Jeeves Intervenes Archives

Two men and a woman, all dressed in elegant 1920s evening wear, are onstage. On the left, a man holds a martin glass while perched on a sofa, where a woman in a white dress and black accessories is seated. Behind the couch another man is crouched in a furtive position, as if spying on the other two.

Manservant and manchild

by Kerry Reid November 9, 2022November 9, 2022

Fourteen years ago, First Folio Theatre presented Jeeves Intervenes, the first in what would prove to be a reliably crowd-pleasing series of adaptations by Margaret Raether of P.G. Wodehouse’s “Jeeves and Bertie” stories. (Jeeves Saves the Day was the last show the company presented before the COVID-19 shutdown.) So it makes sense that they’d kick […]

Arts & Culture

Winterset, Finding Neverland, and three more alternatives to holiday fare

by Chicago Reader November 30, 2016August 18, 2021

A resonant period piece and a musical that does it better than the movie are among this week’s best bets.