Profile’s Ambitious Remount of Hit Hellcab Delivers Unexpected Holiday Hope Im sure we’ve all encountered a hellacious cab experience or three — the driver who used the dri…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 01:13PMThe cast of Court Theatre’s “The Dead.” Photo by Michael Brosilow. Life is stepping in, so Chicago Theatre Addict will be taking a back seat for a short spell. I promise to…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 01:07PMThree things you need to know before diving in: Thing one: Musical theater composer Jason Robert Brown wrote this blog post that explains a lesson he learned at age 23 when he unwisely, we&#…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 03:18PMA new play about a rough-and-tumble roller derby team devised by The New Colony? Sign me up! The New Colony knows how to put on a show. Of all the productions I’ve seen from the scrapp…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:16AMJacqueline Grandt and Neal Grofman in Redtwist’s “Broken Glass.” You know the timeless and classy phrase: “Opinions are like assholes. Everybody’s got one and e…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:08PMStark Sands and Billy Porter next to some kinky boots Forget fancy names like Cyndi Lauper. If there’s a single compelling reason to see Kinky Boots, a lively new musical based on a 20…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:00PMThe cast of “Trainspotting USA,” now playing at Theater Wit It’s difficult for me to get behind art that glorifies the illegal drug culture. It just seems like exploitative…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:32PMIf history class were like the rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, I might have fared better in school. The 2011 off-Broadway musical by Michael Friedman (music and lyrics) and Alex T…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 07:49PMOk — let’s get to the point(alism): Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Sunday in the Park with George is nothing short of a triumph. Sunday, which, in act one, is loosely based …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 09:56PMSometimes you wake up to discover that the world has bestowed a rare gift to you. Something that gives you hope for the world at large. In this case, it’s a YouTube documentary series …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:08AMOne of the most pee-your-pants funny nights I’ve spent in a theatre occurred last summer in a dusty space at the Chicago Dankhaus. The New Colony’s Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche,…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 04:51PMGoodman’s Sweet Bird of Youth is a fascinating mess. Forget the talented and stunning Diane Lane — David Cromer’s direction is the star. After all, his bewildering and dist…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 04:24PMLusia Strus and Mariann Mayberry in Steppenwolf’s “Good People.” Now firmly in my 30s, its amazing the number of my friends who are living paycheck to paycheck — incl…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:50AMThe cast of Red Tape’s “The Skriker,” playing through October 20. Forget haunted houses. The most chilling experience in Chicago at this moment is Red Tape Theatre’s …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 02:59PMGreg Caldwell, Jason Huysman and Chuck Spencer in Raven Theatre’s “The Big Knife.” Photo credit: Dean LaPrairie Billy Wilder took perhaps the first high-profile stab at the…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 11:05PMThe cast of Rivendell’s “WRENS.” Photo by Michael Brosilow The bond that forms from close quarters is a unique and powerful phenomenon. People with whom you might otherwise…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 01:47PMA scene from Profiles Theatre’s “Sweet and Sad.” Photo: Michael Brosilow Growing up, family dinners were a quick moment of dutiful obligation. With two parents who worked i…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 03:46PMBill Larkin as Edward Kleban in Porchlight Music Theatre’s “A Class Act.” Photo: Jeremy Rill Something about A Class Act, a small musical with a big heart, captured my emot…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 05:50PMScene from “Once Upon A Rom Com: The Bill Pullman Story.” Ok. I’m going to attempt a new weekly series that rounds up the things I get in my box that I think sound cool, in…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:10AMAt a recent blogger meet-up, I learned two things. One: If I hope to start making any real money blogging, I need to start a fashion blog. Pronto. Two: I guess I should probably gain a sense…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 04:46PMTony Bozzuto and Tosha Fowler share a moment of passion in COR Theatre’s “Skin Tight.” Photo credit: Victoria Deiorio “And then my life flashed before my eyes.”…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 09:57PMHere’s the video tribute I put together for my late sister, which was shown at her memorial. It’s long, so be patient. I’m particularly proud of the conclusion (11:44 to th…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 11:40PMKelly Yacono and Lisa Herceg in Babes with Blades’ “Susan Swayne and the Bewildered Bride.” Photo by Steven Townshend. Susan Swayne and the Bewildered Bride, an energetic m…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 03:18PMSo, I woke up from a restless sleep early this morning, checked my phone and noticed that the 2012 Equity Jeff Awards had been announced. And my first impression was: wow. No Nathan Lane. Ye…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:35PMChristine Stulik and Halena Kays in The Hypocrites’ “The House of Usher” Welcome to the House of Usher, where not everything is as it seems and you may find yourself buried…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:10PMChris Daley and Sarah Mayhan Tran in Redtwist Theatre’s “The Glass Menagerie.” Tennessee Williams’ deeply personal masterpiece, The Glass Menagerie, has, perhaps in s…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:15PMA few updates: Getting back in the swing: As you can see from my mini theatre calendar to the left of this post, I’ve got a full lineup over the next several days. Like most things in …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:58AMThe cast of Steppenwolf Theatre’s “Three Sisters,” now playing through August 26. What is it about Steppenwolf’s production of Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:22AMThese past several weeks have been a doozy. Following this, Gerald and I got married (well, civil union-ed) this weekend. With that all done, I’m planning on getting back into the thea…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 07:17AMThe cast of ChiShakes’ “Beauty and the Beast.” It’s clear, based on yesterday’s sold-out performance of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, that Chicago Shakespeare Theatre has a hit.…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 01:33PMTim Martin and Mouzam Makkar in Rasaka Theatre’s “Gruesome Playground Injuries.” I remember in elementary school I, along with some daredevil girls, perfected the art of th…
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