Saturday, October 16, 2021
Regional/Online: Chicago, IL: A Theatre in the Dark Streamed Oct. 15-Nov. 21, 2020. Thriller. Authors: Mack Gordon and Corey Bradberry adapting H.G. Wells story. Director: Corey Bradberry. C…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 08:31PMFriday, October 8, 2021
Regional – Chicago, IL: Goodman Theater: 170 North Dearborn Street. Drama. Author: Jose Cruz Gonzalez. Director: Henry Godinez. Sept. 18-Oct. 24, 2021. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Oct. 202…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:53PMTuesday, September 21, 2021
Regional – Chicago, IL: Hell in a Handbag Productions at the Leather Archives and Museum. Sept. 19-Oct. 23, 2021. Comedy. Author: David Cerda. Director: Madison Smith. Critic: Mary Shen Ba…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:45PMSunday, September 12, 2021
Regional – Chicago, IL: PrideArts Broadway: 4139 North Broadway. Aug.19-Sept. 19, 2021. Song Cycle. Author: Jye Bryant. Director: Jay Espano. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Sept. 2021). *** S…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:06PMMonday, September 6, 2021
Regional – Chicago, IL: Northlight Theater at North Shore Center for the Art: 9501 Skokie Boulevard. Sept. 23-Oct. 31, 2021. Play with Music. Book: Joanna Murray-Smith. Director: Rob Lindl…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 08:54PMSunday, August 22, 2021
Regional – Chicago, IL: Possibilities Theater Company at NorthCenter Town Square: 4100 North Damen Avenue. Aug. 5-21, 2021. Musical. Book/Score: Jonathan Larson. Director: Melody DeRogatis…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:42PMSaturday, August 14, 2021
regional – Chicago, IL: Goodman Theater’s Albert Theater: 170 North Dearborn Street. July 30-Aug. 29, 2021 Comedy-Drama. Author: Jocelyn Bioh. Director: Lili-Anne Brown. 75 min. Critic: …
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:48PMWednesday, March 17, 2021
Regional – Conroe, TX: Players Theater Company at Owen Theater: 225 Metcalf Street. March 12-March 28, 2021. Musical. Book: Walter Bobbie and Dean Pitchford. Lyrics: Dean Pitchford. Music:…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:04PMFriday, February 19, 2021
Regional – Conroe, TX: Stage Right at Crighton Theater: 234 North Main Street. Feb. 12-Feb. 28, 2021. Comedy. Author: Neil Simon. Director: Melody Montez. Critic: David Dow Bentley (Feb. 2…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 03:09PMTuesday, January 19, 2021
Regional – Chicago, IL: Donald Cameron Clark Productions at Greenhouse Theater Center: 2257 North Lincoln Avenue. Dec. 5-Jan. 30, 2021. Comedy-Drama. Authors: Spike Manton and Harry Tienow…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:37AMSunday, November 15, 2020
Regional/Online – Chicago, IL: Skylight Music Theater. Musical. Book/Lyrics: Paul Gordon, adapting Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Music: Paul Gordon and Jay Grushka. Oct.…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 11:08PMTuesday, October 27, 2020
Regional/Online – Chicago, IL: Lifeline Theater. Ended Oct. 4, 2020. Returned Nov. 12-29, 2020. Comedy. Author: Christina Calvit adapting Jane Austen novel. Director: Dorothy Milne. Critic…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:28PMMonday, October 19, 2020
Regional/Online – Chicago, IL: 16th Street Theater. Sept. 24, 2020-Jan. 31, 2021. Drama. Author: Lisa Langford. Director: Lanise Antoine Shelley. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Oct. 2021). **…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 03:18PMSunday, October 18, 2020
Regional/Online – Chicago, IL: Theater Y. Ended Oct. 25, 2020. Solo. Author: Young Jean Lee. Director: Justin Jones. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Oct. 2020). **** “To be, or not to be” …
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 11:33PMSaturday, October 17, 2020
Regional/Online: Chicago, IL: Strawdog Theater. October 2020-Nov. 1, 2020. Solo Drama. Author: Titas Halder. Director: Elly Green. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Oct. 2020). ***1/4 Tottenham wa…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:39PMTuesday, September 29, 2020
Regional/Online: Chicago, IL: BohHo Theater. August 2020-Dec. 31, 2020 Performance. Authors: various artists. Curator/Director: Sana Selemon. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Sept. 2020). ***1/4 …
