A Royal Delight: A Review of Sylvester at Lifeline Theatre
Georgette Heyer’s beloved novel receives a lively adaptation at Lifeline Theatre.
Gentle, Awkward, Human: A Review of Hubbard Street Dance’s Space, In Perspective at the Harris Theater
…the company visibly honed in on choreography that ranges from small—an almost imperceptibly slow decent by dancer Rena Butler from standing to sitting in a chair—to massive, with the combined Hubbard Street professional, Hubbard Street II companies and fifteen additional dancers from their professional training program creating a emotionally powerful moving tableau of humanity that evoked the march of our species through time.
Fresh Matter: A Review of A New Brain at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
William Finn’s semi-autobiographical and deeply personal musical explores the life of the mind while under siege from within.
Redefining Body: A Preview of Blackbird’s Ventriloquy at Links Hall
A meditative reflection on sound and body, movement and mind.
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.
