Tom Williams Now extended by popular demand through November 1, 2015 Created by Richard Maltby, Jr. Conceived by William Meade Directed by Brian Russell Musical Direction by Malcolm Ruhl At the Mercury Theatre Chicago Revise, refined yet still a crowd pleaser –Ring of Fire – The Music of Johnny Cash delights My third visit to Ring of … Read more
By Beth Henley Directed by Joe Jahraus At Profiles Main Stage Theatre, Chicago Wacky characters in dark humor and reckless situations inhabit seedy Southern hotel Profiles Theatre loves to find weird, seedy, and violent plays. Their latest, The Jacksonian, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley (for 1979 Crimes of the Heart) is a confusing, underwritten, … Read more
A Theatrical Investigation By Hillel Levin Directed by Kevin Christopher Fox Based on Interviews with Zechariah Shelton At the Museum of Broadcast Communications, Chicago Extremely thorough and exhausting investigation makes the case against the Chicago Mob’s involvement in the Kennedy Assassination After many self-serving films (by Oliver Stone) and countless books, my generation is burned … Read more
Jeff Awards Equity nominations honor outstanding 2014-2015 productions
Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Book by Oscar Hammerstein II & Joshua Logan Adapted from James A. Michener’s novel Tales of the South Pacific Directed & Choreographed by Rudy Hogenmiller Conductor Roger L. Bingman Produced by Light Opera Works At Cahn Auditorium. Evanston Romance, war, and racism are explored through 1949 … Read more
By Eric Bogosian Directed by Justin Baldwin Produced by Level Eleve11 Productions At the Athenaeum Theatre, Chicago Strong acting depicts 20something losers’ struggle for a life purpose The group of slackers who sit around drinking beer in the parking lot of a Mini Mart in suburban New Jersey take us back to the depressing 1990’s, … Read more
Created and Produced by Bill Collins At the Chicago Theater Works Interactive dinner and show thrives on bingo and ethnic humor After a nice run in Minneapolis since 2004, it was inevitable that “We Gotta Bingo” would make it to Chicago at the new 200 seat beer hall venue between the Belmont Redline and Stage … Read more
Devised and performed by Albany Park Theater project Directed by David Feiner, Mikhail Fiksel, Halena Kays, Stephanie Paul, Maggie Popadiak and Rosanna Rodriguez Sanchez At the Goodman Theatre’s Owen Stage, Chicago Impressive teen performance art tells of immigrant food interests The Albany Park Theater Project (APTP), revives their performance art show Feast from 2010, which … Read more
By Ed Howard Directed by Anthony Whitaker Based on the novel Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg Produced by new American Folk Theatre in association with Redtwist Theatre At Redtwist Theatre One person show almost works Charlie Irving bravely tackles a one person memory play about a young woman who grows up … Read more
Music by Leo Fall German libretto by Rudolf Schanzer & Ernst Wellisch English Translation by Gerald Frantzen & Hersh Glagov Stage Director Amy Hutchison Choreographer Sara Stewart Schumann Conductor Anthony Barres Produced by Chicago Folks Operetta At Vittum Theater, Chicago Risque bedroom farce Viennese operetta is hilarious, well sung with wonderful melodious music making it … Read more