84 stories by "Brianhey"
RECOMMENDED Watching Tennessee Williams' classic portrayal of lust and longing in New Orleans under the Wisconsin stars, on an especially hot and humid night, adds an extra element of authen…
RECOMMENDED Paramount Theatre certainly knows its way around big Broadway musicals. From "Cats" to "Miss Saigon" to "Fiddler on the Roof," their Broadway Series has consistently offered …
RECOMMENDED The title of Kate Walbert's "Genius""now receiving its world premiere at the Profiles Theatre"refers to the MacArthur Foundation's "genius" grants"the prospect of a MacArthur pri…
Bursting with imagination, bereft of dynamic narrative, this retelling of the Joan of Arc story is a dazzling mess of a play, more first draft than finished work. Playwright Robert Stewart n…
RECOMMENDED Last Wednesday night I found myself in a first-floor apartment on the far North Side of Chicago, standing in front of a sofa conversing with a young playwright talking about her …
RECOMMENDED Any short-play festival will have a number of mediocre plays, a couple of stellar works, and one or two duds. In the case of "Today We Escape," a twelve-play presentation based o…
RECOMMENDED They say nothing cures working-class misogyny, homophobia and general bigotry like a little strip tease. As it stands, those who attend Kokandy Productions' mounting of “Th…
RECOMMENDED After a one-year production hiatus, Chicago Dramatists returns with a compelling and important world premiere penned by Rohina Malik, "The Mecca Tales." Four American Muslim wome…
Opening night for pre-Broadway shows in Chicago can be fun. The excitement both real (will this be the next "The Producers" or "Kinky Boots"?) and manufactured (red carpets, Klieg lights and…
RECOMMENDED A good alternative title for "finding gräfenberg" might be "man, it sucks to be a woman." Apart from the ubiquitous extra-narrative evidence (see: advertising in general, income…
By Hugh Iglarsh Two great experiments mark the mid-century history of the University of Chicago. The one everybody knows about was the first sustained nuclear reaction, which occurred in a c…
Check out what audiences are saying about Steppenwolf’s production of Marie Antoinette, written by David Adjmi and directed by Robert O’Hara. The play features ensemble members A…
Check out our trailer for Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ production of THIS IS MODERN ART. The play is written by acclaimed playwright Idris Goodwin and Louder than a Bomb founder Kevin…
AIRLINE HIGHWAY’S playwright Lisa D’amour introduces her long-time friend and poet Danny Kerwick. Danny is the inspiration for the Character Francis, played by Gordon Joseph Weis…
We had so much fun at the photoshoot for MARIE ANTOINETTE, we decided to make a video to share! Check out the fine work of photographer Saverio Truglia with ensemble member Alana Arenas posi…
At one point in the first act, twenty-one-year-old Avery Willard (played with comic bravado and youthful vulnerability by Cassidy Slaughter-Mason) explains her lack of interest in "First-wav…
By Brian Hieggelke Last October, Steppenwolf surprised the theater world by announcing a double-barreled transition in leadership: long-term artistic director Martha Lavey would give …
Check out RED. A membership for people in their 20s, RED is a totally flexible way to see mind-blowing theater at Steppenwolf. For just $100, the RED card gives you six tickets to use for an…
Steppenwolf's AIRLINE HIGHWAY brings a party worth talking about to the stage. Set in New Orleans, this new world premiere production is a boisterous and moving ode to the outcasts who make …
Steppenwolf's AIRLINE HIGHWAY brings a party worth talking about to the stage. Set in New Orleans, this new world premiere production is a boisterous and moving ode to the outcasts who make …
Top 5 Plays of 2014 "Smokefall," Goodman Theatre "Newsies," Broadway In Chicago "The Midnight City," Firecat Projects at Steppenwolf Garage "Hedda Gabler," Writers Theatre "King Lear," Chica…
Steppenwolf's AIRLINE HIGHWAY brings a party worth talking about to the stage. Set in New Orleans, this new world premiere production is a boisterous and moving ode to the outcasts who make …
RECOMMENDED Goodman Theatre has perfected the holiday show in its annual production of "A Christmas Carol," with superb, consciously colorblind casting, terrific scenic design by Todd Rosent…
Who has time to read websites anymore? All the cool kids in town are too busy reading print magazines (or are we mistaken here?). Luckily you can find us on the same social platforms that ev…
RECOMMENDED As an undergraduate at the University of Chicago decades ago, a friend suggested I take a class called “The Political Plays and Prefaces of George Bernard Shaw” becau…
