The Neo-Futurists presents the World Premiere of A STORY TOLD IN SEVEN FIGHTS. Ensemble Member and Creator Trevor Dawkins is mad! Really mad!! So mad, he wants to punch someone in the face. Instead, he decided to tell a story... about fighting. The premise of his play is the theatre riots and violence provoked by the ...
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Review “The Brink! Or Nobody’s Been Kissed Like That…” (Walkabout Theatre): Poetic Musical Maze
Walkabout Theater Company and Links Hall present the U.S. Premiere of "THE BRINK! or Nobody’s Ever Kissed Me Like That...". The Walkabout ensemble, Nigel Brown, McCambridge Dowd-Whipple, Cooper Forsman, Dana Murphy, Katie Mazzini, Thom Pasculli (also serves as director), and Alex Rodriguez, showcase a theatrical spectacle of movement and music. In Links Hall's vast space, Walkabout establishes a cafe ...
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Review “Schiller’s Mary Stuart” (Chicago Shakespeare Theater): A Queen-sized Treat
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents SCHILLER'S MARY STUART. The House of Tudor verses the House of Stuart! Although Americans fought for independence, we still allow ourselves to be ruled by British royals. Movies, TV shows, and plays feed us a steady majestic diet. Some of us ingest every detail of the sovereign, past and present. We absorb ...
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Review “Time is on Our Side” (About Face Theatre): Inflections and Cadence of NPR
About Face Theatre presents the Midwest Premiere of TIME IS ON OUR SIDE. Two podcasters stumble on a mysterious diary. The diary was Annie's grandma. When it hints at a lesbian relationship, Annie (played by Maggie Scrantom) forcefully wants to keep her grandma's secrets private. An obsessed Curtis (played by Rashaad Hall) starts putting the story ...
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Review “Anna Karenina” (Lifeline Theatre): To Russia with Love
Lifeline Theatre presents the world premiere of ANNA KARENINA. Leo Tolstoy's classic could be dubbed "War and Love." Tolstoy's lengthy Russian novel focuses on the tortures of all-consuming love. Anna (played by an outstanding Ilse Zacharias) desperately loves her son (played by skillful puppeteer Michele Stine) and her lover (played by the sensual Eric Gerard). Her ...
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Review “Pillars of the Community” (Strawdog Theatre): Relevant and Timeless
Strawdog Theatre presents PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY. His cover-up of a past affair and financial crime threatens to demolish a politician's established world. Although it sounds like our present day reality, PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY is set in the 1800s. Samuel Adamson adapted Henrik Ibsen's 1877 play about a leader whose enamored base feel that he ...
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Review “The Humans” (Broadway in Chicago): I miss ATC!
The HumansSeattle Repertory TheatreSeattle, WashingtonNovember 28, 2017Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes Broadway in Chicago, along with Producers Scott Rudin and Barry Diller, present THE HUMANS, Best Play - 2016 Tony Award. I was fortunate to see the world premiere of THE HUMANS at American Theatre Company in 2015. I absolutely loved Stephen Karam's family portrait of love ...
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Review “Hatfield and McCoy” (The House Theatre of Chicago): Epic Booze-Soaked, Blood-Bath
The House Theatre of Chicago presents an all-new production of Hatfield & McCoy. The Hatfields and McCoys was the infamous family feud from the 1800s. These families hated each other. Their bitter battle was fueled by moonshine and revenge. The House again brings the epic families' drama to the stage. When Rose Anna McCoy (played by Haley ...
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Review “Traitor” (A Red Orchid Theatre): Small Town Showdown
A Red Orchid Theatre presents the world premiere adaptation of Heinrich's Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, TRAITOR. The intimacy of their space. Their choices in scripts. The look and feel of their performances. A Red Orchid has a long history of putting the theatre goer 'in the room.' And their current offering of TRAITOR not only ...