Sunday, April 13, 2014
Though City Lit captures intermittent shades of Shirley Jackson's masterful nightmare, they need to tone down the campish humor and dial up the psychological terror to really have something …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:53PM[SHARE]With acclaimed playwright Amy Herzog's "Great God Pan", we're given a lot of exposition, most of it illustrating how memory shifts shapes and plays game with the past and present, without an…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:12PM[SHARE]Friday, April 11, 2014
If Playwright Jordan Pulliam and Director Kallie Rolison can become a dynamic duo of shrewd editing, Bat-Hamlet is poised to become a party night crowd pleaser with a smart balance of the er…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:36PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 10, 2014
Lifeline Theatre has created a fun and joyous show that tells every child and adult that "family is family", no matter the makeup or family history. Bring tissues if you're prone to be as sa…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:59PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 9, 2014
The APTP ensemble is contagiously passionate throughout the performance, presenting a showcase for these dedicated performers. Despite the need for more focus on the story's overall arch, th…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:38PM[SHARE]Monday, April 7, 2014
The staging of Sandalwood is good and Dustin Pettigrew's set is wonderfully claustrophobic in portraying the open and empty Wild West. Despite holes in the storytelling, it's an interesting …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:45PM[SHARE]Chicago Shakespeare's World's Stage Series is a true gift for this city, and England's Kneehigh is the latest international troupe to create magic on the Pier, whose production takes the aud…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:12AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 5, 2014
You'll definitely have a great time with Rick Elice's alternately smart and silly script that offers its share of bad puns, personal hygiene and self-referential jokes and anachronisms. And …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:12PM[SHARE]The Jewels is a very pretty production " everything from the beautiful score to the balletic transitions is thoughtful and well-placed. If only the spoken dialogue was so compelling.
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 01:11AM[SHARE]Friday, April 4, 2014
There's much talent on display here from this brand new company and a cast that has not yet been seen a lot on Chicago stages. It's likely we'll see good things from them all in the coming y…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:16PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 3, 2014
Theater Wit's latest academic-themed dissection of love in the 21st century expertly mingles broad with incisive humor for a look at love in an altogether different generation. 4 stars! (re…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:17PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Everything works in TaRon Patton's lovingly wrought, hilarious and heartbreaking tour d'ensemble, including a period-perfect design team. Both melded and distinguished, the nine performers c…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:39AM[SHARE]Monday, March 31, 2014
The Wild remains reasonably successful as a piece of abstract dance or performance art, but as theatre, it fails to establish characters, develop action, or tell a story. If you are specific…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 30, 2014
While the story, characters and performances are engaging , it's the issues raised that are of most interest: does privacy even exist in today's digital world? Might someone with access to …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:45PM[SHARE]Both hot and healing, this gem of a review is a consummate inventory of how love breaks and works. Cute and acute, both performers act out every nuance as forcefully and honestly as they sin…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:28PM[SHARE] Good Boys and True Written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Directed by Cody Estle at Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Cl…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:02PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 29, 2014
It would be hard to imagine a better realization of Road Show than from the loving hands of Director Gary Griffin and company. For Sondheim buffs, this Show is an absolute must. (read more.…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:37PM[SHARE]Being one of Sondheim's most intimate and raw musicals makes Theo Ubique's small small the perfect venue for giving an up-close look at all the heightened emotion of the piece. (read more an…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:36PM[SHARE]Directed by Jim Corti for the Paramount Theatre, Rent is yet another glorious production that makes driving out to Aurora a necessity for musical theater fans. Steal a car if you must. The P…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 02:01AM[SHARE]Friday, March 28, 2014
A rich and satisfying production on every level, Seminar is beautifully acted and funny with emotional integrity that never veers into sappiness. This is truly great theatre. (read more...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:08PM[SHARE]Using a powerful poem by Christian Fleetwood to explore race relations in America, it's unfortunate that this production is frustratingly one-dimensional. Rather than bringing this hero of t…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 03:36PM[SHARE]For a truly enjoyable night of theatre, allow yourself to get roped in by this world premiere of a fantastic true Chicago story. (read more...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 02:08PM[SHARE]If you're looking for a way to get your kid interested in science, this might be the ticket to tickle their inquisitive minds. (read more and watch production video...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:55AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Behanding is a wicked show that doesn't pay much mind to making sense and much regard for casual cruelty. Chemically Imbalanced's young cast does their best with the twisted script, and offe…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:44PM[SHARE]Monday, March 24, 2014
Stolowitz' writing is concise and has fantastic bursts of dialogue part hilarious and part emotionally devastating. Mitch Golob's direction is even handed and keeps the back and forth time c…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:31PM[SHARE]Deeply emotional but never cloying or sentimental, Chapatti follows the unexpected intersection between two late-middle age singletons - a widow with 19 cats and a bereaved gentleman who liv…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:58AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 23, 2014
Ever-willing to take risks, The Right Brain Project once again hits more often than it misses in bringing a script to life. Head out to see this stylized classic unfold practically in your l…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:58PM[SHARE]As provocative as it is hilarious, Venus in Fur is Vanda's show, and Amanda Drinkall's performance gives plenty of reasons for viewers to submit to the character's allure. (read more and wa…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:03PM[SHARE]I highly recommend that you check out American Myth and take someone that you can have a good discussion on the subject matter. This one will sit with you for a while. (read more and watch …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:11PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 22, 2014
Joseph offers up a pretty entertaining kid-friendly evening, with director Andy Blankenbuehler bringing together an athletic and thoroughly capable company doing energetic dancing for some 9…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:52PM[SHARE]Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama suggests that the only way to make it through destructive addictions is by depending on other people and finding strength in community. …
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