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• Review: Crime and Punishment (Mary-Arrchie Theatre)

  

  Crime and Punishment Adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus From novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Directed by Richard Cotovsky at Angel Island, 735 W. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Plainsong (Signal Ensemble Theatre)

  

  Plainsong Written by Eric Schmiedl Adapted from novel by Kent Haruf Directed by Bries Vannon Signal Ensemble Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice (map) thru March 8 |... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Tom Jones (Northlight Theatre)

  

  Tom Jones Adapted by Jon Jory Directed by William Brown North Shore Center for the Arts, Skokie (map) thru Feb 23 | tickets: $25-$75 | more info Check for... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Edges the Musical (Circle Theatre)

  

  Edges: The Musical Written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Directed by Daren Leonard Chicago Actors Studio, 2040 N. Elston (map) thru March 2 | tickets: $28-$30... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: From White Plains (Broken Nose Theatre)

  

  From White Plains Written by Michael Perlman i/a/w Craig Wesley Divino, Karl Gregory, Jimmy King and Aaron Rossini Directed by Spenser Davis at Greenhouse... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Macbeth (Polarity Ensemble Theatre)

  

  Macbeth Written by William Shakespeare Adapted and Directed by Richard Engling at Greenhouse Theater, 2257 N. Lincoln (map) thru March 2 | tickets: $10-$20 |... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Luna Gale (Goodman Theatre)

  

  Luna Gale Written by Rebecca Gilman Directed by Robert Falls at Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn (map) thru Feb 23 | tickets: $25-$81 | more info Check for... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Hamlet is Dead. No Gravity (Red Tape Theatre)

  

  Seth Bockley’s precise-yet-invigorating staging, along with a tremendously talented cast, help offset any frustration from the play's repetition. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Fifty Shades of Shakespeare (re)discover Theatre)

  

  Despite the BDSM-inspired title, Fifty Shades is gentle and often grin-inducing, with a few surprising moments of tenderness. The (re)discoverians have a... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Do-Gooder (16th Street Theater)

  

  Laura Jacqmin's Do-Gooder is a small gem of a play: tightly scripted, truly thought-provoking and oh, so very, very funny. Directed by Ann Filmer, the world... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: The Lark (Promethean Theatre Ensemble)

  

  Although Rachel Sypniewski’s vibrant costume design combines with a talented cast to make the production's roles distinct and interesting, the entire... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Quark (MPAACT)

  

  There are some minor conflicts in Quark, and the characters are all good, reasonable people with their conflict based on perfectly understandable differences... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: The Golden Dragon (Sideshow Theatre)

  

  Playwright Schimmelpfenning has penned a quirky tale with some fascinating folks. It’s a rapidly-paced 65 minutes. Set in a restaurant, I definitely know what... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Rose and the Rime (House Theatre, 2014)

  

  As a classic and cautionary fairy tale about the quest for happiness and the ultimate price of power, Rose and Rime is a dark, foreboding story. Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Strangers, Babies (Steep Theatre)

  

  For their newest production, Steep Theatre pulls you into their dark woods and forces you to confront your own prejudices. What kind of scrutiny should childhoo... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: The Tennessee Williams Project (The Hypocrites)

  

  Fans of Tennessee Williams will note many commonalities between these three one-acts and his more popular fare, while also noticing how these go deeper into... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Request Concert (Side Project Theatre)

  

  Poignantly, Director Mary Ellen O'Hara has moved the setting of F.X. Kroetz work from Germany to Chicago 1975. Meg Elliott portrays a devistatingly impeccable... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Mr. Shaw Goes to Hollywood (MadKap Productions)

  

  Playwright Mark Saltzman has uncovered a fascinating, untold Hollywood story, that of George Bernard Shaw's trip to Hollywood. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: El Año En Que Nací / The Year I Was Born (Lola Arias @ Museum of...

  

  There’s a very honest and intense quality to this historical piece, no doubt because of the intensely personal material. I wish, however, that I could have... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Luck of the Irish (Next Theatre)

  

  Sensitive to every subtlety in a script whose plot is not, Director Damon Kiely’s grand cast fully inhabit each character, persuasively presenting the behaviora... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA