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- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jan 14, 2021
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Zoo Motel and The Journey take us away from it all
Links Hall and Chicago Shakespeare host two virtual interactive shows on isolation and connection.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 23, 2020
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Retail, resistance, and rebirth in Wally World and Kickback
Christmas Eve goes to 11 in Isaac Gómez's workplace comedy; About Face celebrates Black queer lives, past and present.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 18, 2020
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The Chimes and I Hate It Here ring out a horrible year
Charles Dickens and Ike Holter are unlikely twin spirit guides in two online shows.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 10, 2020
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Yule be home for Christmas with Manual Cinema and Hell in a Handbag
A Dickens chestnut and a spoof of 1970s celebrity specials join the online holiday theater lineup.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Nov 18, 2020
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Fragmented lives up to its title—for better or worse
The trials of being hapa in America get the callout treatment in this new digital play.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Nov 11, 2020
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The Spin and What the Constitution Means to Me provide post-election catharsis
The good, the bad, and the ugly of our politics are on display in two streaming shows.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Nov 2, 2020
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'Night, Mother asks 'Whose death is it anyway?'
Invictus's streaming production brings new angles to Marsha Norman's real-time drama.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Oct 16, 2020
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Ladies and Martians
The Neo-Futurists and Theatre in the Dark offer shows for the spookiest of election seasons.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Oct 8, 2020
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16th Street and Strawdog examine racism and dystopia
Rastus and Hattie and Run the Beast Down bring nightmarish scenarios to virtual life.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Sep 16, 2020
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BoHo and Lifeline examine the public and private split
The Pursuit of Happiness and Pride and Prejudice confront the limitations of Zoom culture with exhilarating results.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Aug 4, 2020
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ALAS and Of Dice and Men examine the vulnerability of social bonds
Trap Door reimagines its aesthetic for film; Otherworld films a onetime live performance (sans audience).
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Jul 14, 2020
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Streaming theater goes beyond Hamilton
The Public Theater, Black Lives, Black Words, and Hell in a Handbag put it all online.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review May 28, 2020
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A trilogy for times of terror
Three streaming productions give us plenty to ponder in the pandemic.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Apr 14, 2020
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Theater of isolation
Online theater pieces, both new and old, remind us to connect.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 24, 2020
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Methtacular! returns for an online-only engagement at 16th Street
Steven Strafford's solo remains honest and hilarious, even through a screen.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 20, 2020
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Teenage Dick livestreams Shakespeare by way of high school
Theater Wit's production about a disabled schemer carries on online.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 17, 2020
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The Two Character Play gets the context it deserves.
Tennessee Williams's oft-revised story delivers to arresting effect with Theatre L'Acadie.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 17, 2020
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Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist is introspective and interactive
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe hit offers an illuminating look at casual hookups.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 17, 2020
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Teddy Roosevelt: The Man in the Arena reminds us what a leader looks like
A solo show about the man behind Bull Moose stands alone.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 10, 2020
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Middletown skims the surface
A starry cast can't inject a lot of life into Dan Clancy's middlebrow story.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 10, 2020
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Black Ensemble Theater’s The Healing is saved by the audience
Jackie Taylor mixes history, personal essay, racial justice, and music to mixed effect.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 10, 2020
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Judy and Liza—Once in a Lifetime shows the bond between two divas
A cabaret homage to Garland and Minnelli lights up the Greenhouse.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 10, 2020
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Idle Muse's In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) amuses, but falls short
Sarah Ruhl examines old-fashioned female "hysteria" and newfangled treatments.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 10, 2020
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What the Constitution Means to Me means a lot for all of us
Heidi Schreck weaves together civics, feminism, and personal history in this vital production.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 10, 2020
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Chicago ain't ready for reform in Her Honor Jane Byrne
Lookingglass delivers a stunning world premiere about Chicago's first woman mayor, public housing, and race.