The Past Is The Present Is The Future: A Review of 1984 at AstonRep Theatre Company
George Orwell’s best-selling dystopian novel receives an urgent adaptation at AstonRep.
Fall From Grace: A Review of Alias Grace at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
The world premiere adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel revisits a mysterious double murder and the young woman at the center of the crimes.
Running The Boards: A Review of The 39 Steps at Buffalo Theatre Ensemble
The stage adaptation of John Buchan’s novel, made famous by Alfred Hitchcock, plays south by southwest of Chicago at Glen Ellyn’s McAninich Arts Center.
Full Irish: A Review of Deirdre of the Sorrows at City Lit Theater
John Synge’s mythic epic receives its first Chicago production in over a century.
Tender and Sweet: A Review of The Rembrandt at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Steppenwolf’s season opener sends unclear signals of the road ahead while offering memorable performances from two of its most celebrated ensemble members.
Dearth of a Nation: A Review of The Heavens Are Hung In Black at Shattered Globe Theatre
This epic follows Abraham Lincoln’s daily interactions and dreams leading up to the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, fluidly and superbly.
Tired Shots: A Review of Bullets Over Broadway at NightBlue Performing Arts
There’s a leading man with some sort of problem or another, a squeaky chorine-cum-star who doesn’t have the goods, a real leading lady who is thinking of leaving the show, a gangster with a lot of money who must be obeyed and one or two of his henchman who end up in the show-proper.
