Maybe Best Forgotten: A Review of Remember the Alamo at The Neo-Futurists
This world premiere is indeed memorable though perhaps not for the reasons its creative team intended.
Unfading Spirit, Enduring Impact: A Preview of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Sixtieth Anniversary at the Auditorium Theatre
The iconic company celebrates its sixtieth anniversary with three unique programs featuring classic works and world premieres.
Fundamental Sound: A Review of Ariodante at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Nearly three hundred years since its premiere, Handel’s opera of desire and power gains insight and urgency in this modern staging.
What a Bomb: A Review of The Man Who Was Thursday at Lifeline Theatre
This quixotic adaptation of G.K. Chesterton’s novel is both reverent and ridiculous.
Wilde Women: A Review of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde at Promethean Theatre Ensemble
Oscar Wilde gets a punk rock treatment in this remount of Promethean Theatre Ensemble’s 2016 production of Moisés Kaufman’s play.
Too Much, Too Late: A Review of Act(s) of God at Lookingglass Theatre Company
Actor Kareem Bandealy’s first foray as a playwright finds him laying the groundwork for an absurdist family comedy only to squander the work with an overcooked metatheatrical twist.
Life in the Gutter: A Review of Twilight Bowl at Goodman Theater
This world premiere from Rebecca Gilman traces the borders and barriers of class in small town America.
Modern Masterpiece: A Preview of English National Ballet in Akram Khan’s “Giselle” at the Harris Theater
Akram Khan’s highly collaborative and unorthodox reimagining of the classic ballet has yielded a modern masterpiece.
For the Record: A Review of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at Writers Theatre
One of the premier directors of August Wilson’s work, Ron OJ Parson guides this ensemble of large personalities through the narrow gate of the sublime.
Bodies Politicking: A Review of Mike Pence Sex Dream at First Floor Theater
This world premiere from Dan Giles brings home the bacon of laughs but leaves audiences hungry for the meat of its subject matter.
