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• Review: Adding Machine (The Hypocrites)

  

  Artsy, but moving, musical meditation on meaning of life In many species of animal kingdom, parents evict their young from the nest once they're ready to... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters (Lifeline Theatre)

  

  Charming and delightful When it comes to children's theater, Lifeline knows what they're doing. Lester's Dreadful Sweaters is my first foray into Lifeline's... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Blood Wedding (Lookingglass Theatre)

  

  Blood Wedding Visually arresting, emotionally intense The clashing worlds within Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca's Blood Wedding are a vivid... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Mary Page Marlowe (Steppenwolf Theatre)

  

  In lesser hands, the prospect of half a dozen actors playing one character would seem more like stunt casting and a gimmicky marketing tool than a solid artisti... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: The Life of Galileo (Remy Bumppo Theatre)

  

  The Life of Galileo Scattered narrative struggles to find its center Bertolt Brecht wrote The Life of Galileo over a 15-year period and was still working... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Ulysses (The Plagiarists)

  

  A classroom experiment gone wrong A former employer of mine used to say, "Good books don't make good movies, mediocre books do." A close friend recently... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Jerusalem (Profiles Theatre)

  

  Still looking for a real story about real people Profiles Theatre has created an institution that one might compare to Steppenwolf and Goodman. The Equity... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: The Edge of Our Bodies (TUTA Theatre Chicago)

  

  A gripping one-handed coming-of-age tale Carolyn Molloy is Bernadette, a precocious high school teen taking a train to visit her older boyfriend Michael in Ne... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Arcadia (Writers Theatre)

  

  A time-tripping masterpiece in a dazzling new home Chaos and love - the latter causes the former. One need look no further than Newton to see that's so. The... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Butler (Northlight Theatre)

  

  Butler: A piece of history discovered History has always fascinated me, and when hidden nuggets of history are brought to light, it seems a gift. Butler is... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Fooling Buddha (First Folio Theatre)

  

  Fooling Buddha Thoroughly entertaining! From the glorious tick-rock cacophony of Pink Floyd's "Time" that opens , David Kovachas the audience in the... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Time Steps (Chicago Tap Theatre)

  

  Time Steps Dance isn't always happy. Look at Swan Lake, La Bayadère and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet: all are beautiful but tragic cautionary tales of... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Matilda the Musical (Broadway in Chicago)

  

  Matilda the Musical Magical, inspiring story for kids of all ages Within the pages of Roald Dahl's enthralling-at-any-age books, you'll find the most... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: The Last Big Mistake (The Factory Theater)

  

  Factory christens new home with more style than substance The Factory Theater was founded in Rogers Park more than twenty years ago. Since then, they have... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: The New Sincerity (Theater Wit)

  

  Despite inconsistencies, a production worth seeing During the heyday of the Occupy Movement, New York City roiled with protesters squatting in public parks,... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Short Shakespeare! Twelfth Night (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)

  

  Classical and affordable family fun If this is any indication, their Short Shakespeare! series is a welcome addition to Chicago's bustling theater scene.... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: The Matchmaker (Goodman Theatre)

  

  Goodman creates a hilarious, thoughtful 'match' It's fun going to the Goodman theater and back to the "good old days". Thornton Wilder's , now almost 80... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Othello (Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 2016)

  

  Strong feminist undertones heighten psychological masterpiece The entire Chicago theatre scene is abuzz as the global festival Shakespeare 400 Chicago... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: 35MM – A Musical Exhibition (Circle Theatre)

  

  Deeply felt and beautifully produced Circle Theatre is fast earning a reputation as the little company that could. Relatively new to the Chicago theater scene... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: After All the Terrible Things i Do (About Face Theatre)

  

  Compelling, provocative evening of theater Lit profs don't generally teach it in English 101, but the redemptive powers of literature are incalculable. Just... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2016 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA