BEATLEGRAS: live in concert! @ Wilmette Theatre Bands have been covering Beatles tunes for decades, but none like this talented trio. Imagine the music of the Fab …Four shaken up with infusions of bluegrass and[…]
Month: July 2010
Wiggerlover [whiteboy+blackdad=greyareas] – TONIGHT @ Strawdog Theatre
Wiggerlover [whiteboy+blackdad=greyareas] – TONIGHT! July 30 – 11:00pm It’s a special command performance! Hear the stories that ALL my friends have been begging me to tell since High School. It’s part memoir, part editorial, all[…]
“THE MERCHANTS OF BOLLYWOOD” MAKES NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE AT AUDITORIUM THEATRE!
INTERNATIONAL SMASH HIT “THE MERCHANTS OF BOLLYWOOD” MAKES NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE AT CHICAGO’S AUDITORIUM THEATRE FOR TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY OCTOBER 1 – 2, 2010 *Tickets Go On Sale Friday, July 30 at 10 a.m. CT[…]
Closing Weekend for King Phycus – DON’T MISS!
The Strange Tree Group had pulled off the most brilliant Shakespeare parody in the history of Shakespeare parodies and delivers a hysterically spellbinding evening in the process. They have also pulled off a remarkably successful[…]
Walking with Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular @ Allstate Arena – EXCLUSIVE PHOTO ESSAY
Photo Essay by Venus Zarris Just before the show began, a man excused himself and his son as they exited our row. “I don’t think that you’ll have to worry about us coming back” he[…]
Walking with Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular – REVIEW
By J. Scott Hill We at Chicago Stage Review are peas in a couple of pretty specific pods, bound one to another not only by our love of the performing arts, but by our acolyte-like[…]
The Ruby Sunrise opening @ Theater On The Lake
The Ruby Sunrise The Ruby Sunrise charts the course of television: from idealism and sparks of genius to promises fulfilled and compromises brokered. The story starts with a young girl named Ruby setting off from[…]
Late: A Cowboy Song – REVIEW
By Venus Zarris We are all children, moving about in our adult lives. We play the parts of adults based on observation and training, or the lack thereof, but when it comes right down to[…]
UrbanTheater Company: From the Streets to the Stage to the Goodman and Beyond
(Ivan Vega, Elena Guiochin, Marilyn Camacho, Madrid St. Angelo, Jasmin Cardenas, Andy Bragen & Marti Lyons) By Venus Zarris From their powerful inaugural production of Miguel Piñero’s Short Eyes, to their incredible follow up of Piñero’s The Sun Always Shines[…]
Dental Society Midwinter Meeting – REVIEW
By Venus Zarris As the house lights go down the standard pre-show instructions begin. Along with asking for cell phones to be silenced we hear, “If you have candy, please unwrap it now or throw[…]