Timothy McGuire Growing up in a loving devout Christian Family with both her mother and father being deaf, Malinowski has a unique point of view and she is able to share that with the audience in a way that is absolutely hilarious, when she is not making you cry
Theatre Y brings the raw beauty of Eastern European style theatre to Chicago. The Award winning writing of Andras Visky, and outstanding work of Actress Melissa Hawkins and Director Karin Coonrod are a must see for entertainment and enlightenment.
Dental Society Midwinter Meeting keeps you laughing, but Laura Jacqmin’s new play needs some tweaks in order to get the audience to care about what is happening on stage. Surrounded by talent in all aspects of the production and supported with clever excessively descriptive writing
The quality of acting and chemistry between the ensemble members is outstanding. The characters in the play have a sense of hopelessness, loneliness and desperation, but the play expresses this while still being decorated in beauty and raw emotion. The music is moving in itsel
Teatro Luna’s ten year old play, Generic Latina, has a new script, GL2010, and is filled with contagious energy. Combating stereotypes through a collection of comical sketch scenes, this show is highlighted by outstanding actresses and non stop laughter.
This story touches on interesting themes of samaritanism. Who is helping who and what is their motive? The author Jeremy Menekseoglu closely ties sexuality and the desire for Mr. Suit to help others as every patient is female and in the end we see it is Mr. Suit who is looking to be saved and loved. In each encounter with the wrong girl we see Mr. Suit struggle with his own internal manipulation to justify his actions.
Dancing at Lughnasa is a dramatic tale that develops each individual sister through a story about the whole family. The well written dialogue and natural chemistry between the sisters brings you back in time to simpler existence with fewer options for women and common economic struggles that we can see today.
In my first experience with the Joffrey Ballet I was blow away by the magnificence of it all; the enchanted venue inside the Auditorium Theatre, the enormity and depth created in the flat set, the exquisitely detailed costumes and the speechless beauty in the Joffrey dancers.
The Gimmick follows Alexis who is a young smart black girl growing up in Harlem. The adults around her are caught in the negative traps of life leaving her to mature all alone except for her dependable friendship with Jimmy (Brandon Thompson,) her books and a librarian who encourages Alexis to use her words to achieve greatness.
Redmoon silences the crowd with its Tim Burton Style of storytelling in The Cabinet. The Cabinet is a dark hypnotic story where Doctor Caligari controls his sleeping patient Cesar and tests the limits of murder and horror out in the real world. It has the feel of a dream, like we are watching each scene through the sleeping mind of Cesar.