Thursday, March 14, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
KERRY REID reviews "Coriolanus" by the Hypocrites at the Chopin Theater ★★★
If the truculent titular warrior in Shakespeare's "Coriolanus" has a parallel in American poli…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:04PM[SHARE]KERRY REID reviews "Analog" by the Neo-Futurists ★★½
The dance between self-revelation and self-indulgence has taken several forms over the years with the Neo-Futurists, but …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:03PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 7, 2013
Monday, March 4, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: "Peyton Place" at City Lit Theater ★★
KERRY REID reviews "Peyton Place" at City Lit Theater ★★ ... The seamy side of gossipy small towns in New Engla…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:10AM[SHARE]Friday, March 1, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: "Improbable Frequency" by Strawdog Theatre Company ★★★
KERRY REID reviews "Improbable Frequency" by Strawdog Theatre Company ★★★
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:23PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 28, 2013
KERRY REID reviews "Speaking in Tongues" by InterroBang Theatre Project at Theater Wit ★★★ and "A Soldier's Play" at Raven Theatre ★★½
KERRY REID reviews "S…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 26, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: "Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★
KERRY REID reviews "Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet" at Chicago Shakespeare Th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:52AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 21, 2013
KERRY REID reviews "Empanada for a Dream" at 16th Street Theater ★★★½ and "City of Dreadful Night" at Den Theatre ★★
KERRY REID reviews "Empanada for a Drea…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:54PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 17, 2013
In a 1997 essay on the art market, cultural critic Dave Hickey pointed out that "when you trade a piece of green paper with a picture on it, signed by a bureaucrat, for a piece of white pape…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:37PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 14, 2013
Friday, February 8, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: "Jeeves Takes a Bow" at First Folio Theatre at Mayslake Peabody Estate ★★★ 1/2
The third time is a charmer for First Folio and P.G. Wodehouse, -- but this …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:52AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 6, 2013
KERRY REID reviews "Leaves, Trees, Forest" by MPAACT at Greenhouse ★★★ and "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" by Oracle Productions ★★
KERRY REID reviews "Leav…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:29PM[SHARE]Monday, February 4, 2013
Thursday, January 31, 2013
(BY KERRY REID) Sit down for coffee and conversation with Sophia Sinise (who goes by "Sophie" informally) and she seems like any other personable 24-year-old mulling over her career possibil…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:39PM[SHARE]Monday, January 28, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: "Happy Now?" by Shattered Globe at Stage 773 ★★½
KERRY REID reviews "Happy Now?" by Shattered Globe at Stage 773 ★★½
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:30PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 24, 2013
KERRY REID reviews "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" by Promethean Theatre Ensemble ★★½ and "Sugarward" at Side Project ★★
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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:31AM[SHARE]Friday, January 18, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: "American Wee-Pie" by Rivendell Theatre Ensemble ★★★
KERRY REID reviews "American Wee-Pie" by Rivendell Theatre Ensemble ★★★ ... Baking a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:59PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 17, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
THEATER REVIEWS: "The Unveiling / Dozens of Cousins" at Trap Door Theatre ★★★ and "Purple Heart" at Redtwist Theatre ★★½
KERRY REID reviews "The Unveiling /…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:10PM[SHARE]"Now and Forever: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber": The Marriott kicks off the new year with this world-premiere revue of songs by the mega-hitmaker of the 1970s and 1980s. Marriott's Aaron…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:09PM[SHARE]Monday, January 7, 2013
Few sights are as welcome each year as that of a packed lobby at the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, which opened with its typical gangbusters energy last weekend at Stage 773 in Lakeview an…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:31PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 3, 2013
Thursday, December 27, 2012
"Elvis Tribute Artist Spectacular": The birth of a different king forms the basis for this annual show, featuring three Elvis impersonators (Shawn Klush, Donny Edwards and Cody Slaughter) fr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:50PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 19, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: "Dickens' Women" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★½
KERRY REID reviews "Dickens' Women" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★½
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:21PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 18, 2012
