REVIEW: ‘Red Bud’ by Signal Ensemble
Brett Neveu's "Red Bud" stakes its claim in the oft-plowed landscape of midlife males at a reunion — think Jason Miller's "That Championship Season" with a decidedly rougher patina. Brant...
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REVIEW: ‘Princess Mary Demands Your Attention’ by Bailiwick Chicago
Though Aaron Holland's new play claims inspiration from Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace," it really is a straight-up (well, sort of) bildungsroman about a young gay black man finding his...
REVIEW: ‘The Rose Tattoo’ by Shattered Globe Theatre
Three years ago, Shattered Globe produced "Orpheus Descending," Tennessee Williams' gothic tragedy about an unhappily married Italian woman on the Gulf Coast and the drifter who temporarily lifts her out...
REVIEW: Young Playwrights Festival by Pegasus Theatre
Much as Bailiwick Repertory was reborn as Bailiwick Chicago a few years ago, Pegasus Players has rebranded itself as Pegasus Theatre Chicago. While the company's flight from its longtime home...
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival: Stretching notions of puppetry
Puppets have been around for centuries. But Blair Thomas, the artistic director of the brand-new Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, points out the term "puppeteer" only came into existence about...
Best of 2014: Kerry Reid picks her favorite theater productions
In addition to the "On the Fringe" column I share with Nina Metz, I review many other individual shows for the Tribune over the year. Below are my picks for...
Museum outings for your holiday week
In England, they have Boxing Day. In America, the day after Christmas — heck, the entire week between Christmas and New Year's — can feel like the aftermath of a...
Best of 2014: Showing what’s possible in a storefront
Small budgets and even smaller venues are often part of the fringe theater equation. But what sets Chicago apart from most other theater towns is that our grass-roots scene blossoms...
REVIEW: Redmoon ‘Winter Pageant’
Amid the Christmas shows (Ebenezer, meet George Bailey) and anti-Christmas shows (you know who you are, Crumpet!) flooding theaters this time of year, Redmoon's annual "Winter Pageant" stands out as...
REVIEW: “I Love Lucy Live On Stage” at the Bank of America Theatre
When Desi Arnaz performed "Babalu" on "I Love Lucy," it was an exercise in sheer head-tossing, tie-loosening, id-releasing exuberance. That same number in "I Love Lucy Live On Stage," despite...