The most interesting part of Love Person was the outstanding acting from Liz Tannebaum who demonstrates how strong a deaf person can convey emotions and truth without words. The use of signing never distracted like all the projected text messaging
Tom Williams discusses the following stage plays with Carl Amari: Buried Child by Shattered Globe Theatre at the Greenhouse Theatre; The Piano Lesson at Court Theatre; and The 25th Annual Putnan County Spelling Bee at Marriott Theatre. May 23, 2009 [audio:https://chicagocritic.com/newsite/audio/tom may 23.mp3]
Lisa Dillman’s play parallels two stories: one covers a series of three incarcerations of women in mental asylums dating from 1886, 1920’s and the late 1930’s while the other story features Carrie (Lacy Katherine Campbell) who is researching women in asylums.
This well sung show was highlighted by the strong vocals form Eric Lindahl and Tom McGunn. For me the dancers made this show a treat. Kevin Bellie gets the pop/rock score to move with energy
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
This weird play is told from the perspective of the couple and their xenophobic victims. We’re never sure what happens during the two day journey.
Filled with a superb cast, many of which have played in Spelling Bee before, the show is a laugh fest of the first order. This smart, hip, thoroughly engaging musical is by far the funniest musical to hit the stage in decades.
Filled with colorful memories and scary stories such as the ghost of the yellow dog and the emergence of Sutter’s ghost at the Charles family’s house, The Piano Lesson is a well crafted and totally engrossing play that keeps your ear open with a fine assortment of storytelling with interludes of blues and an amazing rhythmic work song…
Measure for Measure is a tough Shakespeare piece to get right and this hard working cast delivers a fine evening of theatre. Promethean Theatre Ensemble continues to grow as artists
Buried Child is a most macabre and perversely humorous tale of a Midwestern family burdened with a dark, terrible secret. When the grandson Vince (winning work from Dsvid Dastmalchian) and his girlfriend Shelly (the intense Helen Sadler) return to the family farm