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 11:12PMSunday, August 23, 2020
Regional/Online – Glenview, IL: Oil Lamp Theater. Ended Aug. 23, 2020. Solo Comedy. Author: Theresa Rebeck. Director: Elizabeth Mazur Levin. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Aug. 2020). ***1/4 …
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:28PMMonday, August 3, 2020
Regional/Online – Chicago, IL: Hell in a Handbag Productions. Ended Aug. 15, 2020. Comedy. Author: David Cerda. Director: Spenser Davis. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Aug. 2020). *** As the …
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:02PMSaturday, August 1, 2020
Regional/Online: Chicago, IL: Trap Door Theater. July 31-Sept. 24, 2020. Performance. Author: Matei Vişniec. Translated by Daniel Silindean. Director: Michael Mejia. Critic: Mary Shen Barni…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:48PMMonday, July 27, 2020
Regional – Houston, TX: Music Box Theater: 2623 Colquitt. Ended July 25, 2020. Musical Revue. Conceived: Music Box cast. Critic: David Dow Bentley (July 2020). ***1/2 Having said that, it …
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:55PMWednesday, July 22, 2020
Regional / Online – Chicago, IL: Littlebrain Theater. July 2020-Aug. 30, 2020. Author: Gaby Labotka and Zach Barr. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (July 2020). ***1/4 The forays into digital pl…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:50PMTuesday, June 9, 2020
Regional/Online – Chicago, IL: First Folio Theater. June 3-June 14, 2020. Comedy-Drama. Author: William Shakespeare, adapted by David Rice. Director: Michael Goldberg. Critic: Mary Shen Ba…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 05:43PMWednesday, May 13, 2020
Regional/Online – Chicago, IL: Passage Theater. Ended May 17, 2020. Comedy/Drama. Author: Beth Hyland. Director: Sammy Zeisel. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (May 2020). ***1/4 You can still s…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:43PMWednesday, April 15, 2020
Regional/Online – Chicago, IL: Black Button Eyes Productions. Ended April 2020. Performance. Author: Ed Rutherford. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (April 2020). *** It was easy to forget, last…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:32PMTuesday, March 17, 2020
Regional – Chicago, IL: Promethean Theater Ensemble at Otherworld Theater: 3914 North Clark Street. Feb. 28-March 14, 2020 (ended owing to COVID shutdown). Comedy. Author: George Bernard S…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 07:09AMMonday, March 16, 2020
Regional – Chicago, IL: L’acadie at Athenaeum: 2936 North Southport Avernue. March 13-March 18, 2020. (Note: run stopped by COVID shutdown) Drama. Author: Tennessee Williams. Director: K…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:59PMWednesday, March 11, 2020
Regional – The Woodlands, TX: Class Act Productions: 25275 Budde Road. March 6-March 8, 2020. Musical. Book: Jennifer Lee. Score: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Director: Stacy J…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:53PMRegional/Online – Chicago, IL: Goodman Theater. March 7-April 12, 2020. Comedy. Author: Jocelyn Bioh. Director: Lili-Anne Brown. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (May 2020). ***1/2 Ranking in po…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 02:35PMFriday, February 28, 2020
Regional – Houston, TX: Theater Under the Stars (TUTS) at Hobby Center. Feb. 18-March 1, 2020. Musical. Music: Stephen Flaherty. Book/Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens. Director: Michael Arden. Critic: …
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 05:38PMRegional – Chicago, IL: Rose Valley Theater Group at Greenhouse Theater Center: 2257 North Lincoln Avenue. Jan. 16-Feb. 9, 2020. Drama. Author: Zachary Karabashliev. Director: Zlatomir Mol…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 03:17PMThursday, February 27, 2020
Regional – Chicago, IL: Shattered Globe at Theater Wit: 1229 West Belmont Avenue. Jan. 16-Feb. 29, 2020. Drama. Author: Kevin Artigue. Director: Wardell Julius Clark. Critic: Mary Shen Bar…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:25PM 
