Monday, November 9, 2015
In the crowded and competitive world of Chicago comedy, improvisational teams constantly come and go. Groups can be hot one week, performing a recurring show in a well-known comedy venue, an…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:07PMIn the crowded and competitive world of Chicago comedy, improvisational teams constantly come and go. Groups can be hot one week, performing a recurring show in a well-known comedy venue, an…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:51PMTuesday, November 3, 2015
By Danielle Levsky Maren Rosenberg has a puzzle for you. But she’s also got one of her own. Rosenberg, Master of Mayhem/Principal Producer, has been working with a team of creative profess…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:07AMSunday, November 1, 2015
RECOMMENDED When I first read the description of Meridith Friedman’s “The Firestorm,” I thought I could categorize this play with all the others. I had been down this road countless ti…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:15PMFriday, October 30, 2015
Within a minute of taking the stage at the Chicago Theatre Thursday night in jeans and a buttoned-up dress shirt, comedian Bill Burr is working the perplexed and frustrated angle he's cultiv…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:02PMWithin a minute of taking the stage at the Chicago Theatre Thursday night in jeans and a buttoned-up dress shirt, comedian Bill Burr is already working the perplexed and frustrated angle he'…
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RECOMMENDED George Bernard Shaw once said that there were only two ways a theatrical production could be successful. On one hand, the show could be timeless, dealing with themes that will al…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:25PMRECOMMENDED In “Tribulation: The Musical,” playing now in iO’s Mission Theater, mankind’s worst fears are confirmed—the world is burning and murderous Horsemen of the Apocalypse ri…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:30AMSunday, October 25, 2015
RECOMMENDED The Chicago Children’s Theatre’s production of “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane” is one of the rare family friendly offerings actually capable of entertaining the…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:45PMRECOMMENDED Not knowing what to expect while standing outside in the drizzle, waiting to be allowed into the Dream Laboratory, it is difficult not to stuff down the tittering giggle that hau…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:30AMThursday, October 22, 2015
RECOMMENDED I remember being furious as a child when my mother threatened to find an etiquette class for me to attend. She seemed charmed by the idea of having a well-mannered little girl an…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:35PMMonday, October 19, 2015
Audience members without their sea legs might be cautioned that Mary Zimmerman’s new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island” could leave them feeling queasy. For whe…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMMonday, October 12, 2015
My favorite part of Sherlock Holmes’ stories is always when, after Holmes relays a long list of facts about an individual’s life, he breaks down how he gleaned each and every fact from t…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:35PMSunday, October 11, 2015
RECOMMENDED Among the many wonders presented by magicians David Parr and Joe Diamond, the most impressive trick the night I attended was pretty much filling up the house on Wednesday evening…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 09:40AMSaturday, October 10, 2015
The last time that actress Katherine Keberlein and director Max Truax collaborated together, the result was Oracle’s Jeff-Award winning production of Bertolt Brecht’s “The Mother,” w…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:00PMFriday, October 9, 2015
RECOMMENDED Loneliness, at its worst, clamps down, feeling like a black box from which there is no escape. The claustrophobia of loneliness can sometimes feel so inescapable that dying of it…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 02:30PMRECOMMENDED To be a teenager is to be a creature of extremity. Not only your body but your emotions and ideas and opinions are expanding with the rush and fury of a newborn universe—your o…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:45AMWednesday, October 7, 2015
“Well, it’s a relief to finally see something cheerful,” Gwen said, as they exited out to the street. “Yeah,” said Eleanor. “Though it ended weirdly with the traditional gender r…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:59PMTuesday, October 6, 2015
Last Sunday’s afternoon matinee of Gioachino Rossini’s “Cinderella” (“La Cenerentola”) at the Lyric Opera set me musing. Why would Lyric director Anthony Freud schedule a romanti…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:30PMRECOMMENDED Twenty-five years after it first premiered at the Goodman, Scott McPherson’s “Marvin’s Room” is still relevant because people are still dying—slowly, painfully, draggin…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:32AMMonday, October 5, 2015
RECOMMENDED The strings that tie mothers to daughters are knotted, twisted and forever looping. Severing those strings is an impossible feat, though many spend their lives trying. Untangling…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00PMLewis Black is not be bringing his brand of angry stand-up to the Chicago Theatre stage until the end of the week, but Margaret Cho's 80-minute set Saturday night, part of her international …
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Sensuous excess comes to life in Christina Rossetti’s 1862 poem “Goblin Market,” with proliferation of rhymes, synonyms, luscious lists of fruits and “figs to fill your mouth.” It�…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:15PMLewis Black is not bringing his brand of angry stand-up to the Chicago Theatre stage until the end of the week, but Margaret Cho's 80-minute set Saturday night, part of her international "Th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:07PMWednesday, September 30, 2015
"I can Google it for you while we're talking …" I've been on the phone with Sandor Weisz for less than 30 seconds, and he's already proven that he is indeed a Web developer. As a fellow de…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:37PMRECOMMENDED Horror is a mighty genre, stealing you away from the present like no other genre can, activating the primal instincts that follow fear and focusing your attentions like a laser o…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:15AMMonday, September 28, 2015
By Loy Webb Children have some of the most imaginative and exciting minds. Give them a cardboard box, they’ll create castles fit for any king and queen. Give them a blanket, and as it’s …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:34AMRECOMMENDED John Steinbeck is the most Wagnerian of American novelists. He loves to dilate on cosmic themes. He permits himself loose speculation on big ideas – Guilt, Free Will, Forgi…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:30AMSunday, September 27, 2015
RECOMMENDED Paramount Theatre opens their Broadway Musical Series with a rousing “Oklahoma!” as impressive as last season’s production of “Les Misérables.” It’s not just that Pa…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:30PMFriday, September 25, 2015
RECOMMENDED Every time I see the name Neil Simon, I crack a smile because I know there are very few pieces of this comedic writing legend’s work I can get through without serious amounts o…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 02:00PMWednesday, September 23, 2015
Last summer, my wife and I spent a memorable weekend in Bar Harbor, Maine. We hiked through Acadia National Park and made the low-tide crossing to Bar Island for a spectacular view of the ha…
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