Evergreen friendship leaps from the stage
Despite serving as the gateway drug (albeit of a pretty benign nature) for the future stage-struck citizens of America, children's theater doesn't get a lot of big-time respect or plaudits....
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Gothic shadows under the staging of Austen’s ‘Abbey’
"No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her to be a heroine," declares Jane Austen at the outset of "Northanger Abbey." Anyone who...
Gothic shadows under the staging of Austen’s ‘Abbey’
"No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her to be a heroine," declares Jane Austen at the outset of "Northanger Abbey." Anyone who...
At 16th Street and Citadel, different takes on territory
Turf struggles loaded with questions of racial identity and privilege erupt in a pair of engaging plays by writers with Chicago roots, each receiving local premieres in suburban theaters. "Broken...
Story of ’90s metal band rings true at Gift Theatre
Getting the old band back together gets messy — especially when the old band never quite got it together. Bruised feelings, inflated egos, mutual recriminations, and a tendency to mask...
Story of ’90s metal band rings true at Gift Theatre
Getting the old band back together gets messy — especially when the old band never quite got it together. Bruised feelings, inflated egos, mutual recriminations, and a tendency to mask...
There’s decency left in the town of Bountiful
A woman moves into a cramped apartment with married relatives in a city near the Gulf of Mexico, where both her presence and her yearning for her past in the...
There’s decency left in the town of Bountiful
A woman moves into a cramped apartment with married relatives in a city near the Gulf of Mexico, where both her presence and her yearning for her past in the...
It’s man, woman and machine in a rare staging of ‘R.U.R.’
"R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)" Karel Capek's 1920 play introduced the word "robot" to the world, but productions in the cyber age remain relatively rare. Strangeloop Theatre's take, directed by Brad...
Date comedy is more than just a funny night out
Back in 2005, I saw Dan Noonan's smart and funny play "Out Among the Dragons," based in part on the playwright's own experiences living with a chronic health condition —...