Crime After Crime: A Review of Dead Man Walking at Lyric Opera of Chicago
The characters in Jake Heggie’s 2000 opera acquire charisma through the unhappiness of their situations and the obsessions that drive them.
Whose Side (of History) Are You On: A Review of Latin History For Morons at Broadway In Chicago
You don’t have to be a moron to enjoy John Leguizamo’s new one-man show. But it does help to keep an open mind about just how little you might know about Latin American history.
Intersectional Friendship: Twice, Thrice, Frice… at Silk Road Rising and International Voices Project
A discussion about polygamy in modern Muslim culture gives way to an exploration of female friendship in this stirring though incomplete world premiere.
Never Again is Now: A Review of I am Going to Die Alone and I am Not Afraid: A Furious History of the Holocaust at Prop Thtr
In this urgent and excellent devised piece, the Prop Thtr ensemble lays bare the personal costs of standing up to fascism.
Quoth the Raven: A Review of Poe at Theatre Above the Law
This charming theatrical anthology is probably best enjoyed only by those fans most committed to its namesake.
The Neither Nether: A Review of Grey House at A Red Orchid Theatre
You know The Sunken Place and The Upside Down, but this skin-crawling world premiere introduces something both new and old as time: The Inbetween.
Sign of the Times: A Review of You Are Happy at Red Theater Chicago
Both spoken and signed, this production plays its source material twice, spotlighting the disturbing ventriloquism of romantic relationships.
The Song Goes On: A Review of Andares at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Makuyeika Colectivo Teatral
A part of Destinos, the third annual Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, this short-run production is born in joy, lives in anger, and ends in hope.
Who Even Wants To Go Home Again: A Review of Kentucky at The Gift Theatre
The local premiere of Leah Nanako Winkler’s play is a busy and beautiful examination of small town life and the loneliness that breeds in its shadows.
Femaleness Without Borders: A Review of Marginalia at Links Hall
Khecari’s new evening-length dance performance builds a dreamlike world of female tenderness, menace and transcendent intimacy.
