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?”
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?”
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]
The joy of attending a festival of new works is everyone (for the most part) is experiencing the work for the first time. The plays are free of previous baggage and expectations to meet.
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…
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 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!
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 is a star-making vehicle for Erik Hellman as he plays Guy/Tim to the hilt in this mystery drama.
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]
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)