Friday, December 6, 2024
A HEARTWARMING ADAPTATION The world premiere of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women adapted by Lauren Gunderson as a co-commission from Northlight Theatre, City Theatre, People’s Light, a…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:38PMThursday, November 28, 2024
AN INCREDIBLE SCORE; A FINE PRODUCTION; A FUNNY AND POIGNANT FRACTURED FAMILY PORTRAIT; WHY, THEN, DOES THIS REVIVAL NOT EMOTIONALLY RESONATE? Court Theatre and Timeline Theatre‘s joint pr…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:50AMWednesday, November 20, 2024
THE REAL TRAGEDY WOULD BE MISSING THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET Legendary director Robert Lepage and dancer/choreographer Guillaume Côté reunite to re-imagine theatre’s most timeless, persistent…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:58AMWednesday, November 13, 2024
INTO THE WOODS ACCOMPANIED BY TWO PIANOS? IN A STOREFRONT THEATRE? IT’S A DREAM COME TRUE Kokandy’s production of Into the Woods directed by Derek Van Barham with music direction by Nick…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:27AMMonday, November 4, 2024
The devil’s voice is sweet to hear. — Stephen King, from the novel Needful Things Steppenwolf’s production of Leroy and Lucy by Ngozi Anyanwu is a seductive and life-affirming reimagin…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:34PMFriday, November 1, 2024
THE SKOOBY ON HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THIS BUSH, OR SKOOBY DON’T GO? DEPENDS ON YOUR TASTE Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ world premiere of The Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don’t Gang: Th…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMFriday, October 18, 2024
YOUR PRIMARY CHOICE FOR GREAT THEATER. TRUST ME. The Goodman’s Chicago-premiere production of Primary Trust by Eboni Booth is everything I’ve been craving in theatre lately. Directed by …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:17PMWednesday, October 16, 2024
AN EXTREMELY HEAVY PORTRAYAL OF ABUSE IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH It’s no secret that the Catholic Church has a sordid history of covering up sexual abuse, and many have made art on this topic …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:35PMSaturday, October 12, 2024
A WITCH’S BREW WHICH EFFECTS HOPE AT HALLOWEEN There’s a play about the Salem witch trials playing in Chicago, and amazingly it’s not Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Sarah Ruhl wanted …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:06PMA SWEET, QUEER, NEURODIVERGENT LOVE STORY Open Space Arts’ Chicago premiere of Light Switch by Dave Osmundsen is a charming play with representation that is refreshing to see on stage. The…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:57AMWednesday, October 9, 2024
THEATER THAT BINDS Raven Theatre’s production of Martyna Majok’s Ironbound directed by Georgette Verdin is a brilliantly patient drama supported by a stellar cast and a detail-oriented c…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMThursday, October 3, 2024
NOISES OFF AND ON AND OFF AND ON Presented in partnership with L.A.’s Geffen Playhouse (where Steppenwolf Ensemble Member Tarell Alvin McCraney is the new Artistic Director), Steppenwolf�…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMSaturday, September 28, 2024
CREATIONISM VS. EVOLUTION; RELEVANCE VS. TIMELESSNESS THE GOODMAN HAS THE PLAY OF THE MOMENT Dubbed “The Trial of the Century,” the inspiration for Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:50AMWednesday, September 25, 2024
LET IDLE MUSE’S INDULGENCE SET YOU FREE Idle Muse Theatre Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest immerses its audience in a dark and stormy night full of magic and m…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:43PMMonday, September 23, 2024
A NEW MUSICAL THAT JUST MIGHT RIP YOUR HEART OUT Preston Max Allen’s new musical Never Better at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre is an emotionally raw folk-punk musical. It sometimes struggles…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMTuesday, September 17, 2024
THE GREATEST PRODUCTION YOU’LL EVER SEE OF A PERPLEXING MUSICAL If you ever want to see Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy, Writers Theatre is the place to see it. …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:28PMMonday, September 16, 2024
ENJOYABLE, BUT WHO IS THE AUDIENCE FOR THE AUDIENCE? The Audience at Drury Lane Theatre is a slightly stuffy drama best suited for audience members who are very interested in British politi…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:44PMSunday, August 25, 2024
TOO MUCH HEART; NOT ENOUGH BLOOD Directed by Braxton Crewell, the Factory Theater’s production of Cody Lindley and Nate Hall‘s new rock musical Stabbed in the Heart has some hilarious mo…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:04PMSaturday, August 17, 2024
RACHEL BLOOMS IN DEATH Rachel Bloom, the co-creator and star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, gives a hilarious and vulnerable performance in her raunchy and irreverent one-woman musical comedy Death…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:27PMThursday, August 15, 2024
BACK TO THE FUTURE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD The Broadway tour of Back to the Future, a musical adaptation of the beloved film, has landed at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace as part …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:03PMSaturday, August 10, 2024
A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE AT THE THEATER First Floor Theater’s Chicago premiere of In His Hands by Benjamin Benn, which opened last night, is breathtaking from start to finish. Benn’s writ…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:13PMTuesday, August 6, 2024
ALICE BY HEART: FULL-HEARTED PRODUCTION; HALF-HEARTED SCRIPT Alice by Heart follows a young girl, Alice (Caitlyn Cerza), during the London Blitz of World War II as she takes refuge in her be…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:50AMThursday, August 1, 2024
The windiest militant trash Important Persons shout Is not so crude as our wish: What mad Nijinsky wrote About Diaghilev Is true of the normal heart; For the error bred in the bone Of each w…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:01AMWednesday, July 31, 2024
BORED OF THE RINGS In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Bilbo Baggins famously states to his nephew and adoptive heir, “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. Yo…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMFriday, July 12, 2024
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND BAD — GET HIGH FROM A TALL GLASS OF LADY CHABLIS; TAKE A BOTTLE OF BOURBON TO ENDURE THE OTHERS The Goodman Theatre’s premiere production of Midnight i…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:45AMSunday, July 7, 2024
ZAC IS ON THE INSIDE TRACK Token Theatre’s world premiere production of Zac Efron by David Rhee — co-written by Wai Yim and directed by Alan Muraoka — is not about Zac Efron at all, …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:42AMSaturday, June 29, 2024
LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD IS A BRIGHT STAR IN OUR VAST UNIVERSE Steppenwolf’s world premiere production of Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D. Hunter lays bare the reality of two people who …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:36AMFriday, June 21, 2024
CLUE: A WALKING MYSTERY IS INDEED A WALKING MYSTERY MY ADVICE? JUST KEEP WALKING You could say that CLUE: A Walking Mystery lives up to its name, in that the intended audience for this exper…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:03PMThursday, June 13, 2024
A KITE THIS BIG DOESN’T ALWAYS TAKE OFF; WHEN IT DOES, THIS STAGE ADAPTATION IS WORTH SEEING Directed by Giles Croft, the touring production of The Kite Runner at CIBC Theatre is an intens…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:58PM 
