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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
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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
Mar 3, 2020
Recommended
Middle Passage
is part voyage of the damned, part picaresque
Lifeline's staging of Charles Johnson's novel has sea legs.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Middle Passage
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Charles Johnson
,
Ilesa Duncan
,
David Barr III
,
Michael Morrow
,
Patrick Blashill
,
Shelby Lynn Bias
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Calendar
Jan 29, 2020
Leaping into live performance for February
Our critics suggest ten ways to fill out that slightly longer calendar this month.
By Irene Hsiao, Kerry Reid, and Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Calendar
,
Calendar
,
Theater Preview
,
Porchlight
,
Victory Gardens
,
Windy City Playhouse
,
American Blues Theater
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Same Planet Performance Project
,
Loud Bodies Dance
,
Rap Transit
,
Chicago Puntathlon
,
Tim and Eric
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jan 14, 2020
Recommended
Bunny's Book Club
illustrates the love of a good story
Lifeline Theatre KidSeries brings children and animals together for a family-friendly yarn.
By Marissa Oberlander
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Bunny's Book Club
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Annie Silvestro
,
Aly Renee Amidei
,
Anthony Kayer
,
Whitney Dottery
,
Dakota Hughes
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Preview
Jan 7, 2020
Nestor Gomez and 80 Minutes Around the World land at Fillet of Solo
The Guatemalan immigrant shares his own perspectives on failure and finding his voice.
By Jack Helbig
Tags:
Theater Preview
,
Nestor Gomez
,
80 Minutes Around the World
,
Fillet of Solo
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
The Moth
,
Green Mill
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Sep 18, 2019
Murder mystery meets buddy comedy in
Whose Body?
Lifeline's revival of this 2002 Dorothy Sayers adaptation could use more breathing room to fully come alive.
By Dan Jakes
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Whose Body
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Frances Limoncelli
,
Dorothy Sayers
,
Jess Hutchinson
,
William Anthony Sebastian Rose II
,
John Drea
,
Scott Danielson
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jun 12, 2019
Lifeline's
Emma
takes some liberties but remains true to the playful spirit of the original
In which five actors play the entire village of Highbury.
By Jack Helbig
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Emma
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Jane Austen
,
Phil Timberlake
,
Elise Kauzlaric
,
Emma Sipora Tyler
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Feb 28, 2019
The Man Who Was Thursday
's visual splendors compensate for its extreme verbosity
When you get tired of listening to spies, there's a beautiful set and lighting.
By Dmitry Samarov
Tags:
Theater Review
,
The Man Who Was Thursday
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
G.K. Chesterton
,
Eric Watkins
,
Lizzie Bracken
,
Bilal Dardai
,
Jess Hutchinson
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Jan 10, 2019
Here are five theater festivals to help you survive January
Puppets! Storytelling! Social consciousness! Brilliant teens! Rhinofest weirdness!
By Catey Sullivan
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
theater festivals
,
Pegasus Young Playwrights Festival
,
Anonda Tyler
,
Fragile Limbs
,
Pegasus Theatre
,
Rhinoceros Theater Festival
,
Jenny Magnus
,
Beau O’Reilly
,
Encounter
,
Collaboraction
,
B.B. Browne
,
Missing
,
Alanisse Pineda
,
16 Shots
,
Tonika Lewis Johnson
,
Folded Map Project
,
Sami Ismat
,
Picnic Summit
,
Fillet of Solo Festival
,
Live Bait Theater
