Delayed Departure: A Review of The Layover at The Comrades
The regional premiere of Leslye Headland’s play promises a “sexy psychological thriller” but leaves its audience waiting for take off interminably.
Vinegar and Honey: A Review of Stick Fly at Writers Theatre
Lydia R. Diamond’s play of privilege and all it entails returns to Chicago fresher than ever.
Toxic: A Review of Poison at The Plagiarists
The real poison at work here isn’t strychnine or hemlock, it’s a dreary self-seriousness that leaches the play of any hint of wit, humor and humanity.
Cahoots and Ladders: A Review of The Secret of My Success at Paramount Theatre
The secret of this new musical’s success is its strong female leads and an impressive catalog of songs.
Up to Everything: A Review of Charley’s Aunt at Saint Sebastian Players
Brandon Thomas’ 1892 farce is even better seen than remembered.
It’s a Play, Though: A Review of Plano at First Floor Theater
Big trauma and small aggregate coalesce in Will Arbery’s haunting and haunted play.
Maybe Rome Was Built in a Day: A Review of Titus Andronicus at Haven
Things go to pieces in this production of Shakespeare’s bloodiest play.
Long Live This Queen: A Review of The Queen of Spades at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Director Richard Jones projects psychological depth onto Tchaikovsky’s opera to such shocking effect that it must be seen to be conceived.
Adapt and Perish: A Review of Adaptation at Theatre Above the Law
Hardly seen in the past fifty years, the enterprising thespians at TATL offer a timely revival of this biting one-act satire by comic genius Elaine May.
