Kerry Reid

Moonshine, mothers and music — and ultimately mayhem — swoop and soar in Damon Kiely's "The Revel," his Appalachian approach to Euripides' "The Bacchae," now in a foot-stomping world premiere...

Through Sunday, the sixth annual Chicago Fringe Festival takes over a variety of venues in Jefferson Park with 46 shows and 192 total performances. The acts are selected by lottery,...

With drought reaching historic proportions in California and other Western states, a guy like Bill Starbuck might just be poised for a comeback. The eponymous character of N. Richard Nash's...

Familiar types — or should I say avatars — run rampant throughout Madhuri Shekar's "In Love and Warcraft." "Cyrano de Bergerac" is one obvious antecedent. Those who saw Rolin Jones'...

Sometimes I wonder what the corset budget must be like at Trap Door Theatre. It's rare to see a show there that doesn't feature women — and sometimes men —...

Those who bemoan the tendency of theater producers to play it safe by staging familiar movie products probably have "Dirty Dancing" tucked away in their prosecutorial evidence files. This show,...

In one of my favorite episodes of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Larry David got in trouble for yelling a remark to Wanda Sykes that made reference to a portion of...

"I wanted to meet different kinds of people and find out if I liked them," says Nellie Forbush early on in "South Pacific," explaining why she became a Navy nurse...

Back before "The Book of Mormon" said hello, "Altar Boyz" brought a sweet satirical touch to proselytization through pop music and the voices of Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan (he's Mexican)...