Friday, May 17, 2013
At one point in “Ganesh Versus the Third Reich” — the wholly astonishing and deeply provocative work by Australia’s Back to Back Theatre, at the MCA through Sunday only — Luke Ryan…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 04:21PMThursday, May 16, 2013
Neil Simon might not be the darling of the avant-garde theater crowd. But anyone who doubts the enduring power of his plays to generate a surefire mix of tears and laughter should pay a visi…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 12:52PMThe Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg, Russia has visited Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre on a regular basis since 2000. With its astonishing company of more than 50 dancers backed by lavish, a…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 11:51AMOn this night, the woman plucked from the audience for a “Loving You” slow dance is a 70-year-old from Munster, who says the songs take her back to high school homecoming.
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 10:38PMWednesday, May 15, 2013
This fall will mark the 10th anniversary of the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, that 1,500-seat venue adjacent to Millennium Park that has made its mark by presenting an audacious array …
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 10:37PMTuesday, May 14, 2013
HEDY WEISS: In a dimly lit apartment in Bucktown, Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents a story of human desecration that stays with you long after you leave.
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:36PMThe horrors to come were only compounded by the absolute beauty of the sun and sky on Tuesday afternoon as a van drove 18 people from Navy Pier to a dimly lit, nondescript little second floo…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 06:36PMSunday, May 12, 2013
HEDY WEISS: Bruce Graham’s “Stella & Lou,” now in its world premiere at Northlight Theatre, depends on the skills of its stars in an otherwise average story of lonely people connecting…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:56PMFriday, May 10, 2013
Robert “Bob” Sickinger, widely considered “the father of Chicago’s Off Loop theater movement,” and the man instrumental in the founding of the hugely influential Hull House Theater…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 03:15PMFor years the most nagging question in U.S. foreign policy was this: How did we get into Vietnam? In more recent times, that question (among many, many others) has been replaced by this one:…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 11:13AMThursday, May 9, 2013
Lucky timing or a shrewd bet on synergy? Thanks to this weekend’s release of Baz Luhrmann’s new film version of “The Great Gatsby,” the Dead Writers Theatre Collective might just get…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 08:56PMEngland’s King Henry VIII is familiar to us as the man who had six wives, who severed ties with the Roman Catholic Church in order to divest himself of one of them, had another beheaded, a…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 01:52PMNEW YORK — Neil Patrick Harris will be back for his fourth turn as host of the Tony Awards. The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, joint producers of the show that honors the b…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 10:51AMWednesday, May 8, 2013
Women studies scholars will tell you that there are three feminist movements. The first began with the suffragettes and the right to vote; the second, of course, was the women’s liberation…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 04:39PMFour men and a teenager deal with their sexuality in “Falling Man,” five monologues by Will Scheffer. Shane Abbott, who runs Gorilla Tango’s Skokie Theatre, directs the show Friday nig…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 04:39PMSunday, May 5, 2013
‘The Pianist of Willesden Lane,” Mona Golabek’s exquisitely rendered musical memoir — now in a limited engagement at the Royal George Theatre — begins, fittingly enough, with an ex…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 08:37PMHEDY WEISS: The performances stand out, especially in supporting roles, but this revival of the Broadway classic seems caught between the intimate and the operatic.
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 05:33PMThursday, May 2, 2013
HEDY WEISS: The actor, once befriended by Samuel Beckett, mesmerizes in the playwright’s one-man classic.
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 08:28PMFor anyone interested in what is unquestionably one of the most groundbreaking chapters in the history of 20th century theater, Rick Cluchey’s performance of Samuel Beckett’s one-act, …
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 05:26PMAt the very same time that Lynn Nottage was at work on what would become her 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Ruined” — a scorching look at violence against women in the war-ravaged …
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 01:22PMOPENING BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. Raven Theatre presents Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical story about growing up in Brooklyn in the years before World War II. Directed by Cody Estle. Previ…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 01:22PMTuesday, April 30, 2013
With abundant nominations for two productions first seen here — the Cyndi Lauper musical and the revival of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” — the city’s theater scene again prov…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 06:43PMAnd you thought “Othello” was all about Shakespeare’s language. Think again. As the Joffrey Ballet is so brilliantly demonstrating in its fiercely realized revival of choreographer Lar…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 02:40PMNEW YORK — The Cyndi Lauper-scored “Kinky Boots” has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, with the British import “Matilda: The Musical” close behind with 12. “Kinky Boots…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 06:34AMSunday, April 28, 2013
HEDY WEISS: Scottish playwright David Grieg’s way with words is apparent in the Writers’ Theatre production of his play about a rebellious Glasgow teen on the run with a shy girl from a …
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:59PMFriday, April 26, 2013
OPENING BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. Raven Theatre presents Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical story about growing up in Brooklyn in the years before World War II. Directed by Cody Estle. Previ…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 02:18PMThursday, April 25, 2013
Choreographers of both classical ballet and modern dance have long found inspiration in Shakespeare. His plays have inspired many versions of “Romeo and Juliet,” as well as memorable tak…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:03PMHEDY WEISS: The gloriously goofy Cole Porter musical arrives with powerhouse Broadway star Rachel York and one terrific song after another.
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:03PMNo need to flirt with disaster by booking passage on a Carnival Cruise. Instead, head straight to the Cadillac Palace Theatre and take a seat on board “Anything Goes.” Just step right on…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 11:47PMHEDY WEISS: “Many more people need to be exposed” to plays about violence, says one teen cast member.
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 09:44PMWednesday, April 24, 2013
OPENING BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. Raven Theatre presents Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical story about growing up in Brooklyn in the years before World War II. Directed by Cody Estle. Previ…
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