Steve Scott directs a storefront production of Shakespeare’s wallow into the nature of unadorned power-lust and demagoguery. With a minimal set—a couple benches, steps with a recess to indicate the space for a throne—and little in the way of choreography or any other theatrical gimmickry, Promethean Theatre Ensemble leaves the Bard’s words to work their […]
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Mrs. Warren’s Profession confronts our hypocrisies about sex work
Elaine Carlson delivers a biting title performance for Promethean Theatre.
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Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde is incandescent theater
Jamie Bragg and Heather Smith embody the love that dares to speak its name.
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Arcadia pulls its audience into various emotional and historical puzzles
The story serves as a love letter to hunger.
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Chicago, Lady X: The Musical, and seven more new theater reviews
The hometown return of an iconic show and the tuneful reboot of a camp classic are among this week’s best bets.
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The Tall Girls; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; and eight more new theater reviews
A League of One’s Own for Depression-era women’s basketball and a musical based on the Australian cult classic are among this week’s best bets.
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Twist Your Dickens, A Klingon Christmas Carol, and nine more new theater and performance reviews
A Second City show at the Goodman and a Star Trek-inspired Dickens adaptation are among this week’s best bets.
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Bullets Over Broadway, The Producers, MPAACT’s Feral, and nine more new theater reviews
Two hit musical comedies and a drama examining the Chicago Police Department’s “systemic racism” are among this week’s best bets.
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Teens in Trouble
Of two shows about kids, Spring Awakening and Girls vs. Boys, one’s juvenile