By Venus Zarris Two exciting world premiere commissions and a classic ballet comprise ECLECTICA, the Joffrey Ballet’s brilliant spring program. ECLECTICA provides an evening of world-class ballet and once again proves that Chicago is infinitely[…]
Month: April 2010
Celebrity Autobiography – 2 NIGHTS ONLY @ Royal George Theatre
Celebrity Autobiography How does Vanna flip her panels? What does Stallone have in his freezer? Why did Burt and Loni topple from the upper tier of their wedding cake? What makes the Jonas Brothers get[…]
CRISIS (A Musical Game Show) opening @ The Neo-Futurarium
CRISIS (A Musical Game Show) Come on down! Winners, losers and cash prizes play their part in this interactive spring show. Inspired by the styles of classic televised game shows, return contestants defend their titles[…]
The Pigeons opening @ Swim Cafe
The Pigeons by Joe Zarrow, directed by Cassy Sanders The Pigeons is a real estate farce set in Chicago’s diverse, rapidly-gentrifying West Town neighborhood. When Martin’s girlfriend kicks him out of their apartment, he has[…]
Jade Heart opening @ Chicago Dramatists
Jade Heart Abandoned as an infant on a pile of vegetables, a Chinese girl is adopted by an American and grows up in America with only half a jade heart as a clue to her[…]
I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I’m Afraid to Tell You opening @ Prop Theatre
I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I’m Afraid to Tell You Actress and writer Jennifer Jajeh, with award winning director W. Kamau Bell, present I Heart Hamas, a tragicomic solo theater show. Sick and tired[…]
David Sedaris @ Steppenwolf Theatre – ONE WEEK ONLY!
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Presents An Evening with David Sedaris June 8 – 13, 2010 Steppenwolf Theatre Company welcomes back best-selling author and NPR humorist David Sedaris for eight performances only in An Evening with David[…]
The Burlesque Beast opening @ Exit Chicago
Vaudezilla presents BROADZILLA! The Burlesque Beast Free Chicago Burlesque Show The Last Friday of Every Month! 10:30pm & 1:00am SHOWS different shows, same beast @ Exit Chicago 1315 W North Av Chicago IL 60642 Cover[…]
I Do! I Do! – REVIEW
By J. Scott Hill Theatre begins and ends with writing. Someone writes a play. The play goes into production, and is likely retooled during the rehearsal process. Actors make the script as if it were[…]
Les Liaisons Dangereuses – REVIEW
CLOSING WEEK – DO NOT MISS! By Venus Zarris Sexy, sophisticated, and scandalously sensual seductions permeate the perfectly potent period piece Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Playwright Christopher Hampton has crafted one of theater’s most delightfully diabolical[…]