Randy Hardwick El Grito del Bronx is a story about rage. It is set against the violent backdrop of a Bronx family tragedy in 1977 and the aftermath of those events 15 years later in a federal prison in Ohio and in a middle class apartment in Connecticut.
Despite vast production budgets and an array of dazzling technical effects, the show is a slow paced yawner that simply does not entertain.
It recounts the story of a Puerto Rican couple – Flora (Elizabeth Ledo/Sandra Marquez) and Eusebio (Joe Minoso/René Rivera) who met on the island in 1953 and married the following year. It is a personal story told across years of marriage, but it is also the story of the suffering of all Puerto Ricans forced to flee their land in search of work and dignity.
Up is art for art’s sake, a thing of beauty to be admired. It’s nice that it makes you think, but that is not its raison d’être.
Up is delicious – a simply beautiful show with a cast that is uniformly magnificent. Bravo!
At the center of Keith Huff’s Mud People, now in its Midwest premiere at Mary Arrchie Theatre’s Angel Island space, is a stranger (Dereck Garner) – an angel who has fallen from the sky and who has the power to grant wishes without saying a word.
No matter what one does, the appeal of Greek tragedy in contemporary theatre is rather narrow. The-hypocrites’ current production of Oedipus, pared down to a 50-minute one-act and directed by whiz-kid artistic director Sean Graney, is no exception…
No es fácil imaginar sacar humor de la obra de Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, pero milagrosamente y con el espíritu latino indominable, eso es lo que hace la dramaturga Teresa Dovalpage con esta obra muy original. Se trata de una familia Cubana de la clase media-alta de Miami y sus dificultades
By Tom Stoppard Directed by Charles Newell At the Goodman Theatre Dissonance and Dissidents Like most Tom Stoppard plays, Rock ‘N’ Roll recounts an engaging story that invites the audience to contemplate complex subject matter. In the case of this, his latest work, the tale is one of love, family, and friendship and the subject … Read more
If you are looking for enlightenment or revelation about the governor’s pathetic story, forget it. Nothing about this show is serious. It is non-stop raucous cheap shots that stick strictly to the most publicized fact
Musing, Amy Whittenberger’s new play about just how far someone will go to get ahead, is not exactly such a gem, but there is enough of a spark to the no-budget show and to the energetic young company that is producing it to make it worth the trip to Rogers Park – at least for those who prize originality and energy.