Lydia Berger Gray Archives - Chicago Reader

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 […]

Diana Coates is second to none in Henry V

by Jack Helbig July 24, 2019August 18, 2021

Perfect casting in the title role saves First Folio’s production from a conceptual misstep.

ShawChicago turns a staged reading of Arms and the Man into a symphony

by Kerry Reid February 8, 2019August 18, 2021

It’s a perfect anti-romantic comedy, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

The Amish Project, Hitch*cocktails, and seven more new stage shows to see now

by Chicago Reader July 12, 2017August 18, 2021

A one-woman show about a terrible tragedy and an improvised thriller performed under the influence are among this week’s best bets.