11/27/17 6:31:58 PM Lyric Opera Chicago's production of Puccini's Turandot.©†Todd Rosenberg 2017 Lyric Opera’s new-to-Chicago production of Turandot. Production Designer Allen Charles Klein provides an imaginative backdrop for Puccini's last opera. The focal point is an over-sized dragon lounging on his back. One claw serves as the pulpit for the Emperor. The other claw holds a mystical ...
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Review “Lettin’ the Good Times Roll” (Kicky Productions): Faye, Felicia, Fabulous!
Steve Abrams & Kicky Productions presents E. Faye Butler & Felicia P. Fields in LETTIN' THE GOOD TIMES ROLL. This show was thirty-one years in the making. Butler and Fields met at The Wiz auditions over three decades ago. Their friendship started in mutual admiration and grew into sisterhood. In the LETTIN' THE GOOD TIMES ROLL, these ...
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Review “Pine”: Pretty Damn Clever!
The U.S.A. premiere of PINE is at Uncommon Ground Edgewater for a limited holiday engagement. After seeing PINE at the Hampstead Theatre in London in January 2016, Director Arianna Soloway was inspired to bring it to Chicago. Soloway cleverly presents the play outdoors in a Christmas tree lot at Uncommon Ground Edgewater. The makeshift theatre has ...
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Review “Lizzie” (Firebrand Theatre): Killer Rock Opera Slays!
Firebrand Theatre presents its inaugural production, the Chicago Premiere of LIZZIE. Artistic Director and Founder Harmony France debuts her new theatre company with a killer rock opera. The creative team of Steven Cheslik-deMeyer (concept, music, lyrics), Alan Stevens Hewitt (music, additional lyrics) and Tim Maner (concept, book, additional music) tell the story of the brutal Borden ...
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Review “Hellcab” (Agency Theatre Collective): Reality-based Christmas Angst
The Agency Theater Collective announces the Chicago holiday classic HELLCAB. Playwright Will Kern penned a memoir to his Chicago cab driving days. Kern gives us a day-in-the-life-of a cab driver on Christmas Eve. He features a series of snippets from a myriad characters. He has couples going to church, going into labor, and going down on ...
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Review “Significant Other” (About Face Theatre): Light and Frothy Rom-Com
About Face Theatre and Theater Wit present the Midwest Premiere of SIGNIFICANT OTHER Playwright Joshua Harmon's story is familiar. Four college friends struggle with relationship replacement. Their tight bond softens as each meets her 'significant other.' Promises and priorities shift to make way for love. The characters are the typical rom-com, gal-pal, chick-flick stereotypes. There is the ...
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Review “Captain Steve’s Caring Kingdom” (The Factory Theater): Not My Fave
The Factory Theater presents the first production of its 25th anniversary season, the world premiere of Captain Steve’s Caring Kingdom. Before the show begins, the lobby and theatre have snippets from 70s children's shows like H.R. Puffinstuff. The video clips create a nostalgic vibe anchored in television fantasy. Weaved throughout the montage are bits from Playwright Mike Ooi's Captain Steve's ...