Review: “A Man of No Importance ” (Pride Films & Plays)
Sometimes a musical gives you a terrific slice of local talent, with inspired staging, and unfailing enthusiasm to smooth over any rough bits. That’s Pride Films and Plays’ production of […]
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Review: “Sugar in Our Wounds ” (First Floor Theater)
Simple. Beautiful. Haunting. This is exactly what author Donja R. Love’s Chicago premiere production of “Sugar in Our Wounds” is in the hands of director Mikael Burke. The harrowing and […]
Review: “The Effect” (Strawdog Theatre Company)
Before the action gets going in Strawdog’s “The Effect,” a projection at the back of the stage helpfully informs the audience that an experiment is about to begin. Said experiment […]
Review: “I Know My Own Heart” (Pride Films & Plays)
Pride Films and Plays and director Elizabeth Swanson have brought together a very close-quarters US premiere staging of Emma Donoghue’s already very intimate “I Know My Own Heart.” It’s a […]
Review: “Les Innocents/The Innocents” ((re)discover theatre)
(re)discover theater has an excellent knack for playing with your unease and shredding any idea of protective distance from a stage full of powerful, unpredictable feelings. With “The Innocents,” you […]
Review: “Scandalous: I Want a Banana & Other Desperate Love Stories” (Prop Thtr)
With her trademark giant 3-ring binder of tales, Roberta Miles holds unrepentant, unrelenting court, while being extremely at ease with her neuroses. She is a Chicago storytelling staple as required […]
Review: “Nightmares & Nightcaps: The Stories of John Collier” (Black Button Eyes Production)
Sharing stories is part of human nature. The act bonds people together, showing us how others’ experiences reflect and rhyme with our own. Stories tell us we are not alone. […]
Review: “The Harvest” (Griffin Theatre Company)
Faith is an uncertain thing. It is meant to provide surety about all of life’s highs and lows, planting the faithful in a philosophy that demonstrates how belief outlasts turmoil […]
Review: “Hamlet” (The Gift Theatre)
“Hamlet” is essentially a play about oppression. The prince of Denmark is kept from being king by a tyrannical leader, he is being spied upon at every turn, and he […]
Review: “Bull in a China Shop” (About Face Theatre)
So often, when iconic LGBTQIA characters appear in our cultural narratives, they don’t get the same freedom to be messy and flawed as heterosexual characters would in the same circumstance. […]