This Pegasus production, based on everyday-people interviews compiled by Chicago Public Radio’s Alex Kotlowitz and Amy Dorn, begs the obvious question: What’s the point? The radio docs, which capture an immediacy and authenticity lacking here, have been reduced to a cheesy theater exercise by co-directors Jeff Ginsberg and Susan Padveen, who neither explore nor take advantage of the live performance medium. Fans of Kotlowitz’s work—as an author, he focuses on more Chicago stories in his most recent book, “Never a City So Real”—should avoid this production, or suffer the disappointment. (Nina Metz)
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.
What You Need: A Review of The Fly Honey Show Erin Kilmurray's queer feminist cabaret/variety show extravaganza, celebrating its tenth season, is a raucous, righteous balm for the weary soul.
