God damn I like Lyle Lovett. He’s a real craftful songwriter. His songs are funny, bitter, poignant, satirical – sometimes all at once. They are a celebration and satirization of the decadent and depraved segments of our society through joyous absurdity. He’ll cut a record with some of the funniest songs you’ve ever heard, and right next to ‘em will be stuff to make you bawl your eyes out. And live, he’s even better.
Read MoreThis is a hilarious take on the challenges of doing business in a culture world apart form our own. There is much happening in this work requiring our full attention. At first glance, Chinglish seems to be a comedy based on the language barriers and cultural oddities that separate American and Chinese cultures.
Read MoreJEFF NON-EQUITY AWARDS PRESENTED FOR THE 2010 – 2011 SEASON Redtwist’s “Man from Nebraska” and The Hypocrites’ “Cabaret” Take Top
Read MoreAnd then there’s the music. The music is simple. I mean, like, really simple. Almost everything is I-IV-V. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think that singer/rhythm guitar player Justin Young only knew the chords C, F, and G, and just moved a capo around to change keys. But you’d be wrong. Because that’s the point. Oh, Justin Young knows plenty of other chords, he just chooses not to utilize them – because those are the only chords he needs.
Read More“Chad Deity” and “Ragtime” Take Top Honors at 42nd Annual Jeff Equity Awards “The Farnsworth Invention” and “The Brother/Sister Plays”
Read MoreThe 42nd Annual Jeff Awards ceremony honoring excellence in professional theatre produced within the immediate Chicago area will be held on Monday, October 25, at Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. A pre-show Appetizer Buffet will run from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and the Awards Ceremony, directed by Michael Weber, will begin at 7:30 p.m.,
Read MoreCrosby, Still and Nash at Ravinia August 22, 2010 Review by Peter Oyloe Late Summer evenings are some of those
Read MoreOne of the great innovations of Chicago theatre in the 1960’s was the creation of America’s first and finest dinner theatre, the Candlelight. As early as the mid 1950’s, the fledgling Barksdale Theatre discovered that it could lure hungry theatre-goers to their rustic and historic Hanover Tavern just outside Richmond, Virginia, for an extremely diverse range of plays. I had the good fortune of knowing three of the original founders of Barksdale, which never considered itself a “dinner theatre”.
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Peter Oyloe – “The Pillowman” – Redtwist Theatre
“Thank you to my parents,” said Peter Oyloe, winner in the category of best supporting actor in a play for his work in “The Pillowman” at Red Twist Theatre,”for believing that you don’t have to have money to be successful.”
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