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Tekki Lomnicki
,
Tellin’ Tales Theatre
,
Come Hell or High Water
,
Stir Friday Night
,
Lily Be
,
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
,
Blair Thomas
,
Susan Lipmann
,
Ajijaak on Turtle Island
,
Ty Defoe
,
Heather Henson
,
Just Another Lynching
,
Jeghetto
,
Arde Brillante en los Bosques de la Noche (Burning Bright in the Forest of the Night)
,
Mariano Pensotti
,
Chicago Fringe Festival
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Oct 17, 2018
A roundup of 15 Halloween shows to thrill and chill you
Explore haunted houses, meet a vampiric rabbit, two Frankensteins, and Freddy Krueger’s hot brother
By Julia Clausen
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Halloween theater roundup 2018
,
Halloween
,
haunted houses
,
Les Innocents
,
(Re)Discover Theatre
,
Walls of Harrow House
,
Roughhouse Theater
,
Masque Macabre
,
Strawdog Theatre
,
Frankenstein
,
Remy Bumppo Theatre
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Bunnicula
,
The Campfire
,
The Mansion Show
,
G
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Sep 20, 2018
Lifeline Theatre’s
Frankenstein
reduces Mary Shelley’s cosmic struggle to a therapy session
It fails to pay tribute to the big questions raised by the classic novel celebrating its bicentennial this year.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Frankenstein
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Mary Shelley
,
Robert Kauzlaric
,
Paul S. Holmquist
,
Ann Sonneville
,
Blake Edwards
,
Victor/Victoria
,
Chris Hainsworth
,
grief
,
monster
,
Frankenstein bicentennial
,
year of Frankenstein
Arts & Culture
,
Fall Preview
Sep 19, 2018
Chicago celebrates two centuries of Dr. Frankenstein and his monster
Frankenfest brings four stage adaptations of Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Fall Preview
,
Frankenstein
,
Mary Shelley
,
Prometheus
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Remy Bumppo Theatre
,
Courth Theatre
,
Manual Cinema
,
Lookingglass Theatre
,
theater
,
fall preview
,
fall preview 2018
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jun 7, 2018
There’s too much story for one play in
Neverwhere
, but it’s a hell of a visual trip
Young audiences may appreciate it more than their parents.
By Dan Jakes
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Neverwhere
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Neil Gaiman
,
Ilesa Duncan
,
Robert Kauzlaric
,
Jose Nateras
,
John Henry Roberts
,
LaQuin Groves
,
Matthew Singleton
,
Michaela Petro
,
Mike Oleon
,
American Gods
,
fantasy
,
urban fantasy
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 6, 2018
Chi-town Blues Festival and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Closing night of Lifeline's
Anna Kareina
and more goings-on 4/6-4/8
By Steve Heisler
Tags:
Arts
,
Do This
,
lifted bells
,
ty segall
,
the vic
,
chi-town blues festival
,
fuzz
,
Mr. sexy album
,
stay ahead of the weather
,
options
,
their/they're/there
,
arie crown theater
,
anna kareina
,
lifeline theatre
,
jessica wright buna
,
ilse zacharias
,
count vronsky
,
erid gerard
,
game night
,
jason bateman
,
rachel McAdams
,
asian american showcase
,
gene siskel film center
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 26, 2018
Recommended
Anna Karenina, the love bug
In Lifeline Theatre's adaptation, Tolstoy's heroine gets ardor all wrong.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Arts
,
Theater
,
Anna Karenina
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Jessica Wright Buha
,
Ilse Zacharias
,
Michael Reyes
,
Eric Gerard
,
Dan Granata
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Oct 25, 2017
Arnie the Doughnut
,
Tangles and Plaques
, and 11 more new stage shows to see
A delightful kids' show and a Neo-Futurist's look at dementia are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Arnie the Doughnut
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Laurie Keller
