Bartlett Sher Archives - Chicago Reader

A woman in a pink gown with a large feathered collar sits next to a vanity with a mirror. She has an angry expression on her face. One hand is balled into a fist and the other is pointing to the person next to her on the right, who is a man disguised as a nun, clutching a set of black rosary beads in his hands.

The Don and the Count

by Deanna Isaacs November 14, 2022November 16, 2022

Deeply committed Verdi fans ought to get themselves to Lyric Opera’s first ever production of Don Carlos, the four-hour, five-act, 1867 French language version of the shorter Verdi opera they already know as the Italian language Don Carlo. This love vs. duty tale of historical fiction, loosely drawn from the life of a 16th-century Spanish […]

At left, Jem Finch in khakis and a plaid shirt stands next to the front porch. Atticus Finch is seated on a bench center, wearing tan pants, a vest, shirt, and tie, holding a pad of paper. On the right is Scout Finch in denim overalls, sitting on the porch, and on the far right is Dill Harris in blue pants and a plaid short-sleeved shirt.

Theater Review

This bird has flown

by Kerry Reid May 19, 2022May 19, 2022

Aaron Sorkin’s gonna Sorkin, even when he’s working off someone else’s material. In his new adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, now in a short touring stop with Broadway in Chicago, the creator of A Few Good Men, The American President, and The West Wing goes back to the courtyard drama/political grandstanding that […]

Arts & Culture

New Country, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, and eight more notable new stage shows

by Chicago Reader March 3, 2016August 18, 2021

Actor/stand-up/TV writer Mark Roberts brings a wild-and-crazy new comedy to town.