I had the good fortune to review Gender Play, or what you Will when it premiered at About Face Theatre in 2023. Now, this fabulous one-person show returns to the stage as part of Steppenwolf’s […]
Recently, I had a discussion with some friends about our typical engagement with Charles Dickens’ classic story A Christmas Carol. One friend sees an improvised stage version every year in Atlanta. Another watches the Muppets […]
The year 2008 doesn’t seem so long ago, yet the world has changed considerably since then, especially for those of us who identify as queer. Legislation and court cases and art have all shaped the […]
The Goodman Theatre brings Eboni Booth’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Primary Trust to Chicago. Directed by Malkia Stampley, this insightful show tackles themes of loneliness, trauma, and friendship with a healthy mix of laughs and poignant […]
It was hard to know what to expect going into Goodman Theatre’s world premiere production of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Adapted from John Berendt’s nonfiction book of the same name, with […]
Fresh off a stint at the Palace Theatre in New York, Ben Platt has launched a tour celebrating his latest album, Honeymind. On Friday night, he performed at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park alongside special […]
I can still remember my days in advanced high school Spanish classes, the teachers gently scolding us to repeat any English phrases en Espaňol so we could practice the language we were trying to learn. […]
Sometimes theatre is grand and epic in scale, like Goodman Theatre’s recent production of The Penelopiad. Other times, it’s intimate, with just a few actors, a small crew, and a handful of audience members. The […]
Sometimes you come across a piece of art that seems handcrafted just for you. For me, a production of Macbeth at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre as part of an eighth grade field trip left a permanent […]
Certain stories can only be described as epic. The decade-long adventures of the ancient Greek hero Odysseus, as told by the poet Homer in The Odyssey, are certainly among them. But what of Penelope, the […]
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