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The Color Purple, a 2005 musical adaptation of the famous, pithy Alice Walker novel, ran for three years on Broadway but didn't charm the critics or the Tony Awards voters (it received 11 no…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:40PMMonday, August 12, 2013
In a theater, film, and TV career approaching 40 years, William Petersen has been known for the precise focus of his performances and for his tense, often sexual, and usually explosive physi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:28PMTuesday, July 23, 2013
Was Michael Shannon smiling? The tall, square-jawed actor was performing in a 77-seat Off-Loop theater, and as he turned his back to the audience, those of us on the side could see a smile o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:29PMThursday, October 4, 2012
As Act I closed of Gary Griffin's new production of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's
Sunday in the Park with George at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, I found myself curiously unengaged by…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:34PMThursday, September 27, 2012
Whether they illuminate or puzzle, director David Cromer's interpretations of classic plays always are eccentric, and his new version of Tennessee Williams'
Sweet Bird of Youth at the Goodm…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:42AMWednesday, July 11, 2012
Tracy Letts' new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's classic drama at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble receives a handsomely designed and heartfelt production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMTuesday, June 19, 2012
This curious, frequently moving show focuses on the people who were killed in the famed 1915 ship disaster.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMFriday, May 11, 2012
Deanna Dunagan leads a flawless cast in this intimate and very funny production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's classic musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:40PMFriday, May 4, 2012
Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy give superb performances in Robert Falls' brilliant production at Chicago's Goodman Theatre of Eugene O'Neill's monumental work.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMTuesday, February 14, 2012
Nathan Gunn and Ashley Brown headline Lyric Opera of Chicago's excellent production of the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThursday, December 15, 2011
The musical adaptation of the iconic holiday film is fast-paced, ingratiating, and superbly cast.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AMThursday, December 8, 2011
Diane D'Aquila and Steven Sutcliffe lead an excellent cast in Chicago Shakespeare's worthy production of Timothy Findley's historical drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThursday, October 13, 2011
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents a near-perfect production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's landmark musical
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:38AMMonday, August 1, 2011
Highlights include the national tour of Hair; a revision of Stephen Schwartz and company's Working; Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of Orlando; Madeline George's new play, Precious Little; Harold Pi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMHighlights include John Leguizamo's warm up for his Broadway-bound Ghetto Klown; the Belarus Free Theatre'sBeing Harold Pinter; the new musical Starship featuring songs by Glee's Darren Cris…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMJanuary highlights include Regina Taylor's The Trinity River Plays, Monty Python's Spamalot, Garry Griffin directing As You Like It, An Unscripted Romance, The Boys Room, The Beauty Queen of…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMActor-playwright Tracy Letts dominates Steppenwolf Theatre Company's powerful and engaging production of Edward Albee's great American drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMDecember highlights include Amy Morton and Tracy Letts in Steppenwolf's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a return engagement of the musical Wicked, the Goodman's A Christmas Carol, John Sche…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThis month's highlights include the new musical Departure Lounge, Gary Griffin's production of The Music Man, a re-worked The Story of My Life, Martin McDonagh's The Lonesome West, Julia Cho…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMDisney's The Lion King comes back to Chicago, InFusion world premieres Ghostbox, Sarah Ruhl adapts Three Sisters, Robert Falls stages The Seagull, and Silk Road mounts Scorched.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMLisa D'Amour's play about a quartet of ordinary Americans is engaging, but lacks scope.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMTuesday, May 31, 2011
The Tony Award-winning Lookingglass Theatre Company premieres The Last Act of Lilka Kadison, with other June highlights including David Henry Hwang's Yellow Face and Chinglish; City Lit's Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMSunday, May 22, 2011
John Mahoney and Rondi Reed give masterful performances in Bruce Graham's thought-provoking drama about living with Alzheimer's Disease.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMSaturday, April 30, 2011
Highlights include John Mahoney and Rondi Reed in Outgoing Tide; Andre DeShields in The Gospel According to James; a multi-media version of Peter Pan; The Original Grease; Sarah Ruhl's Stage…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMMonday, April 11, 2011
This fast-moving, fabulously produced new musical about a white supremacist band needs some more plot development to fully succeed.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMWednesday, April 6, 2011
Tina Landau's production of Lanford WIlson's landmark play is full of strong directorial choices.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThursday, March 31, 2011
Whoopi Goldberg produces the new musical White Noise, featuring Tony nominee Douglas Sills. Other highlights include Steppenwolf's production of the late Lanford Wilson's The Hot L Baltimore…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PM 
