By J. Scott Hill Sometimes a bad play happens to a good playwright. Simpatico is not Sam Shepard’s best work. It is a noir tale set in the world of horseracing, like an American take[…]
Month: July 2013
A Clown Car Named Desire – REVIEW
By J. Scott Hill Recently, the comedy and theatre communities lost a legend in Second City co-founder Bernie Sahlins. While Sahlins had not held an ownership interest in Second City for some time, his imprint[…]
THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS opening @ Theater On The Lake
THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS by Mickle Maher Theater Oobleck revives Mickle Maher’s comedy in rhymed verse told via two lectures on the poetry of William Blake: one given in the morning[…]
Grant Park Music Festival – New World Symphony (Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95), July 6, 2013 – CONCERT REVIEW
New World Symphony (Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95) By Antonín Dvořák Grant Park Music Festival July 6, 2013 By Lori Dana The follow-up to the Grant Park Music Festival’s traditional July 3rd[…]