,
Francis Limoncelli
,
George Howe
,
Rachel Sypniewski
,
Juanita Andersen
,
The Black Renaissance (A Musical Resistance Against Racism)
,
Jackie Taylor
,
Black Ensemble Theater
,
Reconstruction
,
the Civil War
,
Ku Klux Klan
,
Barack Obama
,
Donald Trump
,
racism
,
Robert Reddrick
,
Carrie
,
Underscore Theatre Company
,
Carrie 2: The Rage
,
The Rage: Carrie 2
,
Preston Max Allen
,
Maggie Robinson
,
Rachel Elise Johnson
,
Isaac Loomer
,
Spring Awakening
,
Chicago Danztheatre
,
Danztheatre Playwright Fest
,
Getting Old Sucks
,
Nelia Winter
,
Cetalogy
,
Moby-Dick
,
Pivot Arts
,
Don't Look Back/Must Look Back
,
Uptown
,
Chinese Mutual Aid Association
,
Albany Park Theater Project
,
Ellen Gates Starr High School
,
Learning Curve
,
Devon de Mayo
,
Tennessee Williams
,
His Greatness
,
The Glass Menagerie
,
Daniel MacIvor
,
David Zak
,
Pride Films and Plays
,
Danne E. Taylor
,
The Last Days of the Commune
,
Bertolt Brecht
,
Prop Thtr
,
Stefan Brün
,
Kyle Ann Greer
,
Paris Commune of 1871
,
Refuge Theatre Project
,
High Fidelity: The Musical
,
Lysistrata
,
Lysistrata Jones
,
Douglas Carter Beane
,
Lewis Flinn
,
Justin Brill
,
Mary-Margaret Roberts
,
Shanna VanDerwerker
,
A Swell in the Ground
,
Jeanine Nabers
,
Chika Ike
,
the Gift Theatre
,
the Neo-Futurists
,
Kirsten Riiber
,
Jen Ellison
,
With Blood, With Ink
,
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
,
Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
,
Daniel Crozier
,
Peter M. Krask
,
Johns Hopkins Peabody Conservatory
,
Zombie Bathhouse: A Rock Musical
,
Campsongs Productions
,
Brian Kirst
,
Dan Foss
,
Scott Free
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Sep 28, 2017
The Ages of Man
,
Splatter Theater
, and ten more new stage shows to see
Three Thornton Wilder one-acts and the Annoyance's long-running slasher parody are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
The Ages of Man
,
Thornton Wilder
,
Theatre Above the Law
,
Tony Lawry
,
Building the Wall
,
Richard Schenkkan
,
Stage Left Theatre
,
Amy Szerlong
,
For One
,
Gunder Mansion
,
(Re)discover Theatre
,
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
,
Quest Theatre Ensemble
,
Joe DiPietro
,
Jimmy Roberts
,
Laura Sturm
,
Liz Jarmer
,
Gavin Donnellan
,
Christian Aldridge
,
Alys Dickerson
,
The Legend of Georgia McBride
,
Northlight Theatre
,
Matthew Lopez
,
Nate Santana
,
Jeff Kurysz
,
Sean Blake
,
A New Brain
,
William Finn
,
Falsettos
,
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
,
Theo Ubique
,
James Lapine
,
Fred Anzevino
,
No Exit Cafe
,
Chase Heinemann
,
Tyler Franklin
,
Orphée et Eurydice
,
Lyric Opera
,
Joffrey Ballet
,
Gluck
,
Dmitry Kolchak
,
Lyric Opera Chorus
,
Andrianna Chuchman
,
Lauren Snouffer
,
John Neumeier
,
Perfect Arrangement
,
Topher Payne
,
Pride Films and Plays
,
Lane Anthony Flores
,
Eric Lindahl
,
Autumn Teague
,
Riley Mondragon
,
Kelli Harrington
,
Derek Von Barham
,
Splatter Theater
,
Annoyance Theatre
,
Del Close
,
Martin DeMaat
,
Viola Spolin
,
slasher films
,
late-night shows
,
slasher parody
,
Friday the 13th
,
John Waters
,
Striking Out: A Gay Baseball Musical
,
Pride Films and Plays
,
Marco Braun
,
Take Me Out
,
The Twilight Zone
,
Olivia Nielsen
,
Adam Levin
,
Ryan Ford
,
Sylvester
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Christina Calvit
,
Dorothy Milne
,
Andrés Enriquez
,
Samantha Newcomb
,
Alan Donahue
,
A Year With Frog and Toad
,
Chicago Children's Theatre
,
Robert Reale
,
Willie Reale
,
Andy Nagraj
,
Shawn Pfautsch
,
Matthew C. Yee
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Jun 7, 2017
Candide
,
Gidion's Knot
, and ten more stage shows to see now
A revamped version of Leonard Bernstein's operetta and a taut, intense two-hander are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Leonard Bernstein
,
Candide
,
Leibniz
,
Voltaire
,
Richard Wilbur
,
Stephen Sondheim
,
John Latouche
,
Lillian Hellman
,
Dorothy Parker
,
Music Theater Works
,
