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- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 30, 2021
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Trap Door's Decomposed Theatre breaks down ideas from a longtime collaborator
Weirdness and wonder abound in Matei Vişniec's episodic drama, but be prepared for creepiness, too.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 26, 2021
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We're all in the same boat (alone) with Moby Dick and How Do We Navigate Space?
Two streaming shows from Theatre in the Dark and Strawdog capture the drama of obsession and isolation.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 9, 2021
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An inspector calls: The Ministry of Mundane Mysteries messes with a critic's head
This interactive performance-piece-by-phone offers a daily dose of oddness.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 18, 2021
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Fillet of Solo reminds us that no one is alone
The annual festival of storytelling offers the freshest catches for COVID days.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 10, 2021
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Weaving tangled webs with Constellations and Missed Connections
Theatre Above the Law and A Red Orchid Theatre dive into the physics and magic of being alive together.
- 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.
