Cash Every generation has its storytellers… but it’s rare when one artist’s voice moves through so many years making such a personal connection with so many audiences. Johnny Cash remained at the front of our[…]
Month: November 2010
Lobby Hero opening @ Redtwist Theatre
Lobby Hero A clever and witty drama about right and wrong and the blurry line that separates the two. Lobby Hero is the hopeful tale of Jeff, a bright and charming young man with big[…]
Pancake Breakfast opening @ The Viaduct Theater
Pancake Breakfast “Pancake Breakfast” is based on author Sissom’s actual long-time family tradition of attending the 4H Club’s annual breakfast. Names have been changed to keep peace at home and The New Colony has put[…]
Boojum! Nonsense, Truth and Lewis Carroll – REVIEW
By Lori Dana Caffeine Theatre and Chicago Opera Vanguard’s latest endeavor is the American premiere of Boojum! Nonsense, Truth and Lewis Carroll, an ambitious piece of Australian musical theater that made its debut on the[…]
Travels With My Aunt opening @ Writers’ Theatre
Travels With My Aunt Henry Pulling, a mild-mannered retired banker, leads a quiet life tending his beloved dahlias and never straying too far from his Southwood, England home. But when his eccentric and outrageous Aunt[…]
Second City’s Dysfunctional Holiday Revue opening @ Second City
Second City’s Dysfunctional Holiday Revue Second City’s Dysfunctional Holiday Revue features a seasonal blend of hilarious scenes, songs and our trademark improvisation with a sprig of holiday mischief for a night of spirited fun. Funny,[…]
It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play opening @ American Theatre Comapny
It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play Bedford Falls. 1948. ATC transforms its intimate space into an actual 1940’s radio studio to tell Capra’s classic story of one man’s affect on his community. Complete with[…]
Under Construction opening @ The Artistic Home
Under Construction The piece looks at memory and the American family through the lenses of Norman Rockwell and modern assemblage art and asks- how do we know the truth about our lives if our memories[…]
A Christmas Carol opening @ Goodman Theatre
A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is the tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who is opposed to holiday cheer and indifferent to the sufferings of the poor in Victorian London. Scrooge is visited by[…]
The Santaland Diaries opening @ Theater Wit
The Santaland Diaries The ideal holiday tradition for people who don’t believe in holiday traditions, The Santaland Diaries is the unconventional, uproariously funny story of David, a struggling young writer who reluctantly takes a seasonal[…]