Light Opera Works
,
Rudy Hogenmiller
,
John Caird
,
Gary Alexander
,
Ben Barker
,
Cecilia Iole
,
Roger L. Bingaman
,
Cunegonde
,
Clued In: An Improvised Murder Mystery
,
Second City
,
Judy's Beat Lounge
,
Gidion's Knot
,
Johnna Adams
,
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre
,
Michelle Annette
,
Julie Partyka
,
Katherine Siegel
,
Hair
,
Lauren Rawitz
,
Noah Spiegel-Blum
,
Her Majesty's Will
,
Robert Kauzlaric
,
David Blixt
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Christopher Marlowe
,
Shakespeare
,
Peter Greenberg
,
Improvised Jane Austen
,
Ana Silva
,
Kate Parker
,
Stephanie Jones
,
King Liz
,
Windy City Playhouse
,
Chuck Smith
,
Lanice Shelley
,
Eric Gerard
,
Fernanda Coppel
,
Not Quite: Asian American by Law, Asian Woman by Desire
,
Ada Cheng
,
Ragtime musical
,
Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens, and Stephen Flaherty
,
E.L. Doctorow
,
Ragtime
,
Scott Weinstein
,
Denzel Tsopnang
,
Richard III
,
Fury Theatre
,
Nathan Agin
,
David Gonzalez
,
Mark Dodge
,
Indian Boundary Park
,
Save Ferris: The Unofficial Sequel to Ferris Bueller's Day Off
,
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
,
Under the Gun Theater
,
Christian Missonak
,
Andrew Bentley
,
Kayla Cole
,
Shrimp Boys Present: Seinfeld
,
Shrimp Boys
,
Seinfeld
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Mar 8, 2017
American Hwangap
, Matt Damon Improv, and 12 more stage and comedy shows to see now
A Korean-American family drama and an all-female Annoyance troupe are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
American Hwangap
,
Lloyd Suh
,
Halcyon Theatre
,
A-Squared Theatre
,
Helen Young
,
By the Apricot Trees
,
ETA Creative Arts Foundation
,
Ntsako Mkhabela
,
Kemati Janice Porter
,
Alicia Watley
,
Jelani Smith
,
Darryl Goodman
,
Enter Your Sleep
,
Margaret Grace Hee
,
Baby Crow Productions
,
Christina Quintana
,
Norma Chacon
,
Anthony Venturini
,
Babes With Blades
,
William Shakespeare
,
Henry V
,
Hayley Rice
,
Kim Fukawa
,
Diana Coates
,
Alison Vodnoy Wolf
,
The Infinite Wrench
,
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
,
the Neo-Futurists
,
Greg Allen
,
Matt Damon Improv
,
Yazmin Ramos
,
Allison Reese
,
Angela Oliver
,
Matt Damon
,
Lena Dunham
,
the Annoyance
,
Pinching and Screaming
,
Ryan Morrill
,
Miles Potter
,
Jordan Mullins
,
Rhinoceros
,
Eugène Ionesco
,
Alexander Baggett
,
Derek Prouse
,
Public House Theatre
,
The Scene
,
Theresa Rebeck
,
Kimberly Senior
,
Writers Theatre
,
Skin for Skin
,
Agency Theater Collective
,
Michael Menendian
,
Paul Pasulka
,
Steve Silver
,
Hannah Tarr
,
David Goodloe
,
Timeless Magic
,
Sean Masterson
,
Valid Historia
,
Under the Gun Theater
,
Zelda Fitzgerald
,
A Wrinkle in Time
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
James Sie
,
Madeleine L'Engle
,
Elise Kauzlaric
,
Naima Hebrall Kidjo
,
Alan Donahue
,
Andrew Hildner
,
Chicago Children's Theatre
,
The Year I Didn't Go to School: A Homemade Circus
,
Heidi Stillman
,
Caroline Macon
,
Lookingglass Theatre
,
The Actors Gymnasium
,
Samantha Jenkins
,
Audrey Edwards
,
Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Oct 25, 2016
Grounded
,
Dogs of Rwanda
, and a dozen more new theater reviews
Two solo performances are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Allá en San Fernando
,
Collectivo El Pozo
,
Leslie Magdalena Holguín
,
José Rochel
,
Carolina Escrich
,
Raúl Doronte
,
Stage Left Theatre
,
The Bottle Tree
,
Beth Kander
,
Kathryn Acosta
,
Amy Szerlong
,
The Right Brain Project
,
The Dancing Plague
,
Joseph Ramski
,
Nathan Robbel
,
Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints
,
Dark Sisters
,
Nico Muhly
,
Stephen Karam
,
Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
,
Jason Carlson
,
Dogs of Rwanda
,
Sean Christopher Lewis
,
Rwandan genocide
,
Grounded
,
George Brant
,
drone warfare
,
Amber Kelly
,
Lexi Saunders
,
Leavings
,
Polarity Ensemble Theatre
,
Gail Parrish
,
Ashley Honore Roberson
,
Lecherous Honey
,
