- Performing Arts, Theater Review, May 16, 2013
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Barbara Gaines goes all auteur on Henry VIII
Chicago Shakespeare Theater's production is undone by overdoing.
- Performing Arts, Theater Review, May 8, 2013
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Second-act troubles afflict By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Promising at first, Lynn Nottage's ambitious play falls apart after intermission.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, May 2, 2013
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By the Way, Meet Vera Stark pulls the mask off old Hollywood
The title character of Lynn Nottage's play is an amalgam of the African-American actresses whose roles were restricted in early cinema—and who are still expected to play to type.
- Performing Arts, Theater Review, May 1, 2013
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The Lake Effect keeps the mold intact
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo author Rajiv Joseph returns to his quirky/intimate style.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 21, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Sun 4/21: Sister Souljah, The Happiest Song Plays Last, and Kvelertak
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, April 21, 2013.
- 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 21, 2013
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Shakespeare goes to Gotham City
Robert Falls achieves a half measure of success in dark, unruly Measure for Measure.
- Performing Arts, Theater Review, Feb 20, 2013
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Julius Caesar and Teddy Ferrara have tactical issues
Chicago Shakespeare and Goodman Theatre put on plays about power struggles.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 15, 2013
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A haiku for the audience member who fainted at a performance of Teddy Ferrara
An elderly audience member fainted at Goodman Theatre's Teddy Ferrara, but never lost her poise.
- Performing Arts, Theater Review, Jan 30, 2013
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A writer picks at the family scab in Other Desert Cities
Jon Robin Baitz tells the secrets of a Palm Springs family.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 25, 2013
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The mother of them all, part two: The interview with actress Deanna Dunagan continued
Part two of a conversation with actress Deanna Dunagan
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 25, 2013
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An interview with Deanna Dunagan, part one
The actress discusses her roles in August: Osage County and Other Desert Cities
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Dec 26, 2012
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Eight faves, six stars, and a horror: 2012 in theater
The best productions, beloved artists, and a show more than one Reader writer hated
- Performing Arts, Theater Review, Nov 28, 2012
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The ho ho ho show review
Reader critics weigh in on eight new holiday shows
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Sep 26, 2012
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Overwhelmed by Williams
Tennessee's Sweet Bird of Youth flies away from its director
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Jul 11, 2012
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Crowns's jewels?
The highlights of Regina Taylor's musical are its songs, its voices, and those hats
- Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture, Jun 20, 2012
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Best Revival of a Well-Known Play
The Iceman Cometh
- Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture, Jun 20, 2012
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Best Argument Against the Auteur Approach
Calixto Bieito's Camino Real at Goodman Theatre
- Performing Arts, Culture Vultures, May 18, 2012
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This week's Culture Vultures recommend:
Theaster Gates, Acre restaurant, and Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
- Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2012
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Lions and tigers and bears and, uh, butterflies, oh my: new Reader performing arts reviews
Fresh performing arts reviews from Reader critics
