fox hunt finds deep allegorical resonances in this Midwestern premiere with echoes of "The Crucible"

The Music of Diminished Expectations: A Review of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change! at Quest Theatre Ensemble by Hugh Iglarsh

Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts' popular musical comedy stretches thin in its second act.

Full Irish: A Review of Deirdre of the Sorrows at City Lit Theater by Hugh Iglarsh

John Synge's mythic epic receives its first Chicago production in over a century.

Shattering Stereotypes About Muslims: Playwright Rohina Malik Discusses “Yasmina’s Necklace” by Hugh Iglarsh

AKA “Islamic rom-com” according to director Ann Filmer.

Painful With Purpose: A Review of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Pulse Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

Oddly Old-Fashioned: A Review of Lela & Co. at Steep Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh by Hugh Iglarsh

Sweet Fleeting Youth: A Review of “Ah, Wilderness!” at Goodman Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

Uneasy Endings: A Review of Going to a Place Where You Already Are at Redtwist Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

Hymns to Narcissus: A Review of St. Jude at Victory Gardens Theater by Hugh Iglarsh

Shades of Things to Come: A Review of Not about Nightingales at Raven Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

Truth Through Fakery: A Review of Six Characters in Search of an Author at Ghostlight Ensemble by Hugh Iglarsh

Wash the Pain Away: A Review of By the Water at Northlight Theater by Hugh Iglarsh

Power as Truth: A Review of The Scullery Maid at Idle Muse Theatre Company by Hugh Iglarsh