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• Review: Microcrisis (Next Act Theatre)

  

  In the highly capable hands of Milwaukee's Next Act Theatre’s cast and crew, and veteran Milwaukee area director Edward Morgan, *microsisis* is as much... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Catholic Rep – Doubt / Agnes of God (American Theater Company)

  

  A double-hitter of emotionally-charged morality “Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain. Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Fool’s Tango (Theatre Zarko)

  

  A wild and crazy tango indeed Theatre Zarko presents Fool’s Tango Review by K.D. Hopkins The word puppets conjures up some strange feelings for me. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Nightmare on Lincoln Avenue IV: Welcome to the Undead City (Corn...

  

  The vignettes are the strongest part of the show - they are wacky and weird enough to be interesting, even when you aren’t 100-percent sure what the writers... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Bailiwick Chicago)

  

  Andrew Jackson: Cockfighter. Bigamist. Land acquisitor. Blood fetishist and rock star? Sure, according to Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers, the twisted minds... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Knuffle Bunny – a Cautionary Musical (Emerald City Theatre)

  

  We can all remember that one cuddly toy that meant the world to us when we were young (mine was a stuffed spotted dog, which I still possess in all his faded... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: The Mistakes Madeline Made (LiveWire Chicago)

  

  Roger Ebert wrote my review of The Mistakes Madeline Made without even knowing it. The legendary critic’s (and my role model’s) analysis of the 1991 Elijah... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Elektra (Lyric Opera of Chicago)

  

  One evening a year, Chicago walks the red carpet into the Civic Opera House. It’s the night that magnificently dressed gentlemen and ladies in the audience... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: 44 Plays for 44 Presidents (The Neo-Futurists)

  

  If “Saturday Night Live” had been around since the founding of our country, this revue gives an idea of the treatment that might have been given to George... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe – A Love Story (First Folio)

  

  As biography, The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story is rather dubious. As a piece of theater, it’s brilliant. One of America’s most revered literary... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (Strawdog Theatre)

  

  Risk is a board game of world domination. My family used to play it until my mom banned it. It always started out good natured but then alliances formed and... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Musical of the Living Dead (Cowardly Scarecrow Theatre)

  

  They stomp around on stage with their usual demand for “Brains!” They try to eat the faces of those that are alive. Oh, and they break into song too. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Sea Marks (Metropolis Performing Arts Centre)

  

  Some plays are for the audience. Some are for the actors. Sea Marks, written byGardner McKay, a one-time actor with a brief career in the 1960s TV series... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Making Noise Quietly (Steep Theatre)

  

  Steep Theatre has a propensity for three things: British speaking angst, solid ensemble acting and multi-layered messages – consistently thought-provoking, not... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Sunday in the Park with George (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)

  

  Sondheim (music and lyrics) and book writer James Lapine craft a portrait of a tumultuous relationship between two people who belong together and love each othe... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Freshly Fallen Snow (Chicago Dramatists)

  

  Though the subjett matter of M.E.H. Lewis' *Freshly Fallen Snow" is disturbing, the journey, like the comforting thought of snow, is quite beautiful. (read... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: KILL VIKTOR (New Millennium Theatre)

  

  Overall, KILL VIKTOR, Vol. 1&2 is a fun late night show for the Halloween season; a flashy, frenetic, decent comedy. (read more...) Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Metamorphoses (Lookingglass Theatre)

  

  Imaginatively staged, impressively physical, and rooted in the eternal, Metamorphoses can be forgiven for any small misgivings because Mary Zimmerman's staging... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (Chicago Shakespeare)

  

  Ultimately, quibbles with script narrative and character development are more than atoned for with the euphoric vibe and laughter induced by the production.... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Scheherazade (Realize Theatre Group)

  

  In their inaugural season, Realize Theatre Group had worthy goals in putting on this production of *Scheherazade* by Marisha Chamberlain, but they have bitten... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA