Steel Beam improv group keeps pushing the envelope
Even the improv group Night Moose can be a bit surprised about what transpires onstage. The improv group often asks an audience member to identify a text message thread in...
Home > Reviews
All Stories
1960s rocker reflects on 50th anniversary of Woodstock
Nobody knew at the time it was planned that the Woodstock Music Festival would become a cultural milestone. "We didn't foresee what Woodstock would be. Of course, nobody knew it...
‘Eat, Play, Give!’ fundraiser features Elgin, Crystal Lake theater companies
While at Ridgefield-Crystal Lake Presbyterian Church several years ago, an idea came to Crystal Lake resident Steve Connell. "I'm sitting there in the Fellowship Hall thinking, 'Hmm. We could do...
Chicago Kids Company teaches covert lessons in ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’
There's a process Chicago Kids Company co-founder and Artistic Director Jesús Perez uses when he writes the modern adaptations of classic children's fairy tales. He reads every version he can...
Libertyville goes to the dogs for jumping competition and fest
Yes, you can teach your dog a new trick. After one pet owner paid for his dog to jump during last year's Libertyville Dog Days of Summer, the animal had...
Cast Eyes to Skies for balloons of Lisle fest July 4-6
When you have an award-winning formula, you don't mess with it. For the Lisle Eyes to the Skies Festival, now in it's 37th year, it means keeping the focus on...
Janus’ Unrehearsed Shakespeare returns to Elgin
Take some quarrelling lovers; add a troupe of actors presenting a play within the play and toss in mischievous fairies for good measure. Set them in the magical woods and...
Elgin’s Going Dutch Festival showcases work of women
Be on the lookout for artists on the move in the streets of Elgin. "There's going to be a roving improv workshop. So Friday and Saturday, late afternoon and evening,...
Vero Voce’s ‘Honk! Jr.’ tells musical tale of the Ugly Duckling
Don't judge a book by its cover. That's the lesson a young duckling, his feathered friends and fellow farm animals learn from their journey in the musical "Honk! Jr." "It's...
Elgin theater group presents ‘Godspell’
They're stories you likely know, told in an unconventional way. The Golden Rule. Turn the other cheek. "You don't even have to come from any background of faith or religion...