First it was just strange dreams. Then it was sinister voices. Now, the followers of Cthulu roam the streets in search of the servants and sacrifices that can bring the Old Ones " specifical…
It's been more than a day since I left Before the Fall, and I still don't know for sure that I can say what I think about it. That's a crummy thing for a theater critic to admit, but I'm hop…
"You should be honest with people, even when you're doing magic, which is essentially lying." That's according to Penn Jillette, the loquacious half of the magic duo Penn and Teller and " at…
There are all sorts of weddings: Destination Weddings, backyard weddings, shotgun weddings, DIY weddings… the list goes on. They all, however, have a few things in common: At least one per…
There's an old logic puzzle about a farmer trying to get a wolf, a chicken, and a pile of corn across the river, but the farmer can only take two at a time in his boat. Leaving the wrong com…
I am not equipped to write this review. That much was apparent from the moment I saw Daryl "Spook" Spokane (Meshaun Labrone) stoically reclining on the day of his execution in Spook, a play …
It's winter in Evanston, Illinois, and a woman has gone missing. Her name is Mitzi, and beyond that we know just a scant few details: she works as an Administrator, is unafraid of bumble bee…
If you're over twenty years old, chances are you remember the lost art the mix tape. And yes, it's a lost art. Don't tell me you can still make a Spotify mix and send it to someone on Facebo…
I don't know that I have the capacity to boil all of humanity down to a simple equation. Math was never my subject. And even if it were, I have to think the equation would look very d…
You hear it all the time: The thing that people most fear isn't death. It's public speaking. That may be true for most people, but if it applies to Dixie Lee Mills, the center of the one-wom…
I don’t know what your high school experience was like, but mine featured every archetype in the book. There were jocks and cheerleaders; popular kids and weirdos; band nerds and nerd …
Here's a fun game: Stop someone on the street and ask them to name a play " any play. I'll give you 10-1 odds that they name one of the works of Shakespeare. The reason? They’reÂ�…
I have to admit straight out of the gate that being asked to review "The Capitol Steps" was a bit befuddling. After more than 30 years delivering laughs in the nation's capital, the comedy t…
It's hard to open your laptop these days without stumbling across a news item about China. Naval maneuvers. Cyber warfare. Millions of manufacturing jobs relocated. And if that's not enough …
Rick Santorum, the famous (infamous?) Senator turned Presidential-candidate turned whatever-he-is-now once said, "I'm living for donuts and venison, and that's true. And specialty gopher mea…
If you've ever strolled down the children's literature section at the bookstore, picked up a title that's only ten or twenty pages long and thought "this doesn't look so hard… I could writ…
How to Quit Your Day Job! delivers a delightful dose of generation "Me." You've read the headlines. Millennials are the self-obsessed, self-medicating, selfie-taking self-seekers who might b…
Imagine visiting a quirky French cafe you've had your eye on for awhile. The tables are nicely set, a woman with a lovely voice is strumming on a guitar in the corner, and next to her a man …
Ok theater-goers, here's a question: What type of theater do you think is the toughest for actors and directors to get right? Ask anyone and I'm betting, dollars to doughnuts, they'll name t…
There are some great pop-culture rivalries that can't be resolved. Coke vs. Pepsi, Cowboys vs. Redskins, Apple vs. Samsung, Sega Genesis vs. Super Nintendo… the list goes on and on. But ca…
So, the great nation of France is saddled with crushing national debt. They're battered from war, the people are starving, and a revolutionary ember crackles quietly beneath the surface of t…
Sometimes out-of-town guests can really kill your routine. Your fridge is empty and the beer has gone missing. The guest-room is a hot mess, and darn it who borrowed my car and left it at th…
A crisp fedora, the sound of cards being shuffled, and a dark alley lit only by the end of a burning cigarette: Noir is one of those genres that's hard to explain, but you know it when you s…
Are you experiencing abdominal or pelvic cramping? Lower back pain? How about food cravings, headache or fatigue? If you have these or other symptoms, and it's been roughly three and a half …
Ready for a little blood and guts? How about regicide, suicide, and…whatever it is you call it when you have a close friend murdered? At any rate, William Shakespeare has had you covered f…