THEATER REVIEW: "The Jewels" by TUTA Theatre at the Storefront ★★★ and "A Behanding in Spokane" at Chemically Imbalanced Comedy ★★ THEATER REVIEW: "The Jewels"…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:24AMTHEATER REVIEW: "Salvage" at First Folio Theatre ★★★ With his boyish demeanor and underlying unresolved angst, Jason Byrnes could be a cousin to John Cusack's Rob Gordon f…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:35PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Erth's Dinosaur Zoo Live" at the Broadway Playhouse ★★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Erth's Dinosaur Zoo Live" at the Broadway Playhouse ★★★½ ...…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:57PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Killing of Michael X" by Jackalope Theatre Company ★★½ Most non-Equity companies in Chicago would be content to open one space in a year, but intrepid Jack…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:05PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Les Parents Terribles" at The Artistic Home ★★★ and "Devil Land" by UrbanTheater Company ★★ THEATER REVIEWS: "Les Parents Terribles" at The A…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMREVIEW: "ReWILDing Genius" by New Colony for Steppenwolf Garage Rep ★★ REVIEW: "ReWILDing Genius" by New Colony for Steppenwolf Garage Rep ★★ ... The New Colony's c…
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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:46PMTHEATER REVIEW 'Saturday Night/Sunday Morning' at Steppenwolf Garage Theater ★★★ Since 2009, Steppenwolf's innovative Garage Rep series has provided hospitality and exposu…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Three Soldiers (for Sisters) by Red Theater ★★½ and "Rites and Sacrifices" by Idle Muse Theatre Company ★★ THEATER REVIEWS: "Three Soldiers (for S…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:14PMTHEATER REVIEW: "This Is Not a Cure for Cancer" by Collaboraction ★★½ "Do you have any questions?"
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:56PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Mishap!" by Akvavit Theatre at Side Project ★★½ and "Return of Neverland" by Quest Theatre Ensemble ★★ THEATER REVIEWS: "Mishap!" by Akvavit Theat…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:59PMTHEATER REVIEW: 'Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night's Dream' at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★½ THEATER REVIEW: 'Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night's Dream' at Chica…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMTHEATER REVIEW: "Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night's Dream" on Navy Pier ★★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night's Dream" on Navy Pier ★★…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMTHEATER REVIEW: "From White Plains" at Greenhouse Theater Center ★★★ and "Crime and Punishment" by Mary-Arrchie ★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "From White Plains" at Gre…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:04PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Rough Crossing" at First Folio Theatre ★★★½ Norovirus outbreaks notwithstanding, the weather this past month has probably made even the most cruise-avers…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:10PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Plainsong" at Signal Ensemble Theatre ★★★ It opens with a man standing alone at sunrise, gazing out the window with a cigarette in hand, and ends with tha…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:57AMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Golden Dragon" by Sideshow Theatre Company at the Biograph ★★½ The setting for Roland Schimmelpfennig's "The Golden Dragon" is a restaurant of that name, w…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:42PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Judith: A Parting from the Body" at Trap Door Theatre ★★★ and "Quark" by MPAACT at the Greenhouse Theater Center ★★½ THEATER REVIEWS: "Judit…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:58PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Children's Hour" by Pride Films and Plays in the Flat Iron Building ★★★ Somewhere, sometime, someone must have written a doctoral dissertation about t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:56PMTHEATER REVIEW: "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" by Stage Left Theatre at Theater Wit ★★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" by Stage Left Theatre at Theater…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:53PMRebecca Gilman's last play at the Goodman, 2010's "A True History of the Johnstown Flood," used the 1889 cataclysm that killed more than 2,200 people as a sweeping indictment of Gilded Age c…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:12PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Through the Leaves" at Side Project Theatre ★★★ and "Forgiveness" at the Cornservatory ★★ THEATER REVIEWS: "Through the Leaves" at Side Proje…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:12PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Our Country's Good" by Shattered Globe ★★★ THEATER REVIEW: "Our Country's Good" by Shattered Globe ★★★ ... At one point in Timberlake We…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:49PMHere at On the Fringe we love holiday-themed shows as much as the next person. But after weeks and weeks of seasonal productions, we're ready for the winter theater season to start in earnes…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:31PMIn addition to sharing Friday's "On the Fringe" column with Nina Metz , I also have the pleasure of writing individual reviews of many other shows the rest of the week. Here are five that st…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMIn his Tony Award acceptance speech this year for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Tracy Letts gave special thanks to the Chicago storefront scene that nurtured him. "We are the ones who sa…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:00AMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Elemeno Pea" at Redtwist Theatre ★★½ and "Tell Me When It Hurts" by Three Cat Productions ★½ THEATER REVIEWS: "Elemeno Pea" at Redtwist Theatre ★…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:50PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Seafarer" by Seanachai Theatre Company ★★★★ THEATER REVIEW: "The Seafarer" by Seanachai Theatre Company ★★★★ ... Playwri…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Blood on the Cat's Neck" by Trap Door Theatre ★★★ and "Dylan" by Red Theater Chicago ★★½ THEATER REVIEWS: "Blood on the Cat's Neck" by Trap …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:46AMTHEATER REVIEW: "I Wish to Apologize to the People of Illinois" by Agency Theater Collective at Flat Iron Arts Building ★★★ THEATER REVIEW: "I Wish to Apologize to the Peo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:18PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Paulus" by Silk Road Rising ★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Paulus" by Silk Road Rising ★★½ ... Call it "The Last Temptation of Paul." Israeli playwright Mot…
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