The Factory Theater presents the second production of its 25th anniversary season, the world premiere of The Next Big Thing. The 90s music scene pitted the grunge verses the coiffed. Playwright Carrie Sullivan plops us smack dab into the industry feud. Alex's (played by a formidable Mary Jo Bolduc) studio is in the camp of promoting independent singer/songwriters like ...
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Review “On Your Feet” (Broadway in Chicago): True Love!
Broadway In Chicago presents ON YOUR FEET! The Emilio and Gloria Estefan Broadway Musical. A Cuban heatwave is melting Chicago winter woes. ON YOUR FEET! is back in Chicago for Spring break. The high energy musical is the true story of Gloria and Emilio Estefan. Gloria (played by a stunning Christie Prades) auditions for Emilio's (played ...
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Review “A Story Told in Seven Fights” (The Neo-Futurists): Drama’s Artistic Expression
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 ...