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Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 26, 2021
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We're all in the same boat (alone) with Moby Dick and How Do We Navigate Space?

Two streaming shows from Theatre in the Dark and Strawdog capture the drama of obsession and isolation.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Theater Review, Theatre in the Dark, Moby Dick, Strawdog, How Do We Navigate Space, Herman Melville, Corey Bradberry, Redmoon, Pegasus, Jeffrey Dorchen, Blair Thomas, Bob Fisher, Mammals, Elizabeth McCoy, Mack Gordon, Robinson J. Cyprian, Nick Montopoli, Karissa Murrell Myers, Denise Yve, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 9, 2021
An inspector calls: The Ministry of Mundane Mysteries messes with a critic's head

This interactive performance-piece-by-phone offers a daily dose of oddness.
- By Catey Sullivan
- Tags: Theater Review, Ministry of Mundane Mysteries, Bramble Theatre, Outside the March

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 18, 2021
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Fillet of Solo reminds us that no one is alone

The annual festival of storytelling offers the freshest catches for COVID days.
- By Catey Sullivan
- Tags: Theater Review, Fillet of Solo, Live Bait Theater, Sharon Evans, The Stoop, The Moth, Rohina Malik, Tekki Lomnicki, David Kodeski, Marcia Wilkie, Jeff Garlin, Dorothy Milne, Rose Abdoo, The Kates, Stir-Friday Night!, Lily Be, Cheryl Rodey, Sarah Marie Young, Elizabeth Gomez, I Love Everyt, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 10, 2021
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Weaving tangled webs with Constellations and Missed Connections

Theatre Above the Law and A Red Orchid Theatre dive into the physics and magic of being alive together.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Theater Review, Constellations, Theatre Above the Law, Nick Payne, Tony Lawry, Melanie McNulty, Ross Compton, Missed Connections, Jon Tai, A Red Orchid Theatre, string theory, Craigslist, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jan 14, 2021
Zoo Motel and The Journey take us away from it all

Links Hall and Chicago Shakespeare host two virtual interactive shows on isolation and connection.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Theater Review, Zoo Motel, Links Hall, The Journey, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Thaddeus Phillips, Scott Silven, Steve Cuiffo, Steven Dufala, Mojave payphone, Otsuchi wind telephone, Itaru Sasaki, Abe Schiller, Bugsy Siegel, Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental, Tatiana Mallarino, Allie

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 23, 2020
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Retail, resistance, and rebirth in Wally World and Kickback

Christmas Eve goes to 11 in Isaac Gómez's workplace comedy; About Face celebrates Black queer lives, past and present.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Theater Review, Isaac Gómez, Wally World, Steppenwolf, Lili-Anne Brown, Sandra Marquez, Karen Rodriguez, Audrey Francis, Jacqueline Williams, About Face Theatre, Kickback, Mikael Burke, Rebuild Foundation, Robert Cornelius, Paul Oakley Stovall, Frankie Knuckles, Labi Siffre, ShaZah (Sh, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 18, 2020
The Chimes and I Hate It Here ring out a horrible year

Charles Dickens and Ike Holter are unlikely twin spirit guides in two online shows.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Theater Review, Remy Bumppo, The Chimes, Charles Dickens, Nick Sandys, Ian Frank, Studio Theatre, Ike Holter, I Hate It Here, Moony, Steep Theatre, The Light Fantastic, Jackalope

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 10, 2020
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Yule be home for Christmas with Manual Cinema and Hell in a Handbag

A Dickens chestnut and a spoof of 1970s celebrity specials join the online holiday theater lineup.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Theater Review, Manual Cinema, Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol, N. LaQuis Harkins, Drew Dir, Sarah Fornace, Ben Kauffman, Julia Miller, Kyle Vegter, Hell in a Handbag, David Cerda, Ed Jones, Stevie Love, Scott Lamberty, Alexis Castelvecchi, Nicky Mendelsohn, Michael Rashid, Grant Drager, Danne W. Taylor, David Lipschutz, Robert Williams, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Nov 18, 2020
Fragmented lives up to its title—for better or worse

The trials of being hapa in America get the callout treatment in this new digital play.
- By Irene Hsiao
- Tags: Theater Review, Fragmented, Karissa Murrell Myers, Spencer Ryan Diedrick, Daniella Wheelock, Brennan Urbi, Emily Marso, Our Perspective, AA Arts Incubator Program of Asian Improv Arts Midwest

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Nov 11, 2020
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The Spin and What the Constitution Means to Me provide post-election catharsis

The good, the bad, and the ugly of our politics are on display in two streaming shows.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Interrobang, The Spin, Spenser Davis, What the Constitution Means to Me, Heidi Schreck, Elana Elyce, Matthew Martinez Hannon, Laura Berner Taylor, Tom Dacey Carr, Salar Ardebili, Sarah Gise, Maria Dizzia, Oliver Butler, Marielle Heller, Mike Iveson, Jessica Lenahan Gonz, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Nov 2, 2020
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'Night, Mother asks 'Whose death is it anyway?'

