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Monday, March 4, 2013

Chicago Opera Review: RIGOLETTO (Lyric Opera of Chicago) by Kristin Walters

RIGO-LENTO After a season chock full of successes, Lyric’s momentum slows with a dull production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. Not even Evan Rogister’s expert conducting nor the orchestra’s …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:16PM

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Chicago Theater Review: LUTHER (Steep Theatre) by Kristin Walters

PUPPET SHOW Ethan Lipton’s Luther received rave reviews when it premiered in New York last June, yet it enjoyed only a brief run. So it makes sense that Steep Theater would want to try out…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:53PM

Friday, January 25, 2013

Chicago Opera Review: LA BOHÈME (Lyric Opera of Chicago) by Kristin Walters

RELIABLE CROWD-PLEASER ONCE AGAIN, WELL, PLEASES THE CROWD Puccini’s La Bohème has succeeded numerous times at Lyric Opera since its first performance in 1954, but their newest production…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:32PM

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Chicago Theater Review: SPANK! THE FIFTY SHADES PARODY (The Royal George Theater) by Kristin Walters

FIFTY SHADES PUREED The erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey has made millions, maybe billions, of dollars and counting, having set the record as the fastest-selling paperback of all time, surp…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:58PM

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Chicago Opera Review: DON PASQUALE (Lyric Opera) by Kristin Walters

D’ARCANGELO DONS A NEW LOOK After presenting a successful string of tragic operas this season, Lyric Opera flexes its comedic muscles with a charming production of Gaetano Donizetti’s op…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:27PM

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Chicago Opera Review: SIMON BOCCANEGRA (Lyric Opera) by Kristin Walters

STAGNANT YET SATIATING Giuseppe Verdi wrote Simon Boccanegra in 1857, but it is the revised 1881 version which the Lyric Opera is presenting in a stiff yet satisfying production. After se…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:43AM

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Chicago Theater Review: ELEKTRA (Lyric Opera) by Kristin Walters

OPERA WITH A TASTE FOR BLOOD The word “opera” normally elicits memories of sound—an orchestra roiling, an aria peaking—but in an effort to innovate the public’s preconceived notion…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Chicago Theater Review: THE SPITFIRE GRILL (Boho Theatre) by Kristin Walters

BLAND MEAT COOKED WELL IN THE SPITFIRE GRILL Boho Theatre’s rendition of James Valcq and Fred Alley’s simple musical The Spitfire Grill demonstrates the redemptive power of acceptance, f…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:24PM

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Chicago Theater Review: WRONG MOUNTAIN (Rare Terra Theatre) by Kristin Walters

WRONG IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE, OR A TREK THROUGH PEDANTRY Middle-aged misogynist, pedant, and poet Henry Dennett has a chip on his shoulder and a worm in his gut—literally, a gigantic tapewo…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:11PM

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