134 stories by "Mary Wisniewski"
Robert Falls may have stepped down as artistic director at the Goodman Theatre three years ago, but suddenly he's everywhere on the Chicago theater scene. He directed a critically acclaimed …
"Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Clowns" is a happy combination of witty dialogue, lovely Victorian costumes and four-part harmony Christmas caroling, with a touch of Gilbert & Sulliva…
If you feel like a little malice for the holiday season, catch the triumphantly feminist drama that coined a term prevalent in modern politics.
Selina Cadell's production of the screwball comedy delivers solid Shakespeare"clear and easy to understand without dilution.
The musical version of the Bard of Avon's pastoral comedy is fun, but Shakespeare is the crust of this pie, not the filling.
This "Godspell" doesn't shy away from modern politics and leans left.
Driven by the hard-hitting music of guitarist and song writer, Tom Morello, Revolution(s) debuts at Chicago's Goodman Theater.
The new dystopian play is the kind of in-your-face, challenging theater that A Red Orchid can do so well.
The university's American Music Theatre Project will debut the Chicago Musical Theater Writers Workshop, offering instruction and support in musical theater writing for local writers and com…
"The Blood Countess" reveals the story of Erzsébet Bathóry, a Hungarian countess who was tried and convicted for allegedly killing hundreds of young girls.
The top-shelf production is tightly directed and beautiful, but leaves too much space unexplored.
Goodman's new play, crammed with Chicago details, stars Jenna Fischer and Francis Guinan.
It's hard to imagine now that a tan suit was seen as a presidential scandal.
"Ashland Avenue," the story of a Chicago television salesman, will lead off the Goodman's centennial season. The play's world premiere stars Chicago theater favorite Francis Guinan and Jenna…
APT's new and marvelous production directed by Shana Cooper, "The Winter's Tale," shows how time and grace can heal what seems irreparable.
A terrific night of theater"full of humor, history, strong emotion and magnificent music.
When Gavin Dillon Lawrence was visiting his hometown of Washington, D.C. more than ten years ago, he took a photo of his oldest son as he got a haircut at a Black-owned barbershop. When Lawr…
We don't know why the U.S. State Department decided that female Ethiopian acrobats were a threat to national security.
If you have never seen "A Midsummer Night's Dream" or haven't seen it for a while, this is the one to see. And if you feel like you've seen it too many times"try again. APT's production is f…
This summer Oak Park Festival Theatre is marking its fiftieth anniversary with "Twelfth Night." Peter Andersen says that Shakespeare in the park as "American as apple pie."
"Pippin" was a Broadway hit in 1972. Bob Fosse was the original Broadway director and choreographer. Being a seventies musical, "Pippin" is edgier and darker than the big 1940s musicals like…
"Iraq, But Funny" will join "The Arabian Nights" and "Metamorphoses" at the top of the Lookingglass canon. It is not to be missed.
"Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues" is a warmhearted and funny play that celebrates both vaudeville and the possibility of friendship across cultural and generational divides.
Lifeline's production takes on misinformation, a clueless media and the rejection of science"all worthy targets. But the death rays don't always land.
Why American Players Theatre has managed to survive for forty-six seasons in the Wisconsin woods while fancier, more centrally located, and less mosquito-y venues have closed.
