Must See

Kevin Webb and Jordan Phelps gave tour de force performances as the two lovers struggling to achieve love and companionship. Seldom do you witness two actors who put terrific acting into their expert singing. Each ‘stayed-in-character’ as the other sang. Their duets soared into the heavens as we witness the ups & downs of a contemporary gay relationship. We instantly warm to the infectious charm from Kevin Webb and Jordan Phelps and we enjoy laugh and cry with their honest tumultuous relationship.

Obviously, the play begins with a most imaginative script, derivative of Wagner’s Opera, “Tristan and Isolde… well sort of… but you can be quite sure that even Wagner is laughing somewhere.

Based on the premise: “Ever wonder what people are really thinking,?” the cast of skilled comic Equity performers have designed a fast-paced, laugh-a-minute comedy revue that easily grabs us from the start and keeps us belly laughing through. Chelsea Devantez, John Hartman, Mike Kosinski, Tawny Newsome, Emily Walker and Steve Waltien use everything they have, their vocal chops, their physical appearance, or their cute smiles including their ability to play animals to garner laughs.

The creatives for Australia, Erth-Visual & Physical have created and are now touring the world with their Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live. This experiential theatre production is part paleontologist lesson, part puppet show, and part audience appreciation of prehistoric animals. This kid friendly show utilizing video projections, amazing plant props, and live sized dinosaur puppets is narrated and hosted by Australian Aimee Louisanne, a charismatic young woman who has a way with both kids and paleontology.

For 50 years, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has been rolling through Chicago. My first time seeing it, the Cadillac Palace put on a fun spectacle for the whole family. Directed and Choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, the show will leave you in awe. A story about always shooting for your dreams, Joseph, his 11 brothers, and the rest of this stellar cast will put you in your own dream.

We see his interview for the lifestyle section of a local newspaper by his former favorite student turned journalist, Peter Finnerty (Jordan Brodess). That interview was quite friendly and it gave the professor a platform to speak about his book, his teaching and his personal life. Finnery never asked Graham about his personal life, the professor volunteered his life story

Dan (John Mahoney) is a senior living alone who consumes his time with his (imaginary) terrier dog, Chapatti. His daily ritual is to make tea, then asking Chapatti if he wants canned or dry dog food-or – a combination? Next, he takes his dog for a long walk often ending up at the local veterinarian for a unneeded checkup. Dan is more than lonely as he is trying to find a home for Chapatti since he has decided to leave Dublin for good

…with August Wilson a marvelous trip to exciting, superbly written (almost poetic dialogue) theatrical events chronicling the Black Experience in America. King Hedley II, set in 1985 (the 9th in the 10 play cycle) features several of the characters we meet in Wilson’s Seven Guitars set in the 1940’s (recently mounted at Court Theatre in a riveting production). The violence and frustration from the lack of opportunity that affected the folks in Seven Guitars is even more devastating to the Hill District folks in the 1980’s.