Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale is moving and magical.
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Ensemble is the first gossip-free oral history of Chicago theater
Mark Larson explains how he created his 700-page behemoth.
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a bombastic retelling of the original monster novel
This is the fourth adaptation this year, if you’re still keeping track.
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Act(s) of God provides no justification for its existence
Actor Kareem Bandealy’s playwriting debut overreaches.
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Here are 19 shows to get you into the holiday spirit
Christmas trains, elves, bingo, showgirls, and many, many carols, plus the Quranic perspective and Hanukkah goblins.
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Goodbye to Tony Adler, the best weekly theater critic Chicago’s ever had
His retirement after 38 years will leave a void both at the Reader and in Chicago’s theater scene.
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Chicago celebrates two centuries of Dr. Frankenstein and his monster
Frankenfest brings four stage adaptations of Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece.
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Bachelorette, Hard Times, and 12 more stage shows to see now
A “ferocious ensemble effort” and a pitch-perfect revival are among this week’s best bets.
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There’s madness ahoy in Lookingglass’s Moby Dick
David Catlin’s dazzling aerial-acrobatic production returns.
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Report: Judge shot to death outside his home was previously beaten in road-rage incident, and other Chicago news
Also, how the feds built a case against former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert.
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American Hwangap, Matt Damon Improv, and 12 more stage and comedy shows to see now
A Korean-American family drama and an all-female Annoyance troupe are among this week’s best bets.
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Aaron Posner follows up Stupid Fucking Bird with another Chekhov adaptation, Life Sucks
Aaron Posner adapts another Chekhov classic, this time for Lookingglass Theatre.
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Lookingglass Theatre’s Thaddeus and Slocum is more vaudeville, less adventure
The cabaret-style show shines in its musical numbers, but suffers in its storytelling.
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Lookingglass’s Blood Wedding, Strawdog’s D.O.A., and nine more notable current stage shows
García Lorca gets transplanted to the Dust Bowl, and an off-Loop mainstay goes noir.
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Mary Zimmerman hits the decks with the pirate classic Treasure Island
“Sea voyages are in almost every thing I’ve ever done,” Mary Zimmerman acknowledged in an e-mail exchange. The auteur, known for stage realizations of The Odyssey, The Argonauticka, and other watery epics, supposes that the ocean holds a “great romance” for her because she grew up in landlocked Nebraska. Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Inland” (“What […]