Review: “The Total Bent” (Haven Theatre, with About Face Theatre)
You know what you’re getting into as soon as you sit down to watch “The Total Bent.” You see the full band warming up in a 1960’s-set recording studio and you vibrate […]
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Review: “HeLa” (Sideshow Theatre)
Sideshow Theatre’s world premiere of “HeLa” is so perfectly imperfect, simple and complex, insignificant and vast, I feel like I could watch it on a loop to relive every drop […]
Review: “Small Mouth Sounds” (A Red Orchid Theatre)
There is something unsettling about six people sitting in silence and staring out at the audience. It’s not a comforting opening stage image in A Red Orchid’s “Small Mouth Sounds.” […]
Review: “Crumbs From the Table of Joy” (Raven Theatre Company)
Ernestine Crump’s family is in dire straits. She and her sister have lost their mother to illness, and their father to grief. He has moved the family from down South […]
Review: “Tilikum” (Sideshow Theatre)
Sideshow Theatre has rendered a profound and gorgeous world premiere production with “Tilikum” that will move you and provoke you in the best way. Author Kristiana Rae Colon and director […]
Review: “Merchant on Venice” (Rasaka Theatre & Vitalist Theatre)
You there. Yes, you, the would-be Shakespeare adapter just itching to set a centuries-old work or two in outer space, the post-apocalyptic future, or present day, if the budget’s tight. […]
Review: “The Light” (The New Colony)
A person makes vital individual choices every day. A woman with alcoholism in her family abstains from drinking when out with friends. A man puts a seat belt on after […]
Review: “A View From the Bridge” (Goodman Theatre)
Show: “A View From the Bridge” Company: Goodman Theatre Venue: Goodman Theatre (170 N Dearborn) The smell of sea salt is referenced multiple times in Arthur Miller’s “A View From […]
Review: “A New Brain” (Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre)
Show: A New Brain Company: Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Venue: The No Exit Cafe (6970 N. Glenwood Ave.) There is a metronome working overtime deep in the heart of Theo Ubique’s “A […]
Review: “United Flight 232” (The House Theatre)
Show: United Flight 232 Company: The House Theatre Venue: The Chopin Theatre (1543 W Division St) Almost three decades after departure, The House Theatre gives us a glimpse into “United Flight 232”; […]