By Venus Zarris This weekend I went to see a production of a drama at one of the city’s big name anchor theaters. It looked great, had a gifted cast and an excellent script but[…]
Month: November 2008
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes – REVIEW
By Matt Zarris As you sit in your seat at the Circle Theatre, looking at a relatively short stage, you may initially think to yourself, “How are they going to pull off a musical comedy[…]
Grey Gardens – REVIEW
By Venus Zarris From fascinating true stories sometimes comes great theater. From fascinating true stories sometimes come theatrical versions of the stories. Grey Gardens represents the latter. Grey Gardens tells the story of Edith Bouvier[…]
Technical Difficulties
Due to some serious problems caused by AT&T incompetence, there have been delays in publishing reviews and features. Due to the hard work and efforts of the few actual concerned employees of AT&T[…]
RACE IN AMERICA: A DISCUSSION WITH NO WALLS
TIMELINE THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES FREE PANEL DISCUSSION “RACE IN AMERICA: A DISCUSSION WITH NO WALLS” ON DECEMBER 2, 6 – 8 PM TimeLine Theatre Company announces “Race in America: A Discussion With No Walls,” a panel[…]
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular – REVIEW
Shining, Sparkling, Dazzling Christmas Spectacular! By Robert Andersen It is true; sometimes you just don’t know what you’re missing. A Holiday tradition is born!!!! I was swept away on a cloud of twinkling lights by this presentation[…]
Well – REVIEW
By Venus Zarris Playwright Lisa Kron examines the universality of illness and how it impacts personal relationships in Well. We are told that it is “not meant to be a well made play but rather[…]
Dublin Carol – REVIEW
By Venus Zarris Dublin Carol is a bittersweet memory play about a man whose life was almost completely ruined by drinking and the, still heavy, price he pays for his past. When his estranged daughter[…]
In Loving Memory
By Venus Zarris What makes a person fall in love with the arts? Other than the arts themselves, (the way they connect to us, connect us with ourselves, each other and our world, the ways[…]
THE UNCONQUERED – REVIEW
By Venus Zarris A hyper-stylized retro TV-land acid trip meets poetically stark and academic sociopolitical subversion in Trap Door Theatre’s Chicago premiere of The Unconquered by British playwright Torbin Betts. Beata Pilch intuitively directs a[…]