Road

Road is all about social exclusion and alienation that the poor working class struggles to survive body and soul. Road is filled with raw, raunchy humor, sensuality and desperation.

The Hecubae

The sheer negativity and hopelessness of this show was overwhelming. Add the slow pacing and The Hecubae becomes a long tedious evening. The show answers (over and over again) the question: “What remains after war?”

Hollywood 360 8-08-09

Tom Williams discusses the following stage plays with Carl Amari: Spring Awakening at the Oriental Theatre and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at Circle Theatre. [audio: https://chicagocritic.com/newsite/audio/0809tom.mp3]

Without a Parachute

Without a Parachute suffers from several flaws: The work has a uneven mood–is it a romance or a drama or a comedy? The main character–Cory (Joanne Dubach) is an unlikable, shouting woman with whom we never warm up to…

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

Set in the Delta country outside of Memphis in the 1950’s, we meet a rich family getting ready to celebrate Big Daddy’s (Jim Farrell in a subdued yet strong performance) 65th birthday. Maggie (Kimberly Logan) and Brick (Michael Borgmann) bicker about their marriage

Spring Awakening – A New Musical

-Spring Awakening is so much more than a run-of-the-mill rock musical–it is a major break through musical that most effectively uses pop/rock music to enhance storytelling by underscoring the themes, moods and emotions of the piece. I loved this show!

Sex with Strangers

Laura Eason’s Sex With Strangers is provocative contemporary romantic drama about a hot young 24 year old scenester, Ethan Strange (Stephen Louis Grush) wwhose online blog of sexscapades has turned him into the “it” boy of the Internet.

Honest

Honest is a star-making vehicle for Erik Hellman as he plays Guy/Tim to the hilt in this mystery drama.

Hollywood 360 8-01-09

Tom Williams discusses the following stage plays with Carl Amari: Light in the Pizza at Marriott theater and Waiting for Godot at Redtwist theatre. [audio: https://chicagocritic.com/newsite/audio/tom0801.mp3]

Alfred with a Knife

Filled with a playful life story of Alfred (David Amaral)–a curiously marvelous boy–who works tirelessly in the attic of his home to build a world of imagination, illusion, and excitement with his best friend, Mr. Lady (Eddie Bennett)