Friday, September 23, 2011
Mark Montgomery and Kate Fry in Victory Garden’s “In the Next Room or the vibrator play” One simple moment in Sarah Ruhl’s In The Next Room, or the vibrator play par…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:59PMThursday, September 22, 2011
My dear friend and fellow Chicago theatre blogger Katy Walsh has teamed up with Chicago actor Joshua Volkers to produce “Off Book,” a new weekly podcast discussing our vibrant …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 02:36PMWednesday, September 21, 2011
So, yeah. I saw this play about woman talking about clothes. Despite a great cast and intriguing premise, this Vagina Monologues-esque show came off a mostly pandering bore filled with cli…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 05:10PMGlynis Gilio (Young Violet) and Harmony France (Violet) in Bailiwick Chicago’s production of “Violet” (Photo by Bailiwick Chicago) While Violet, a musical by Jeanine Tesor…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 01:54PMTuesday, September 20, 2011
It’s Tuesday. Time for some random silliness. I’ve been a fan of the folks behind the Punchy Players YouTube channel for about a year now. While the frequency of their output is …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 07:11AMThursday, September 15, 2011
The cast of Circle Theatre’s “Urinetown.” (photo credit: Bob Knuth) Have you ever had to pee so badly you could nearly taste it? I remember one time I was at an Ann Hampton…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 07:16PMMonday, September 12, 2011
Rebecca Kling returns to the Chicago Fringe Festival. This Saturday I made the trek down to Pilson to catch a trio of shows on the final weekend of the second annual Chicago Fringe Festival.…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 04:54PMSaturday, September 10, 2011
The cast of About Face Theatre’s “The Kid Thing” For most of my young adult life, the concept of wanting kids totally eluded me. It wasn’t even worth discussing with …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 11:56AMFriday, September 9, 2011
Mark Pracht as Charles Fontaine, Lisa Herceg as Rosalind Rollins, and Kimberly Logan as Olivia Wood in Babes With Blades’ production of “The Double” (Photo by Johnny Knigh…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:22PMThursday, September 8, 2011
More than a decade ago, I saw my first Chicago storefront-produced musical. It was the swinging Burt Bacharach tuner Promises, Promises, produced by a little theatre group called Porchlight …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:11PMGot this press release in my box a few minutes ago, and I was immediately drawn to UrbanTheater Company’s frank response to their “nightmare” of a venue situation. Glad the…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 01:24PMTuesday, September 6, 2011
Happy fall, kittens! As you can see from my CTA Tracker on my page (as Beyoncé would say, “to the left, to the left”), this Chicago Theatre Addict is going to be quite busy very…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:34PMTuesday, August 30, 2011
Drury Lane Oakbrook loves its diva shows. In 2010, they did Funny Girl (my review here), and they’ll close out their 2011-2012 season with Gypsy (casting still be be announced). And no…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 07:19PMMonday, August 29, 2011
Kevin Buswell stares down Kirk Jackson and Mara Stewart in Ludicrous Theatre’s “Rocky Horror Show.” “Don’t dream it; be it,” sings Ludicrous Theatre’…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:43PMSunday, August 28, 2011
A girl (Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel) is invited on a fantastical (and fatal) journey in Mortar Theatre Company’s “Corazón de Manzana.” Photo credit: John W. Sisson, Jr. Dana Lynn …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 01:01PMFriday, August 26, 2011
An introverted and intellectually bewitching high school student (sporting a red hoodie)befriends her mild-mannered, but deeply frustrated, English teacher, Jacob Grimm. The relationship evo…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:19PMWednesday, August 24, 2011
As the Chicago summer starts to wind down (boo!), things are heating up in Chicago’s storefront scene. Out of the barrage of shows playing in the next few months, here are just a few highl…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 05:01PMTuesday, August 23, 2011
David Parkes and Janet Ulrich Brooks in TimeLine’s “A Walk in the Woods.” I took a class on negotiation in grad school. Despite all the fancy theories, case studies and tac…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 03:48PMSunday, August 21, 2011
Gregg Edelman and Liz McCartney share a moment in Drury Lane’s “Sweeney Todd.” I’m on a mission to get my friends out and see a show at Drury Lane. Yes, the 45-minute…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 09:33PMSaturday, August 20, 2011
The ambitious storefront theatre company, Brikenbrak Theatre Project, is getting ready to open the premiere of Wolf, a new play written by artistic director Paul Cosca. I’m attending A…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:40PMFriday, August 19, 2011
Remember this classic scene from “Life Goes On”? No? Well, take moment and watch the clip below, if not only to witness LuPone (as Libby Tatcher) give one kick-ass audition, but…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:19AMThursday, August 18, 2011
Got this press release in my box, and had to share. Looks insane and totally like something only some Chicago group would/could do. I wish I could go, but my dance card is already full, alas…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:05PMWednesday, August 17, 2011
Looking to have a fancy downtown Chicago experience at a splashy musical or star-studded play in the next few months? Check out my latest blog post on Chicago Like a Local covering Broa…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:40PMTuesday, August 16, 2011
Photos have been released of Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace’s production of Sweeney Todd. The much-anticipated production, which is currently in previews with press opening tomorrow night…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:44AMSunday, August 14, 2011
Following Silk Road Theatre Project’s Yellow Face and the Broadway-bound Chinglish at The Goodman (read my review), Halcyon Theatre concludes the summer of David Henry Hwang with their…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:13PMThursday, August 11, 2011
When musical theatre icon (and recent Chicago Tribune Literary Prize honoree) Stephen Sondheim gets raged up, he knows exactly what to do: fire out a feisty letter to The New York Times. Suc…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:19AMWednesday, August 10, 2011
As a born and bred Midwesterner and now decade-long Chicagoan, I know how preciously we hold these two months of warm weather before we’re forced to put pants and close-toed shoes back…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:07PMSunday, August 7, 2011
Tim J. MacMillan isn’t what you’d call predictable. When asked about his work, the New York City-based playwright describes it as dramatic comedy, and proceeds to give examples o…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:21AMSaturday, August 6, 2011
Looking for a some affordable family-friendly thrills this summer? Check out my blog post on Chicago Like a Local (formally Chicago, Second to None) covering Cirque Shanghai’s latest N…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:05AMThursday, August 4, 2011
And now for something completely unrelated to Chicago theatre. After much speculation, gossip and conjecture, they’ve announced the star of the new Bartlett Sher-helmed production of F…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:38AMTuesday, August 2, 2011
Last weekend I did the most amazing thing. It involved a pre-loaded MP3 player with headphones, my fully charged cell phone and a trust in myself to face highly ambiguous situations — …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 11:32PM 
