by Robert Eric Shoemaker | October 2, 2026“I Am the Wind” Illuminates the Foggy Unknown This delicate play at Theatre Y stages the precipice—the line between life and death—and what it means when someone chooses to cross it.
by Robert Eric Shoemaker | September 9, 2026Kokandy’s Musicals for Now Chicago’s storefront company on the meaning of success.
by Robert Eric Shoemaker | August 17, 2026Let Composers Rock Instrumental Theatre Company introduces the Chicago Theatre Composers Club.
by Robert Eric Shoemaker | August 12, 2026It Was a Pleasure To Burn Non:op’s "Inventory of Lost Books" immerses itself in design and abstraction.
by Robert Eric Shoemaker | July 16, 2026“Safe Landing: Coyote Embrace” Is Caught Between Genres Authentic Chicago Ensemble production spans everything from coyote-masked interpretive dance to a thriller with hitmen, trapping itself in too many conflicting choices.
by Robert Eric Shoemaker | May 15, 2026In This “Covenant,” Thrills Will Have You Say “Jesus, Don’t Do That!” Goodman Theatre’s gothic thriller delivers us from and unto evil.
by Robert Eric Shoemaker | January 23, 2026Dinner and a Show with the Chicago Mob Behind the scenes of Nitti's Supper Club presents “Who Killed Eddie O’Hare? A True Crime History Mystery Musical” at Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse.
by Robert Eric Shoemaker | December 19, 2025Make Room Beside the Muppets for “Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol” The work of this world-class company at Studebaker Theater is required viewing.
by Robert Eric Shoemaker | November 6, 2025This Is the Moment for Kokandy’s “Jekyll & Hyde” Jaw-dropping vocals breathe life into a melodramatic cult favorite.
by Robert Eric Shoemaker | October 23, 2025Dracula Sails Again in “Strange Cargo: The Doom of the Demeter” More than a few surprises lurk in this ship’s hold, a perfect spooky season treat from City Lit.
by Robert Eric Shoemaker | October 10, 2025“Oak” Drips With Campy and Real-World Horror for a Small Town Black Family Raven Theatre’s production tells us where the monsters are and runs the other way.
by Robert Eric Shoemaker | September 15, 2025Chicago’s New Golden Age of Magic A magic mansion with major funding enters a city where the art form already flourishes.
by Robert Eric Shoemaker | August 6, 2025Camp Acts of Connection: A Review of “Amélie” at Kokandy Productions
by Robert Eric Shoemaker | June 12, 2025“What Risk There Is In the World”: Revising “An Iliad” at Court Theatre
