- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, May 21, 2013
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Striding Lion rediscovers a German avant-gardist in Dada Gert
Eventually blacklisted, Valeska Gert fused dance and theater in the Weimar era.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, May 15, 2013
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Disability is the elephant in the room in Ganesh Versus the Third Reich
A witty, fantastical work from Australia's Back to Back Theatre pokes holes in "handicap."
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, May 8, 2013
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Music + Movement Showcase rocks the Auditorium
Six dance troupes boogie to live music.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, May 7, 2013
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Rick Cluchey performs a bunch of Krapp by Samuel Beckett
In Krapp's Last Tape, part of Shattered Globe's "An Evening of Beckett," Cluchey reprises a role he first performed in 1977—under the direction of the Great Man himself.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 30, 2013
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Emily Stein conducts Secret Experiments in Ballet #2
A ballet mistress turns mad scientist.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 24, 2013
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In the headlock of Big Love
Strawdog Theatre and Charles Mee's play make a terrific couple.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 23, 2013
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DanceWorks Chicago throws young dancers in the deep end
And they come out strong.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 22, 2013
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Alzheimer's from the inside out
Christine Mary Dunford brings Lisa Genova's novel Still Alice to the Lookingglass stage.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 18, 2013
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Untitled Feminist Show: Leave your head at home
In Young Jean Lee's newest piece for the stage, six performers revel in "raw body-ness."
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 18, 2013
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At Steppenwolf, a flawed work signals a major talent
Tarell Alvin McCraney's Head of Passes puts a payment down on future masterpieces.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 16, 2013
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The Elephant and the Whale plot an escape from the circus
Cross-species friendship is the key to a heartfelt, all-ages production from Redmoon and Chicago Children's Theatre.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 10, 2013
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Let Them Eat Chaos tastes a little bland
The new Second City revue lacks wack.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 10, 2013
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Overwhelmed by Underneath the Lintel
This First Folio show is worth a little apostasy.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 10, 2013
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In Mercury Theater's Barnum, a narrow view of the big top
Lively songs and deft acrobatics can't save this 1980 musical's flat script.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 8, 2013
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The assorted bonbons of the Seldoms' "Mix With Six"
Dancers become choreographers in a DIY showcase.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 3, 2013
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Esoteric, demanding Trap Door Theatre is off-Loop and all right
The Word Progress on My Mother’s Lips Doesn't Ring True exemplifies the possibilities of fringe theater in Chicago.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 3, 2013
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Riding off into the sunrise with Dawn, Quixote
Artistic director Blake Montgomery declares construction on the Building Stage complete.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 1, 2013
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New dance collective FlySpace tests its wings in Millennium Park
Four established troupes join forces to inaugurate a downtown indoor/outdoor dance space.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Mar 27, 2013
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In Pedro Páramo, magic realism isn’t hocus-pocus
Cuba's Teatro Buendía adapts a landmark Mexican novel for the Latino Theatre Festival.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Mar 27, 2013
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Lost souls at the edge of the rain forest in The Night of the Iguana
The Artistic Home presents Tennessee Williams's last major play.
