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Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jan 14, 2021
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.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Zoo Motel
,
Links Hall
,
The Journey
,
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
,
Thaddeus Phillips
,
Scott Silven
,
Steve Cuiffo
,
Steven Dufala
,
Mojave payphone
,
Otsuchi wind telephone
,
Itaru Sasaki
,
Abe Schiller
,
Bugsy Siegel
,
Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental
,
Tatiana Mallarino
,
Allie
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Dec 23, 2020
Recommended
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.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Isaac Gómez
,
Wally World
,
Steppenwolf
,
Lili-Anne Brown
,
Sandra Marquez
,
Karen Rodriguez
,
Audrey Francis
,
Jacqueline Williams
,
About Face Theatre
,
Kickback
,
Mikael Burke
,
Rebuild Foundation
,
Robert Cornelius
,
Paul Oakley Stovall
,
Frankie Knuckles
,
Labi Siffre
,
ShaZah (Sh
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Dec 18, 2020
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.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Remy Bumppo
,
The Chimes
,
Charles Dickens
,
Nick Sandys
,
Ian Frank
,
Studio Theatre
,
Ike Holter
,
I Hate It Here
,
Moony
,
Steep Theatre
,
The Light Fantastic
,
Jackalope
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Dec 10, 2020
Recommended
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.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Manual Cinema
,
Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol
,
N. LaQuis Harkins
,
Drew Dir
,
Sarah Fornace
,
Ben Kauffman
,
Julia Miller
,
Kyle Vegter
,
Hell in a Handbag
,
David Cerda
,
Ed Jones
,
Stevie Love
,
Scott Lamberty
,
Alexis Castelvecchi
,
Nicky Mendelsohn
,
Michael Rashid
,
Grant Drager
,
Danne W. Taylor
,
David Lipschutz
,
Robert Williams
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Nov 18, 2020
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.
By Irene Hsiao
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Fragmented
,
Karissa Murrell Myers
,
Spencer Ryan Diedrick
,
Daniella Wheelock
,
Brennan Urbi
,
Emily Marso
,
Our Perspective
,
AA Arts Incubator Program of Asian Improv Arts Midwest
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
Nov 11, 2020
Recommended
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.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Performing Arts Review
,
Interrobang
,
The Spin
,
Spenser Davis
,
What the Constitution Means to Me
,
Heidi Schreck
,
Elana Elyce
,
Matthew Martinez Hannon
,
Laura Berner Taylor
,
Tom Dacey Carr
,
Salar Ardebili
,
Sarah Gise
,
Maria Dizzia
,
Oliver Butler
,
Marielle Heller
,
Mike Iveson
,
Jessica Lenahan Gonz
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
Nov 2, 2020
Recommended
'Night, Mother
asks 'Whose death is it anyway?'
Invictus's streaming production brings new angles to Marsha Norman's real-time drama.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Performing Arts Review
,
Night Mother
,
Invictus Theatre
,
Marsha Norman
,
Diane Sintich
,
Courtney Gardner
,
Keisha Yelton-Hunter
,
Brian Clark
,
Whose Life Is It Anyway
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Oct 16, 2020
Recommended
Ladies and Martians
The Neo-Futurists and Theatre in the Dark offer shows for the spookiest of election seasons.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Neo-Futurists
,
45 Plays for America's First Ladies
,
Theatre in the Dark
,
A War of the Worlds
,
Andy Bayiates
,
Bilal Dardai
,
Genevra Gallo-Bayiates
,
Sharon Greene
,
Chloe Johnston
,
Denise Yvette Cerna
,
Bill Burr
,
Michelle Obama
,
Andie Patterson
,
Ida Cuttler
,
Brenda Arella
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
Oct 8, 2020
Recommended
16th Street and Strawdog examine racism and dystopia
Rastus and Hattie
and
Run the Beast Down
bring nightmarish scenarios to virtual life.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Performing Arts Review
,
Run the Beast Down
,
Strawdog Theatre
,
Rastus and Hattie
,
16th Street Theater
,
Lisa Langford
,
Lanise Antoine Shelley
,
Kate Black-Spence
,
Krystel McNeil
,
David Goodloe
,
Ryan Kitley
,
Colin Jones
,
Jasmine Bracey
,
Roy Thomas
,
Olanrewaju Adewole
,
Nathan Cox-Reed
,
Octavia Butl
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Sep 16, 2020
Recommended
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.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Theater Review
,
BoHo Theatre
,
The Pursuit of Happiness
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Pride and Prejudice
,
Sana Selemon
,
Donterrio Johnson
,
Walter Marks
,
Sammy Davis Jr.
,
Bert Williams
,
Marguerite Mariama
,
Tony Churchill
,
Natara Easter
,
Dillon Chitto
,
Christina Calvit
,
Jane Austen
,
Dorothy Milne
,
H
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Aug 4, 2020
Recommended
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).
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Trap Door Theatre
,
ALAS
,
Matei Vişniec
,
Daniela Șilindean
,
Michael Mejia
,
Otherworld Theatre
,
Of Dice and Men
,
Cameron McNary
,
James Martineau
,
Leo Michael LaCamera
,
Jacob Bates
,
Scott Francis Longpre
,
Sarah Jean Tilford
,
Mary-Kate Arnold
,
Nathan Randall Miller
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
Jul 14, 2020
Recommended
Streaming theater goes beyond
Hamilton
The Public Theater, Black Lives, Black Words, and Hell in a Handbag put it all online.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Performing Arts Review
,
Public Theater
,
The Line
,
Jessica Blank
,
Erik Jensen
,
Black Lives Black Words
,
Reginald Edmund
,
Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway
,
Kamal Angelo Bolden
,
Hell in a Handbag
,
David Cerda
,
Spenser Davis
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
May 28, 2020
Recommended
A trilogy for times of terror
Three streaming productions give us plenty to ponder in the pandemic.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Free Street
,
Still Here
,
Catastrophic Theatre
,
There Is a Happiness That Morning Is
,
Coya Paz
,
Mickle Maher
,
Theater Oobleck
,
TimeLine Theatre
,
To Master the Art
,
Doug Frew
,
William Brown
,
Karen Janes Woditsch
,
Craig Spidle
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Apr 14, 2020
Theater of isolation
Online theater pieces, both new and old, remind us to connect.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Black Button Eyes
,
Chase Hauser
,
Connective Theatre
,
coronavirus
,
COVID-19
,
Erich Heintzen
,
Fleabag
,
Masque of the Red Coronavirus
,
Philip Dawkins
,
Phoebe Waller-Bridges
,
Play(s) at Home
,
Sideshow
,
Streaming
,
The Happiest Place on Earth
,
Theater
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Mar 24, 2020
Recommended
Methtacular!
returns for an online-only engagement at 16th Street
Steven Strafford's solo remains honest and hilarious, even through a screen.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Methtacular!
,
16th Street Theater
,
Steven Strafford
,
Adam Fitzgerald
,
William TN Hall
,
Steppenwolf 1700 Theatre
,
HMS Media
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Mar 20, 2020
Recommended
Teenage Dick
livestreams Shakespeare by way of high school
Theater Wit's production about a disabled schemer carries on online.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Teenage Dick
,
Theater Wit
,
Streaming Events
,
Mike Lew
,
Brian Balcom
,
Jeremy Wechsler
,
MacGregor Arney
,
Tamara Rozofsky
,
Liz Cloud
,
Ty Fanning
,
Kathleen Niemann
,
Courtney Rikki Green
,
Sotirios Livaditis
,
Jake Ganzer
,
Stella Young
,
Mark Zupran
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Mar 17, 2020
Recommended
The Two Character Play
gets the context it deserves.
Tennessee Williams's oft-revised story delivers to arresting effect with Theatre L'Acadie.
By Irene Hsiao
Tags:
Theater Review
,
The Two Character Play
,
Theatre L'Acadie
,
Athenaeum Theatre
,
Tennessee Williams
,
Kaitlin Eve Romero
,
Daniel Westheimer
,
Emily Daigle
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Mar 17, 2020
Recommended
Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist
is introspective and interactive
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe hit offers an illuminating look at casual hookups.
By Oliver Sava
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist
,
Pride Films and Plays
,
Sam Ward
,
Eric Sorensen
,
Jeremy Ohringer
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Mar 17, 2020
Recommended
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.
By Dan Jakes
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Teddy Roosevelt: The Man in the Arena
,
Greenhouse Theater
,
Derek Evans
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Mar 10, 2020
Middletown
skims the surface
A starry cast can't inject a lot of life into Dan Clancy's middlebrow story.
By Jack Helbig
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Middletown
,
Apollo Theater Chicago
,
Dan Clancy
,
Sandy Duncan
,
Adrian Zmed
,
Donny Most
,
Kate Buddeke
,
Seth Greenleaf
,
A.R. Gurney
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Mar 10, 2020
Black Ensemble Theater’s
The Healing
is saved by the audience
Jackie Taylor mixes history, personal essay, racial justice, and music to mixed effect.
By Taryn Allen
Tags:
Theater Review
,
The Healing
,
Black Ensemble Theater
,
Jackie Taylor
,
Dwight Neal
,
Dawn Bless
,
MJ Rawls
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Mar 10, 2020
Recommended
Judy and Liza—Once in a Lifetime
shows the bond between two divas
A cabaret homage to Garland and Minnelli lights up the Greenhouse.
By Albert Williams
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Judy and Liza—Once in a Lifetime
,
Greenhouse Theater Center
,
Judy Garland
,
Liza Minnelli
,
Nancy Hays
,
Alexa Castelvecchi
,
Robert Ollis
,
Peter Allen
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Mar 10, 2020
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.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Theater Review
,
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
,
Idle Muse Theatre Company
,
Sarah Ruhl
,
Morgan Manasa
,
Kristen Alesia
,
Joel Thompson
,
Christina Renee Jones
,
Erin Gallagher
,
Chad Bay
,
Michelle R. Bester
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Mar 10, 2020
Recommended
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.
By Kelly Kleiman
Tags:
Theater Review
,
What the Constitution Means to Me
,
Broadway Playhouse
,
Broadway in Chicago
,
Heidi Schreck
,
Maria Dizzia
,
Oliver Butler
,
Jocelyn Shek
,
Rosdely Ciprian
,
Mike Iveson
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Mar 10, 2020
Recommended
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.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Her Honor Jane Byrne
,
Lookingglass Theatre
,
J. Nicole Brooks
,
Christine Mary Dunford
,
Robert Cornelius
,
Thomas J. Cox
,
Nicole Michelle HaskinsFrank Nall
,
Josh Odor
,
Taron PattonTracy Walsh
,
Yu Shibagaki
,
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