Friday, December 7, 2012
By Dennis Polkow If Chicago actor James Vincent Meredith looks familiar, he has been a fixture on Chicago stages for years. But even those who have not caught his distinctive performances ac…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMTuesday, December 4, 2012
RECOMMENDED Following in the footsteps of its highly successful and innovative “Pirates of Penzance,” which is being revived and running in repertory alongside of this offering, the Hypo…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 02:00PMTuesday, November 27, 2012
RECOMMENDED For a lively reprieve from the abundance of seasonal plays and pageants, Remy Bumppo offers up one of George Bernard Shaw’s few comedies, “You Never Can Tell.” …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:00PMMonday, November 26, 2012
RECOMMENDED Thirty-five years ago, Goodman Theatre debuted its first production of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic at the suggestion of now-executive director Roche Schulfer, and chan…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:00PMTuesday, November 13, 2012
RECOMMENDED How rarely is Massenet’s “Werther,” the work many consider the crown jewel of French Romantic opera, done at Lyric Opera? Well, only twice prior in the company’s near six…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:00PMTuesday, November 6, 2012
Chicago is having a renewed love affair with the work of Eugene O’Neill lately, as several local companies have featured O’Neill’s plays in recent seasons. Eclipse Theatre …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:00AMMonday, October 22, 2012
RECOMMENDED The Doge of Genoa is back. He doesn’t come around very often, so if you want an audience with him, now is a good time to do so or you may end up having to wait another decade a…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:00PMSunday, October 21, 2012
RECOMMENDED Just in time for Halloween, Strange Tree Group’s “Funeral Wedding: The Alvin Play” returns for an engagement at the Signal Ensemble Theatre. This gothic and drawn-out g…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:00PMRECOMMENDED It’s always exciting to see a fresh play by a local author. Even more so when that play is executed as finely as TimeLine Theatre Company’s production of Susan Felder…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:05AMTuesday, October 9, 2012
RECOMMENDED It has been twenty years since Richard Strauss’ “Elektra” was last presented by Lyric Opera: there was plenty of blood that time around, and Scottish director Sir David McV…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 02:40PMAfter a brief run on Broadway in 2010, “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” is making its Chicago debut in a vivid production by Bailiwick Chicago. With a presidential election looming…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:08AMRECOMMENDED Sure the premise—a televised singing competition a la “American Idol” centered on the works of legendary “one-name-only” R&B divas like Aretha, Whit…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMMonday, October 8, 2012
RECOMMENDED Following up on his spectacular production of “Follies” last spring, Gary Griffin returns to Sondheim to open Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s new season with a work he mounte…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:30PMFriday, September 28, 2012
RECOMMENDED Coming to Chicago all the way from the National Theatre of Scotland, “The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart” features a fine set of musicians and actors acting out on…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:54AMMonday, September 24, 2012
RECOMMENDED Having directed a brilliant revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire” at Writers’ Theater a few seasons back—which has also since played the Williamstown Theatre Festival—i…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 09:00PMTuesday, September 18, 2012
RECOMMENDED “You have had a good life,” the ready-for-retirement Charlie declares to his wife Nancy as they verbally joust during a beach vacation. In playwright Edward AlbeeR…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:46AMRECOMMENDED Several memorable Mozart productions have been directed by Diane Paulus and conducted by Jane Glover during Brian Dickie’s thirteen-year tenure as general director of Chicago O…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:00AMMonday, September 17, 2012
Writers’ Theatre presented such a memorable performance of Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” a few seasons back that it seemed only fitting that the compan…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:00PMMonday, September 3, 2012
Although the show itself originally opened more than thirty years ago, “Dreamgirls” has had remarkable staying power, particularly since the 2006 film version that won an Oscar for Chica…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 06:15PMThursday, August 30, 2012
We’re publishing our fall preview today. For our performing arts sections, see: Fall Dance Preview 2012 Fall Stage Preview 2012
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMMonday, August 27, 2012
Chicago has certainly witnessed its fair share of contemporized Greek theater in recent seasons—Mary-Arrchie’s “Electra,” Victory Gardens’ “Oedipus el Rey” and The Hypocrites�…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:11PMSunday, August 26, 2012
RECOMMENDED Falling, as it did, at the end of a weekend theater marathon (four plays, three days) and positioned between a sumptuous brunch and a daunting drive back to Chicago, coupled with…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 09:00PMFriday, August 24, 2012
RECOMMENDED In his tightly constructed 1995 play “Skylight,” playwright David Hare has much to say about contemporary life, especially as it relates to the choices we all make: w…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:00AMIn undertaking four plays in three days up at Spring Green’s APT, the odds favored at least one dud. But on paper, “Troilus and Cressida” did not look to be that one. Not o…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:55AM 