Henrik Ibsen
,
Ghosts
,
Cock and Bull Theatre
,
Ariane Mnouchkine
,
Théâtre du Soleil
,
Georges Bigot
,
Theatre Y
,
Macbeth
,
Runaways Lab Theatre
,
Mary Shelley Sees the Future
,
Frankenstein
,
Olivia Lilley
,
Multitudes
,
John Hollingworth
,
Rasaka Theatre Company
,
Vitalist Theatre
,
Liz Carlin Metz
,
Bradford, England
,
Saturn Returns
,
Tif Henderson
,
NeoFuturists
,
NeoFuturarium
,
Thumbelina
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Hans Christian Andersen
,
Brandi Lee
,
Zombie Broads
,
The Factory Theater
,
Corrbette Pasko
,
Sara Sevigny
,
Janice L. Blixt
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Jun 8, 2016
Steppenwolf's
Constellations
and
Voice Lessons
, and 13 more new stage shows
An endless meet-cute and an off-key farce are among this week's notable plays.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Caught
,
Sideshow Theatre Company
,
Christopher Chen
,
Seth Bockley
,
Ben Chang
,
Helen Young
,
Victory Gardens Theater
,
Cocksucker
,
The Annoyance Theatre
,
The Box
,
Jeff Blim
,
Jon Matteson
,
Eric Schinzer
,
Steppenwolf Theatre
,
Constellations
,
Jon Michael Hill
,
Jessie Fisher
,
Nick Payne
,
Jonathan Berry
,
Slimtack Theatre Company
,
Cowboy Mouth
,
Sam Shepard
,
Patti Smith
,
The Cure
,
Walkabout Theater Company
,
Emma Stanton
,
Dana Murphy
,
Nigel Brown
,
Chicago Cultural Center
,
Sidney R. Yates Gallery
,
The Good Doctor
,
Neil Simon
,
Anton Chekhov
,
Organic Theater Company
,
Josh Anderson
,
Sara Copeland
,
Jim Heatherly
,
Cuckoo's Theater Project
,
Carlo Gozzi
,
The Green Bird
,
commedia dell'arte
,
The Love of Three Oranges
,
Amber Lee Olivier
,
Hillary DePiano
,
Kegan Witzki
,
My Fair Lady
,
Light Opera Works
,
Lerner and Loewe
,
Elizabeth Telford
,
Roger Bingaman
,
Rudy Hogenmiller
,
Northanger Abbey
,
Jane Austen
,
Robert Kauzlaric
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
George Howe
,
Stephanie Stocksill
,
Will Burdin
,
Out of the Blue
,
Vladimir Zaytsev
,
Sherlock Holmes
,
Portage Park
,
Filament Theatre Company
,
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Portage Park
,
Voice Lessons
,
Laurie Metcalf
,
French Stewart
,
The Program
,
Jamie Brew
,
Clickhole
,
The Onion
,
Sameena Mustafa
,
Anthony Bourdain
,
Joe Schermoly
,
First Floor Theater
,
World Builders
,
Johnna Adams
,
Carmen Molina
,
Andrew Cutler
,
Jesse Roth
,
American Theater Company
,
PJ Papparelli
,
Xanadu
,
Lilli-Anne Brown
,
Landree Fleming
,
Arnel Sancianco
,
Jim DeSelm
,
Olivia Newton-John
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Mar 23, 2016
Butler
,
United Flight 232
,
Christina, the Girl King
, and ten more new theater reviews
Queen Christina of Sweden a black lesbian? Why not?
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Cor Theatre
,
Christina, the Girl King
,
Toya Turner
,
Laura Resinger
,
Afro-Futurism
,
Second City
,
Felonius Munk
,
Marcel “Mr. Greenweedz” Wilks
,
About Face Theatre
,
After All the Terrible Things I Do
,
A. Rey Pamatmat
,
Andrew Volkoff
,
Colin Sphar
,
Lisa Tejero
,
The Bachelors
,
Caroline V. McGraw
,
Cole Theatre
,
Northlight Theatre
,
Butler
,
Tosin Morohunfola
,
Greg Vinkler
,
Stuart Carden
,
Major General Benjamin Butler
,
Richard Strand
,
Queen Christina of Sweden
,
Michel Marc Bouchard
,
The Chicago Mammals
,
Clay Continent
,
Robert Louis Stephenson
,
Bob Fisher
,
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
,
TUTA
,
Adam Rapp
,
The Edge of Our Bodies
,
Carolyn Molloy
,
Trap Door Theatre
,
How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients
,
Matei Visniec
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Lester's Dreadful Sweaters
,
Sam Button-Harrison
,
Elizabeth Levy
,
Aly Renee Amidei
,
Adapt Theatre Productions
,
Pride and Prejudice
,
Jane Austen
,
Lane Flores
,
Amanda Lautermilch
,
Aja Wiltshire
,
Theo Ubique
,
Rent
,
Jonathan Larson
,
The House Theatre of Chicago
,
United Flight 232
,
Laurence Gonzales
,
Vanessa Stalling
,
Echaka Agba
,
Where Did We Sit on the Bus?
