By Elizabeth Irwin Directed by Sandra Márquez Produced by Teatro Vista Playing at The Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, Chicago Fan Service For the Political Man Teatro Vista opened its 25th Anniversary Season this week with Elizabeth Irwin’s My Mañana Comes, a drama about the back-of-house lives of four busboys that endure the grind of their … Read more
Book and Lyrics by Peter Gwinn Music by Jody Shelton Directed and Choreographed by Christopher Pazdernik Music Direction by David Kornfeld Produced by Underscore Theatre Company Playing at The Chopin Theatre, Chicago Clichés Can Be Fun Underscore Theatre Company is dedicated to developing new musicals and guiding works that are not yet fully-formed. While you … Read more
Music by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti Directed by Joan Font Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis Produced by Lyric Opera of Chicago Rollicking Music with a Dramatic Flavor is Opera at its Best It’s a fun time to be an opera fan. Later this season, the Lyric Opera of Chicago will perform Alban Berg’s … Read more
47th Annual Jeff Awards Ceremony
Following is a complete list of the 2015 Equity Jeff Award recipients: + PRODUCTION, PLAY (LARGE): “Moby Dick” – Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors Gymnasium + PRODUCTION, PLAY (MIDSIZE): “All Our Tragic” – The Hypocrites + PRODUCTION, MUSICAL (LARGE): “Les Misérables” – Paramount Theatre + PRODUCTION, MUSICAL (MIDSIZE): “The Addams Family” – … Read more
By Hamish Linklater Directed by Joanie Schultz Produced by Steep Theatre Company, Chicago The Full Devastation of Ordinary Betrayals Exposed A year ago, Hamish Linklater’s first play, The Vandal, enjoyed its Midwestern debut at Steep Theatre Company, and was widely praised by critics, including me, as a bewitching examination of loneliness and loss. The artists … Read more
Book, Music & Lyrics by Willy Russell Directed by Fred Fred Anzevino Music Direction by Jeremy Ramey Choreography by Maggie Portman Produced by Theo Ubique At No Exit Cafe, Chicago “Did you ever hear the story of the Johnstone twins / As like each other as two new pins?” -The Narrator from Blood Brothers Blood … Read more
From the Novel by John Steinbeck Directed by Terry Kinney Produced by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Steppenwolf’s fortieth season is a transitional period for the famed company. It is the final season selected by former artistic director Martha Lavey, and the first under the tenure of Anna Shapiro. In a nod to tradition, it opens … Read more
Music Direction & Conductor Linda Madonia Directed by Rudy Hogenmiller produced by Light Opera Works At Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston Nostalgic revue of Hollywood’s Greatest Hits features four terrific female voices It is unusual to have an all-female cast for a song revue, but director Rudy Hogenmiller’s choices made it work musically. The four performers … Read more
Book & Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman Music & Lyrics by Steven Lutvak Choreographed by Peggy Hickey Directed by Darko Tresnjak Produced by Broadway In Chicago At The Bank of America Theatre, Chicago Satire: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of … Read more