Invictus's streaming production brings new angles to Marsha Norman's real-time drama.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Night Mother, Invictus Theatre, Marsha Norman, Diane Sintich, Courtney Gardner, Keisha Yelton-Hunter, Brian Clark, Whose Life Is It Anyway, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Oct 16, 2020
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Ladies and Martians

The Neo-Futurists and Theatre in the Dark offer shows for the spookiest of election seasons.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Theater Review, Neo-Futurists, 45 Plays for America's First Ladies, Theatre in the Dark, A War of the Worlds, Andy Bayiates, Bilal Dardai, Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, Sharon Greene, Chloe Johnston, Denise Yvette Cerna, Bill Burr, Michelle Obama, Andie Patterson, Ida Cuttler, Brenda Arella, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Oct 8, 2020
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16th Street and Strawdog examine racism and dystopia

Rastus and Hattie and Run the Beast Down bring nightmarish scenarios to virtual life.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Run the Beast Down, Strawdog Theatre, Rastus and Hattie, 16th Street Theater, Lisa Langford, Lanise Antoine Shelley, Kate Black-Spence, Krystel McNeil, David Goodloe, Ryan Kitley, Colin Jones, Jasmine Bracey, Roy Thomas, Olanrewaju Adewole, Nathan Cox-Reed, Octavia Butl, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Sep 16, 2020
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BoHo and Lifeline examine the public and private split

The Pursuit of Happiness and Pride and Prejudice confront the limitations of Zoom culture with exhilarating results.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Theater Review, BoHo Theatre, The Pursuit of Happiness, Lifeline Theatre, Pride and Prejudice, Sana Selemon, Donterrio Johnson, Walter Marks, Sammy Davis Jr., Bert Williams, Marguerite Mariama, Tony Churchill, Natara Easter, Dillon Chitto, Christina Calvit, Jane Austen, Dorothy Milne, H, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Aug 4, 2020
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ALAS and Of Dice and Men examine the vulnerability of social bonds

Trap Door reimagines its aesthetic for film; Otherworld films a onetime live performance (sans audience).
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Theater Review, Trap Door Theatre, ALAS, Matei Vişniec, Daniela Șilindean, Michael Mejia, Otherworld Theatre, Of Dice and Men, Cameron McNary, James Martineau, Leo Michael LaCamera, Jacob Bates, Scott Francis Longpre, Sarah Jean Tilford, Mary-Kate Arnold, Nathan Randall Miller, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Jul 14, 2020
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Streaming theater goes beyond Hamilton

The Public Theater, Black Lives, Black Words, and Hell in a Handbag put it all online.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Public Theater, The Line, Jessica Blank, Erik Jensen, Black Lives Black Words, Reginald Edmund, Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway, Kamal Angelo Bolden, Hell in a Handbag, David Cerda, Spenser Davis, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Feb 17, 2020
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A winning Queen of Spades

Deal yourself in for Tchaikovsky's operatic exploration of obsession at Lyric.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, The Queen of Spades, Lyric Opera, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Pushkin, Modest Tchaikovsky, Brandon Jovanovich, Sondra Radvanovsky, Lucas Meachem, Richard Jones, Benjamin Davis, Andrew Davis, John Macfarlane, Kyle van Schoonhoven, David Weigel, Samuel Youn, Jill, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Feb 12, 2020
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Freedom Ride gives voice to an important chapter in American history

Chicago Opera Theater's exploration of the civil rights movement traces one fictional woman's journey.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Freedom Ride, Chicago Opera Theater, Dan Shore, Raymond Arsenault, Tazewell Thompson, Dara Rahming, Kimberly E. Jones, Robert Sims, Tyrone Chambers II, Lidiya Yankovskaya, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Feb 11, 2020
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Madama Butterfly is the ultimate bad date story

"Honor incarnate" meets a dirtbag in Puccini's opera, with tragic results.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Madama Butterfly, Lyric Opera, Giacomo Puccini, David Belasco, Michael Grandage, Louisa Muller, Ana María Martinez, Brian Jagde, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Dec 17, 2019
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The Light in the Piazza is a holiday-season treat at Lyric

Renée Fleming stars in Adam Guettel’s rapturous romantic musical.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, The Light in the Piazza, Adam Guettel, Craig Lucas, Renee Fleming, Solea Pfeiffer, Rob Houchen, Alex Jennings, Suzanne Kantorski, Elizabeth Spencer, Daniel Evans, Kimberly Grigsby, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Dec 2, 2019
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We three queens

Sondra Radvanovsky sings the last acts of Donizetti's three Tudor queen operas.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, The Three Queens, Lyric Opera, Sondra Radvanovsky, Gaetano Donizetti, Riccardo Frizza, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Nov 19, 2019
On a bountiful opera weekend, Chicago Opera Theater climbs a peak

Everest is a stunning adventure; plus the return of Don Giovanni at the Lyric
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Chicago Opera Theater, Everest, Aleko, Joby Talbot, Gene Scheer, Lidiya Yankovskaya, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Don Giovanni, Aleksey Bogdanov, Andrew Bidlack, Rachael Willis-Sorensen, Into Thin Air, Robert Falls, Zoie Reams, Zachary Nelson

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Nov 12, 2019
Recommended
Rink Life takes us on a circular journey through collaboration

Lucky Plush's new ensemble piece uses the roller rink as a metaphor for community.
- By Irene Hsiao
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Rink Life, Lucky Plush, Steppenwolf, Julia Rhoads, Melinda Jean Myers, Michel Rodriguez Cintra, Jacinda Ratcliffe, Kara Brody, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Nov 7, 2019
Earth to Kenzie has a message: kids are homeless too

There are three public performances of Lyric's new children's opera this weekend.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Earth to Kenzie, Frances Pollack, Jessica Murphy Moo, Kateri Gormley, Emma Ritter, Christina Pecce, Keanon Kyles, Yasuko Oura, Jess McLeod, Mieka van der Ploeg, Jeffrey D. Kmiec

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Nov 4, 2019
Recommended
Dead Man Walking makes its gut-punching Lyric debut

Jake Heggie's opera took nearly 20 years to make the journey to Lyric, but it's not to be missed.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Dead Man Walking, Lyric Opera, Jake Heggie, Terrence McNally, Leonard Foglia, Sister Helen Prejean, Patricia Racette, Whitney Morrison, Ryan McKinney, Susan Graham, Nicole Paiement, Recommended

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