Shapiro’s Song: From Steppenwolf to a New Elton John Musical, The Devil Wears Prada
“It’s been really moving and important and central to all of us that at the heart of ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ is a young person trying to figure out how to live.”
“I’m Really Stuck Here with You?” An Interview with HATE/LAB on “Perforated Play” at the Facility Theatre
“Perforated Play” tells the story of three people who find themselves impaled together on the same iron pole due to an unseen accident.
A Feeling So Strong: A Review of Pearl’s Rollin’ with the Blues, A Night with Felicia P. Fields at Writers Theatre
Fields and her ensemble are a superb mix of musicians and entertainers. Fields, a Tony nominee (“The Color Purple”) and local favorite, is a commanding contralto with a powerfully sweet raspy timbre.
Free As a Bird: A Review of Where We Belong at Goodman Theatre
Madeline Sayet, a Mohegan writer/performer brings her autobiographical one-woman show, “Where We Belong,” to the Goodman’s intimate Owen Theatre.
A New Path Forward? Exploring the State of Chicago Theater
Many of our city’s theatrical leaders agree that Chicago is at the forefront of defining the future of the American theater.
Soul Food: Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Invites Audiences into the Process with Inside/Out
The “Inside/Out” showcases bring audiences into an intimate setting and allowing artists to share work “at a vulnerable juncture” in the process of creation.
Coarse Contrasts: Antigone at Redtwist Theatre
“Antigone” is perhaps the oldest depiction we have of civil disobedience, focusing on the tension between the state and the individual conscience.
Me Too Lady: A Review of My Fair Lady at Broadway in Chicago
In this Lincoln Center production making its long-awaited national tour stopover at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, Eliza is in as much control as Higgins.
The Winds of Change Are Here: Hurricane Diane at Theater Wit
madeleine george’s modern-day Greek comedy “Hurricane Diane” could not have come at a better time.
A Feather-Light Comedy: A Review of “A Fine Feathered Murder” by Hell in a Handbag
Parodic pageantry of buffoonish characters dealing in quirks, quips, double-entendres… maybe even murder.
