The Iceman Cometh In The Iceman Cometh (featuring Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy), Harry Hope’s saloon is home to a ragtag band of drunks and dreamers who celebrate the arrival of Hickey, the charismatic traveling[…]
Month: April 2012
The Roar of The Butterfly opening @ Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
The Roar of The Butterfly The setting for “The Roar of the Butterfly” is the memorial service for Butterfly, an Asian drag queen who has been a colorful and inspirational character in the lives of[…]
Romeo vs Juliet opening @ Studio BE
Romeo vs Juliet Shakespeare’s original text, with no added dialogue, but plenty of added combat, set in a clash between rival families of ninjas and pirates. Presented by Pretty / Windy – Chicago Sketch Comedy &[…]
tick, tick… BOOM! opening @ Stage 773
tick, tick… BOOM! tick, tick… BOOM! is Larson’s semi-autobiographical story of Jon, an aspiring composer anxiously approaching his 30th birthday. Jon’s girlfriend wants to get married and leave New York for a more conventional life,[…]
When the Rain Stops Falling opening @ Circle Theatre
When the Rain Stops Falling When the Rain Stops Falling is a beautifully heartbreaking story of a journey across time where the acts of the past prove devastating to the next generation. Spanning 1959 to[…]
Tigers Be Still opening @ Theater Wit
Tigers Be Still Meet Sherry, a recent college graduate with a master’s degree in art therapy. But like so many 20-somethings who find themselves back at home, here she sits, unemployed, overwhelmed and dealing with[…]
Cats opening @ Cadillac Palace Theatre
Cats The show that revolutionized musical theatre, CATS, is coming to Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre for one week only! In October of 1991 CATS became the longest continuously touring show in American theatre history. Five[…]
Pride and Prejudice opening @ Lifeline Theatre
Pride and Prejudice In the town of Meryton, reputation and marriage can secure – or destroy – a young woman’s happiness. Faced with the loss of their land and income, Elizabeth Bennet’s mother is desperate[…]
The Kiss Kiss Cabaret – REVIEW
By J. Scott Hill Johnny Carson was called the King of Late Night. After nearly thirty of the Tonight Show, Carson had struck upon the magic formula for the late-night talk show: monologue, comedy bit, guest[…]
LA MUSICA opening @ Alliance Française de Chicago
LA MUSICA Starring Elizabeth Laidlaw and John Gray Directed by Noémi Schlosser. Translation by Alice Austen. “Of all the things that are final, there is nothing more final than this” After a three year separation,[…]