by Ted C. Fishman | May 12, 2026In “Octet,” Music Slays the Online Beast Dave Malloy's wondrous musical at Raven Theatre follows eight people in group therapy for internet addiction who use a cappella singing for healing.
by Ted C. Fishman | April 30, 2026“Fault” Is in the Scars: Battling Couple Comedy Crackles and Cracks Jason Alexander directs this world premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, a “marital combat” play with tightly wound action that takes repeated shots at the intimate lives of its coupled characters.
by Ted C. Fishman | April 22, 2026“Job” Is a Terreur de Force Writers Theatre's production stars Rae Gray as a Big Tech employee undergoing an evaluation with a therapist played by Christopher Donahue.
by Ted C. Fishman | April 13, 2026Shakespeare’s Raucous Farce Is Filled with Puns, Pratfalls and Pleasures Chicago Shakespeare Theater stages "The Merry Wives of Windsor," a comedy that is produced less often than others in the Bard's canon, but worth catching.
by Ted C. Fishman | March 19, 2026“The Drowsy Chaperone” Is A Balm in Giddy Act Theo Ubique turns small-scale staging into a big-hearted musical escape, where director L. Walter Stearns immerses the audience in the world of the Man in Chair’s imagination.
by Ted C. Fishman | February 25, 2026Kurt Weill’s “Der Silbersee” Gets Its Chicago Premiere Nearly a Century Later Chicago Opera Theater is staging the opera that premiered in Germany in 1933 before being banned by the Nazi party.
by Ted C. Fishman | March 20, 2025Hamlet-Inspired: A Review of Teatro La Plaza’s “Hamlet” at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by Ted C. Fishman | December 20, 2024Not Your Usual Christmas Show: A Review of Manual Cinema’s “Christmas Carol” at Studebaker Theater
by Ted C. Fishman | November 12, 2024Refreshingly Comedic: A Review of “The Marriage of Figaro” at Lyric
by Ted C. Fishman | October 25, 2024Classic with a Spin: A Review of Broadway In Chicago’s “Some Like It Hot” at Cadillac Palace Theatre
by Ted C. Fishman | October 18, 2024No Plot Spoiler, Just Joy: A Review of “Primary Trust” at Goodman Theatre
by Ted C. Fishman | October 10, 2024Soul Passion: A Review of Black Ensemble Theater’s “Blue Eyed Soul Sung by Brown Eyed People”
by Ted C. Fishman | September 30, 2024The Truths Still Resonate: A Review of “Inherit the Wind” at Goodman Theatre