,
Brian Quijada
,
Chay Yew
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
Mar 4, 2016
The book on Lifeline Theatre's
Midnight Cowboy
: Watch the movie
Brokeback Mountain
this stage adaptation ain't.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts Review
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Midnight Cowboy
,
John Schlesinger
,
Waldo Salt
,
James Leo Herlihy
,
Chris Hainsworth
,
Ratso Rizzo
,
Adam Marcantoni
,
Zach Livingston
,
Peter Blashill
,
Jack Miggins
,
Heather Smith
,
Megan DeLay
,
Joe Buck
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
Jan 22, 2016
London Wall
,
Milk Like Sugar
, and ten more new theater reviews
The off-Loop scene is heating up again.
Tags:
Performing Arts Review
,
Animals Out of Paper
,
Rajiv Joseph
,
Shattered Globe Theatre
,
Devon de Mayo
,
Cortney McKenna
,
Awate Serequeberhan
,
Joseph Wiens
,
Dan LeFranc
,
Matt Farabee
,
Kelly O'Sullivan
,
Bruise Easy
,
American Theater Company
,
Byhalia, Mississippi
,
Evan Linder
,
Liz Sharpe
,
Jeffery Owen Freelon Jr.
,
Cecilia Wingate
,
Kiki Layne
,
Tyrone Phillips
,
The Duchess of Malfi
,
John Webster
,
Trap Door Theatre
,
Christopher Morino
,
Casey Chapman
,
The Gilded Age
,
Mark Twain
,
City Lit Theater Company
,
Mike Speller
,
Jacquelyne Jones
,
Philena Gilmer
,
London Wall
,
John Van Druten
,
Robin Witt
,
Griffin Theatre Company
,
Rochelle Therrien
,
Vanessa Greenway
,
Milk Like Sugar
,
Ireon Roach
,
the Yard
,
Senn Arts Magnet School
,
Raven Theatre
,
Mechelle Moe
,
Joel Ewing
,
Megan Napier
,
Tevion Lanier
,
Kirsten Greenidge
,
Mutt
,
Christopher Chen
,
Reince Priebus
,
Stage Left
,
Red Tape Theatre
,
Mary Williamson
,
Vanessa Stalling
,
Sparky!
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Jenny Offill
,
Eunice Woods
,
Andres Enriquez
,
Juanita Andersen
,
Spring Awakening
,
Marriott Theatre
,
Frank Wedekind
,
Aaron Thielen
,
Hollis Resnick
,
Patrick Rooney
,
Kevin Gudahl
,
Duncan Sheik
,
Steven Sater
,
What I Learned in Paris
,
Congo Square Theatre
,
Shanesia Davis
,
Alexis J. Rogers
,
Pearl Cleage
,
Daniel Bryant
,
Ronnel Taylor
,
A Widow of No Importance
,
Shane Sakhrani
,
Rasaka Theatre
,
Lavina Jadhwani
,
Anand Bhatt
,
Alka Nayyar
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Dec 23, 2014
Chicago theater 2014: In a year of hard losses, the shows went on—many of them spendidly
Writers Theatre's
Hedda Gabler
and
The Dance of Death
and a rawer, truer
Hair
were among our senior critic's favorites.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Trinity P. Murdock
,
Molly Glynn
,
Tom Jones
,
Sheldon Patinkin
,
Playwrights Theatre Club
,
Paul Sills
,
Second City
,
Hedda Gabler
,
Writers Theatre
,
The Dance of Death
,
Hair
,
American Theater Company
,
Monstrous Regiment
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
The Qualms
,
Steppenwolf Theatre
,
The Wild Party
,
Bailiwick Chicago
,
Iphigenia in Aulis
,
Court Theatre
,
Year in Review 2014
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