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THE SHTICK MAY DETRACT FROM THE PLAY, BUT JUST TRY TO RIVAL THE ACTORS' GANG The Rivals (1775), Richard Brinsley Sheridan's wonderful Comedy of Manners, is a play about pretension; everyone …
AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF SILICON VALLEY Build hasn't started yet, but the minute you walk into the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse you feel drawn into another world by …
THE MADNESS OF SITE-SPECIFIC THEATER Back in 2010, First Folio presented David Rice's site-specific theater piece, The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story. If any show should be heaped …
PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIR OR LAME DUCK? Every four years, the American people come together to debate important issues, engage in democratic dialogue, and realize they agree on absolutely nothing.…
KINETIC COOL IN MILLENNIUM PARK As evidenced at last night's opening, Giordano Dance Chicago's Fall Engagement"a two-night gig at the Harris Theater"is a major installment in the company's v…
HOUSEÂ NOT ATÂ HOME IN THE THEATER My theatergoing companion left the Duke on 42nd Street last night with tears welling in her eyes. She spent much of the subway ride home taking deep br…
I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES OUGHT TO BE BETTER You would be hard-pressed to find anyone proclaiming I Ought To Be In Pictures to be Neil Simon’s finest hour, but even with its shortcomin…
A RUSH TO DOOM As the breathless title suggests, there's nothing placid or contained about Liz Duffy Adams' hyper-poetic hybrid of interior monologues and frantic dialogue. The metaphorical/…
A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Faith by Evelina Fernandez, directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela, is a sensitive portrayal of a Mexican-American family in the 1940's. Good performances and a smart use of …
A BAD DAY FOR A GREAT PLAY It's a problem when the most effective elements of a dramatic show are the sound and visual effects, but such is the case with Cherry Lane Theater's production of …
WHERE IS DR. STRANGELOVE WHEN YOU NEED HIM? The best thing about Joe Kern's Modern Terrorism, or They Who Want To Kill Us and How We Learn to Love Them is its title. And if it bears a cl…
SOLD: ONE HOUSE. AT A DISAPPOINTING RATE. Since Daniel Fish has been certified a new genius by New York's avant-garde elite, I am loath to label him a hoax on the basis of having seen ju…
JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED Even though the legislation for a public health care option passed by Democratic majority in Congress, matters of wellness and proper treatment are anxieties tha…
BERKELEY REP HITS A HOMER It utterly astonishes that the epic tale of the Trojan War could be rendered with power and grace by a solo actor. The fact that one actor would have, and does have…
A FELLOWSHIP IN THE RING The Opponent is a play about the gritty world of small time boxing. Brett Neveu's world premiere two-hander at A Red Orchid Theatre explores the relationship between…
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE TITLE MEANS Every once in a while, a theater company falls in love with a script and simply must stage it. I can't imagine any other reason that Seanachaà decid…
A CLOSE SHAVE The Pacific Opera Project's production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street promises so much blood that before the curtain goes up three charact…
WHEN POLITICS GO FOWL All aboard! Â Duck is hitting the campaign circuit so be kind to your web-footed friends by taking the family out to see Duck for President; meanwhile, don't forget t…
A DELECTABLE CHESTNUT Kaufman & Hart's You Can't Take it With You has earned its place in the American canon as a great American chestnut, one of those charming, heartfelt comedies from …
HIS OWN PRIVATE BOISE We're in Boise, Idaho, in the break room of an arts and craft chain store called Hobby Lobby. Two men appear on closed circuit television doing a sort of home shopping …
A BLOODY GOOD TIME Bloody Sunday is a 1972 incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, during which 13 civil rights protestors and bystanders were shot and killed by the British Army. Although the …
SEMINAR SEARCHES FOR MEANING The premise: four fiction writers have paid five thousand dollars each to participate in an exclusive seminar with a renowned teacher. Filled with witty wordplay…
A DEATH OF FRESH AIR During the height of WWII in Germany, a recently orphaned adolescent girl named Liesel is taken in by a poor couple in The Book Thief, now receiving a world premiere pro…
THE DANGERS OF TECHNOLOGY " ON STAGE AND OFF Playwright Jennifer Haley is definitely onto something in her play Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, now receiving its Chicago premiere at Str…
LATE NIGHT CHUB THAT'S HARD TO SWALLOW The only excuse for reviewing this 70-minute trifle is that they're charging $20 to see it when it would be worth twice as much to pay to get out. Mire…
