The Fountain Theatre follows up its award-winning 2012 production of Tarell Alvin McCraney's "In the Red and Brown Water" with a vibrant incarnation of "The Brothers Size," the second instal…
HOME LOST HOME A world premiere from Sideshow Theatre Company, this curious and lengthy offering feels as familiar as it is threatening. In 145 minutes Kathleen Ackerley (who also co-directs…
AstonRep's Wit is a poignant, smart exploration of mortality, smartly done by a strong cast. It's a shame that playwright Margaret Edson forswore writing more after this Purlitzer prize winn…
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RECOMMENDED In Margaret Edson's "Wit," Dr. Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., an English professor whose work focuses on the Holy Sonnets of poet, satirist, lawyer and cleric John Donne, falls prey to s…
An entertaining and gripping examination of how far one will go to prove a point. Prove a point and lose a family.
NO CLOSURE IN BIRMINGHAM Originally produced at Goodman Theatre in 1989, Sally Nemeth's incendiary two-act, 125-minute Mill Fire depicts the origins and aftermath of its title disaster. This…
PREHISTORIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE PRESENT Extended until mid-May, Theater Wit's Midwest debut of Madeleine George's sharp new show has clearly touched hearts and nerves. It's no secret: Full of…
By: John Weatherford Joseph Macchia, president and founder of Cabaret Cares/Help is on the Way Today, presented Eric Michael Gillett's benefit show.  Man About Town: The…
The midwest premiere of the meta-apocalyptic comedy/drama/musical Mr. Burns, a post-electric play will be presented by Chicago's Theater Wit.
Theater Wit in Lakeview will present the Chicago premiere of Anne Washburn’s “Mr. Burns, a post-electric play” in January, 2015, the company said on Tuesday.Â
Theater Wit's latest academic-themed dissection of love in the 21st century expertly mingles broad with incisive humor for a look at love in an altogether different generation. 4 stars! (re…
Theater Wit has fall and discounted summer availability for 2014 and space starting mid-may 2015. Only four slots remaining for the 2014/15 season. Email [email protected] with inquirie…
Filed under: PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: Flute, Springtime Swing, Wit's End
A review of "The Importance of Being Earnest" at Seattle Shakespeare Company, ably directed by Victor Pappas and skillfully mined for laughs by the cast, led by Connor Toms and Quinn Franzen.
RECOMMENDED When it comes to community and contact, city dwellers take our myriad options for granted. We surround ourselves with like-minded people, and when our minds fail to meet, we move…
BAPTISM IN WORDS Seminar, Theresa Rebeck's utterly engaging one-act, is all about the wonders and terrors of writing. Both in the author's dazzling dialogue and the fascinating issues she co…
WHEN THE BRASS RING IS JUST ANOTHER NOOSE The siren song of the bitch-goddess “success” croons loud and clear in this cautionary, modern melodrama. Golden Boy, Clifford Odets' 77…
Exactly 150 years ago this weekend, Abraham Lincoln went to the theater and saw a play starring Booth (Edwin, not John Wilkes). This same weekend in 2014, I also went to the theater and was …
Filed under: PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: Flute Midtown, Wit's End
Beginning tomorrow night, the Sandy Spring Theatre Group will be hosting another weekend of their original one-man show, Honest Abe: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln at the Rosboroug…
THEATER REVIEW: "Plainsong" at Signal Ensemble Theatre ★★★ It opens with a man standing alone at sunrise, gazing out the window with a cigarette in hand, and ends with tha…
THEATER REVIEW: 'Tom Jones' at Northlight Theatre ★★½ THEATER REVIEW: 'Tom Jones' at Northlight Theatre ★★½ ... "A good countenance is a letter of recommendati…
Filed under: SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: Flute, Red Hook Ramblers, Wit's End
Roundabout Theatre Company has added two productions—a Broadway revival of Michael Frayn's gut-busting comedy Noises Off, directed by Jeremy Herrin, and an off-Broadway production …