"Let's not be that couple!" Josh Lanzet remembers a girlfriend saying as she's got in her car and he was shouting "I love you's" out of the window of his house. Relationships and their stran…
The show is touted as "improvised mentalism," and having seen it, I'm still not sure what that means exactly. Eric Lindberg (a ComedySportz ensemble member) is loose, unpretentious and quick…
Improv hub iO Theater recently moved into new digs in a freshly renovated building in Lincoln Park's Clybourn Corridor.Â
Dysfunction and desolation in a rundown motel room " sounds like something by Sam Shepard. But the best this play can muster is Sam Shepard-light, with its story of a comely pool hustler (Is…
A quarter-life crisis has descended upon an upscale Dallas hotel room where Mike (Derek Garza) and Seth (Michael Manocchio), friends since childhood, find themselves facing down their 30s an…
Thirty-two years ago Charna Halpern approached Del Close with an offer. He was already a renowned director in the world of comedy, and working at Second City. She had just launched the Impro…
The current mainstage revue at Second City is titled "Depraved New World," but if you're really looking for the transgressive stuff, it's happening a few miles to the north on Belmont Avenue…
The current mainstage revue at Second City is titled “Depraved New World,” but if you're really looking for the transgressive stuff, it's happening a few miles to the north on Be…
THEATER REVIEW: "Hellish Half-Light" by Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. ★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Hellish Half-Light" by Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. ★★½ ... There are six sho…
There are six short plays by Samuel Beckett in this Mary-Arrchie production, some of which are rarely staged, including the remarkable "What Where" from 1983. Director Jennifer Markowitz's s…
THEATER REVIEWS: "Phyllis" ★★★ and "Moral Hazard" ★★ both at Chemically Imbalanced Theater THEATER REVIEWS: "Phyllis" ★★★ and "Moral Hazard" …
COMEDY REVIEW: "Impress These Apes" at ComedySportz ★★★★ COMEDY REVIEW: "Impress These Apes" at ComedySportz ★★★★ ... I have no idea why "Imp…
THEATER REVIEW: "Dating: Adults Embracing Failure" at the Royal George ★★★ and "EL Stories: Listen to the Music" by Waltzing Mechanics ★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "…
THEATER REVIEWS: "Trafford Tanzi" at Fizz Bar ★★ and "Becker" at the Annoyance Theater ★★ THEATER REVIEWS: "Trafford Tanzi" at Fizz Bar ★★ and "Becker" a…
THEATER REVIEWS: "Haymaker" by the Neo-Futurists ★★★ and "Love Tapes" by The Inconvenience ★★½ THEATER REVIEWS: "Haymaker" by the Neo-Futurists ★ύ…
THEATER REVIEWS: The Late 90s at iO ★★★½ and "The Doll's House Project: Ibsen Is Dead" ★★★ THEATER REVIEWS: The Late 90s at iO ★★★Â…
THEATER REVIEWS: "Mill Fire" at Theater Wit ★★★ and "The Next Thing" by Signal Ensemble ★½ THEATER REVIEWS: "Mill Fire" at Theater Wit ★★★ and "…
THEATER REVIEWS: "Bouncers" at the Public House Theatre ★★½ and "Spark" at Adventure Stage Chicago ★★½ "Bouncers"
The money isn't much, but actors say they are addicted to artistic rewards of storefront theaters No one pursues a career in theater looking to make a quick buck. That holds especially tru…
THEATER REVIEWS: "Brahman/i" by Silk Road Rising ★★½ and "Raw" by Deluge Theatre Collective ★★ THEATER REVIEWS: "Brahman/i" by Silk Road Rising ★★½…
THEATER REVIEWS: "Good Boys and True" at Raven Theatre ★★★ "The Roper" at the Den Theatre ★★ "Good Boys and True"Â
THEATER REVIEWS: "Lean Back" by Virgin Daiquiri ★★★ and "The Earliest Known Photo of Men Drinking Beer" ★★½ THEATER REVIEWS: "Lean Back" by Virgin Daiquiri …
THEATER REVIEW: "A Tale of Two Cities" at Lifeline Theatre ★★½ A novel dense with story and narrative meanderings will always end up streamlined for the stage. That isn't nec…
THEATER REVIEWS: LiveWire's "Assistance" at the Storefront Theater ★★½ ... Redtwist's "Happy" ★★½ THEATER REVIEWS: LiveWire's "Assistance" at the Storefront Th…
THEATER REVIEWS: "Breach" by Dog & Pony at Den Theatre ★★½ and "Do-Gooder" at 16th Street Theater ★★ THEATER REVIEWS: "Breach" by Dog & Pony at Den Theatre ★…