In January of 2020, Black Button Eyes Productions presented the Chicago premiere of Duncan Sheik and Kyle Jarrow’s quirky musical ghost story Whisper House, about an 11-year-old boy living in a haunted lighthouse. Now the company—whose motto is “We help magic invade reality”—has returned to song-driven supernatural storytelling with Mary Rose, an original musical based […]
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The lost girl
J.M. Barrie’s most famous creation has become shorthand for all puckish men-children who refuse to grow up, entranced by a world of adventure and derring-do, where good and evil exist on an uncomplicated binary. But while Peter Pan and his fellow Lost Boys have found life in numerous adaptations since Barrie first introduced the character […]
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ShawChicago goes out the way it came in, with The Doctor’s Dilemma
The company ends its run with the same play with which it first debuted in 1994.
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Bros do Prose brings hip-hop to Neverland in Peter Pan
The two-person cast plays a multitude of characters with infinite energy.
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In Neverland, Prop Thtr finds the poignancy in J.M. Barrie’s chestnut
The new take gives a well-worn story a modern sense of urgency.
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Chicago Shakespeare’s Peter Pan is a soaring delight for both kids and adults
You may have to explain afterward that flying without a harness should not be attempted at home.
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Winterset, Finding Neverland, and three more alternatives to holiday fare
A resonant period piece and a musical that does it better than the movie are among this week’s best bets.
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At Rhinofest, theater nobody sent for is a good thing
A weekend at Curious Theatre Branch’s 26th annual Rhinofest turns up old fringe favorites and potent new investigations.
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Theatrical adaptation is the sincerest form of flattery
Short dramatic takes on nondramatic work at the sixth annual Art of Adaptation Festival.