THEATER REVIEW: "Intimate Apparel" by Eclipse Theatre Company ★★★ Lynn Nottage's "Intimate Apparel" shares some of the same foundational supports familiar to fans of Henry Ja…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:28PMLynn Nottage's "Intimate Apparel" shares some of the same foundational supports familiar to fans of Henry James and Edith Wharton, from the Gilded Age Manhattan setting to its focus on a wom…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:28PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "The Gun Show" at 16th Street Theater ★★★ and "Catch the Fish" by Poor Theatre ★★ "The Gun Show"
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:35PMIn the days between the shooting death of photographer Wil Lewis on Devon Avenue, not far from my own home in Rogers Park, and the death-by-stray-bullet of 11-year-old Shamiya Adams at an Ea…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:35PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Charlotte's Web" by Emerald City Theatre ★★★ The last time I saw Emerald City Theatre's production of "Charlotte's Web" (adapted from the E.B. White class…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:40PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Merry Wives of Windsor" at First Folio ★★★ Director Nick Sandys' open-air staging of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" at First Folio opens with the entire ens…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:38PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Seussical" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★½ When asked why he never had children of his own, Theodor Seuss Geisel reportedly responded, "You make 'em,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:04PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Checking Boxes" by About Face for Night Out in the Parks ★★ Talk about timeliness. With the issue of unaccompanied children from Central America entering the Un…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:02PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Burn the Black Dog" by Wayward Productions ★★★ ... "Lady Mechanics" at the Annoyance ★★½ "Burn the Black Dog"
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:42PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Partners" by LiveWire Chicago ★★½ Dawn Powell, the great chronicler of comedies of bad manners in Manhattan in the post-World War II era, created a character i…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:41PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Myths and Hymns" by BoHo Theatre ★★★ and "The Late Henry Moss" by Artistic Home ★★★ "Myths and Hymns"
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:39PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Hamlet" by Oak Park Festival Theatre ★★★ If you're tapping your feet impatiently awaiting the return of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," Oak Park Festival Theatr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:45PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Monstrous Regiment" at Lifeline Theatre ★★★★ Full disclosure: I've yet to get my literary passport stamped for Terry Pratchett's "Discworld." But af…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:10PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Grounded" by American Blues Theater at the Greenhouse ★★★½ Despite its title, George Brant's solo play "Grounded," now in a local premiere with American …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:55PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Caged Dames" by Hell in a Handbag ★★★½ ... "Half-Life of Memory" by Cold Basement Dramatics ★★★ "Caged Dames"
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:50PMREVIEW: "Damn Yankees" by Light Opera Works REVIEW: "Damn Yankees" by Light Opera Works ... On my way to Light Opera Works' "Damn Yankees" Saturday night, I passed a young man wearing a T-…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:13PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Ivanov" by Piven Theatre Workshop ★★★ There are few traps worse for a play than to be chockablock with characters who proclaim — early and often &md…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:36PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Eat Your Heart Out" at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble ★★★ "Coffee's the date that says 'I'm not committing to a meal,'" says Tom, the jittery and eager-to-ple…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:34PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Lifeboat" by Filament Theatre ★★★ and "The Lord of the Wrigley: The Fellowship of the Cubs" ★★ "Lifeboat"
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:44PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Lifeboat" by Filament Theatre ★★★ and "The Lord of the Wrigley: The Fellowship of the Cubs" ★★ THEATER REVIEWS: "Lifeboat" by Filament Theatr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:44PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Passions of Emma Goldman" at Stage 773 and Skokie Theatre ★★ Given the rough treatment that the Chicago Daily Tribune meted out to the real Emma Goldman in …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:03PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Bellboys, Bears and Baggage" by Redmoon ★★★ THEATER REVIEW: "Bellboys, Bears and Baggage" by Redmoon ★★★ ... Redmoon shakes away the dar…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:59PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Vieux Carre" at Raven Theatre ★★★½ and "The President" by Oracle Productions ★★★ THEATER REVIEWS: "Vieux Carre" at Raven Theatre ύ…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:01PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Vatzlav" by Trap Door Theatre ★★★ and "Hey! Dancin'! Hey! Musical!" by Factory Theater ★★★ "Vatzlav"
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:05PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Without Trace" by MPAACT Theatre Company ★★ THEATER REVIEW: "Without Trace" by MPAACT Theatre Company ★★ ... Earlier this year in Steppenwolf's Gara…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:11PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Lay Me Down Softly" by Seanachai Theatre Company ★★★ In the pantheon of contemporary Irish playwrights, Billy Roche's star has been eclipsed Stateside bot…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:21PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Ruined" by Eclipse Theatre Company at the Athenaeum ★★★ THEATER REVIEW: "Ruined" by Eclipse Theatre Company at the Athenaeum ★★★ ... In …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:04PMTHEATER REVIEWS: 'Pinkolandia' at 16th Street Theater ★★★ and 'The Deer' by Ruckus ★★½ THEATER REVIEWS: 'Pinkolandia' at 16th Street Theater ★★ …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:35PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Cats" at the Marriott Theatre ★★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Cats" at the Marriott Theatre ★★★½ ... Chances are that you already know if you're…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:46PMThree teenage boys leap, roll off each other's backs and clap hands in the air as they kill unseen bees, tallying up their respective body counts with shouts of glee.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:32PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Jewels" by TUTA Theatre at the Storefront ★★★ and "A Behanding in Spokane" at Chemically Imbalanced Comedy ★★ THEATER REVIEW: "The Jewels"…
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