The tale of blues musician Robert Johnson crossing paths with the devil is a potent place to start, but this play still needs more work.
Review: ‘Leroy and Lucy’ at Steppenwolf is a revision of an old blues legend
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Review: ‘Into the Woods’ by Kokandy Productions is a magical Sondheim adventure
The audience is seated around grand pianos and very much seemed to be carried away into this extraordinary musical’s forest on the night I attended.
Review: Remy Bumppo’s ‘Dear Elizabeth’ fits a world of human connection between pages of letters
Sarah Ruhl’s enthralling play is about the decades-long friendship between the 20th century poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell.
Review: At Chicago Children’s Theatre, ‘Milo Imagines the World’ has a young audience right there with him
Oh, the pleasures of watching a kid’s show accompanied by a school group. I was reminded at this musical how much I missed the experience.
Review: ‘Left on Tenth’ on Broadway is a simple story about late-in-life romance
As penned by Delia Ephron from her memoir, it stars Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher in a play that’s first about loss and grief.
With ‘Pericles,’ the Royal Shakespeare Company and Chicago Shakes begin a new transatlantic collaboration
RSC co-artistic director Tamara Harvey spoke to the Tribune about the two company’s plans and why it’s fun to put on a Shakespeare play that few people know well.
Review: ‘Inheritance’ by Factory Theater is about brothers on an ominous fishing expedition
Transforming personal trauma into a supernatural element is a favorite trope of writers across many genres, including horror, fantasy, magical realism and speculative fiction. Embodying fear, grief or guilt in the form of a ghost, monster or some other form of spook can offer a vivid perspective into a character’s psychological state and give the […]
Review: Nicole Scherzinger is devastating in a sultry new ‘Sunset Blvd.’ on Broadway
There’s no more gilded cage for Norma in director Jamie Lloyd’s red-hot, straight-from-London revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s noir 1993 musical.
Review: Magician Siegfried Tieber’s best trick is his deft touch with audiences
The Ecuadorian American magician and mentalist is a guest for the next couple of weeks at Dennis Watkins’ intimate “Magic Parlour.” Don’t miss his show.
Review: This ‘Our Town’ Broadway revival opens Thornton Wilder’s story up to everyone
One of director Kenny Leon’s distinctive gifts is his ability to take a canonical American play and make it feel like it was written about all Americans.