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Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 6, 2020
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Jeeves Saves the Day offers a midwinter escape

Bertie Wooster isn't the dimmest bulb onstage in First Folio's Wodehouse romp.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Theater Review, Jeeves Saves the Day, First Folio Theatre, P.G. Wodehouse, Margaret Raether, Joe Foust, Christian Gray, Jim McCance, Lucinda Johnston, Dan Klarer, Almanya Narula, Sean Sinitski, Angela Weber Miller, Rachel Lambert, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Oct 9, 2019
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Sherlock's Last Case puts the Baker Street genius in a tight spot

As First Folio's droll and dark production demonstrates, he rather deserves it.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Theater Review, Sherlock's Last Case, First Folio Theatre, Charles Marowitz, Janice L. Blixt, Kevin McKillip, Joe Foust, Belinda Bremner, René Ruelas, Lydia Hiller, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jul 24, 2019
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Diana Coates is second to none in Henry V

Perfect casting in the title role saves First Folio’s production from a conceptual misstep.
- By Jack Helbig
- Tags: Theater Review, First Folio Theatre, Henry V, Hayley Rice, Diana Coates, Lydia Berger Gray, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Apr 10, 2019
The Firestorm pulls its punches in its examination of white privilege

Our hero a racist? No sirree!
- By Jack Helbig
- Tags: Theater Review, The Firestorm, First Folio Theatre, Meridith Friedman, Rachel Lambert, Steve O’Connell, Melanie Loren, racism, fraternity initiation

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jan 31, 2019
All Childish Things is what happens when Star Wars meets Ocean's 11

Joe Zettelmaier's heist comedy unfolds with the grace of a well-maintained droid.
- By Jack Helbig
- Tags: Theater Review, All Childish Things, First Folio Theatre, Joe Zettelmaier, Star Wars, fandom, heist, Eric Eilsersen, Melanie Keller, 501st Legion

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Oct 12, 2017
Choir Boy, Foxfinder, and 12 more stage shows to see now

A play by Moonlight author Tarell Alvin McCraney and a paranoiac drama by British playwright Dawn Hall are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Blue/Orange, Runcible Theatre Company, Joe Penhall, National Theatre of Great Britian, Owen Hickle Edwards, Stephen Fedo, Nathaniel Andrew, Idi Amin Dada, Uganda, National Health Service, Andrew Root, Royal George Theatre Center, Raven Theatre, Tarell Alvin McCraney, the Brother/Sister Plays, Moonlight, Choir Boy, Michael Menendian, Christopher W. Jones, Breon Arzell, Frederick Harris, The Crucible, Steppenwolf for Young Adults, Arthur Miller, Arnel Sancianco, Jonathan Berry, Wallace Shawn, Evening at the Talk House, A Red Orchid Theatre, HB Ward, Shade Murray, Foxfinder, Dawn King, Interrobang Theatre, Alexandra Fisher, David Anthony Marshall, Jack Olin, Margaret Knapp, The Invisible Hand, Ayad Akhtar, Steep Theatre, Joel Reitsma, Audrey Francis, Lady Faust, Sharai Bohannon, Sophie Duntley, Christopher Marlowe, Faust, Torey Byrne, The Making of an American Folk Hero, Martin Zimmerman, Kelly Howe, The Other Theatre Company, The Man-Beast, First Folio Theatre, Joseph Zettelmaier, Hayley Rice, Elizabeth Laidlaw, Aaron Christensen, Lyric Opera, Rigoletto, Verdi, Victor Hugo, Ryan Opera Center, Quinn Kelsey, Mathew Polenzani, Michael Yeargen, Marco Armiliato, Saint Joan, George Bernard Shaw, Marylynne Anderson-Cooper, Poetic Forum Collective, Christabel Donkor, de Chirico, UniverSoul Circus, Cedric Walker, Bone Breakers, Reutan Collective, Wasteland Hero, Kyle Encinas, Nicky Jasper, Kate Lass, Bobby Hoffman, Kim Fukawa, Witi, an Interactive Show, Matthew Hoelter, iO

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Jul 19, 2017
Something Rotten, The Project(s), and eight more new stage shows to see now

A touring Broadway hit and a youth revival from American Theater Company are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Shakespeare, As You Like It, First Folio Theatre, Skyler Schrempp, Kevin McKillip, The God of Isaac, Frank Collin, Skokie, Dennis Začek, James Sherman, T. Isaac Sherman, Grippo Stage Company, Bruised Orange Theater, I Saw You, personals, OkCupid, improv, Clint Scheffer, Ann Sonneville, Lela & Co., Steep Theatre, Cordelia Lynn, Robin Witt, Chris Chmelik, Michael John LaChiusa, Little Fish, Hello Again, The Wild Party, Kokandy Productions, Nicole Laurenzi, Allison Hendrix, Kasey Alfonso, Kory Danielson, Loose Knit, Theresa Rebeck, Public House Theatre, Eclipse Theatre, Megastasis, Kia Corthron, commutation, Anthony Conway, Aaron Todd Douglas, My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy, Brad Zimmerman, The Project(s), American Theater Company Youth Ensemble, PJ Paparelli, Jess McCleod, Sarah Slight, Monty Cole, CHA, Chicago public housing, Something Rotten, Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Apr 5, 2017
Born Yesterday, The Great and Terrible Wizard of Oz, and seven more new theater and comedy reviews

A classic from Remy Bumppo and a revival from the House Theatre of Chicago are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Garson Kanin, Born Yesterday, Eliza Stoughton, Greg Matthew Anderson, Sean M. Sullivan, David Darlow, Fatelessness, Melissa Lorraine, Imre Kertész, Theatre Y, Benjamin Holliday Wardell, Andràs Visky, Adam Boncz, Feminism and Other Things, Drinking and Writing Theater, Amelia Bethel, Lady Grace Murphy, the House Theatre of Chicago, The Great and Terrible Wizard of Oz, Phillip Kapperich, AnJi White, Joe Steakley, L. Frank Baum, Christine Mayland Perkins, Tellin' Tales Theatre, Tekki Lomnicki, Steve Glickman, Judi Lee Goshen, Silent Sky, Lauren Gunderson, First Folio Theatre, Henrietta Leavitt, Melanie Keller, Cassandra Bissell, Christopher Kriz, Adventure Stage Chicago, Six Stories Tall, Marco Ramirez, Wolfgang Stein, the Annoyance, Anneliese Toft, Judi Lee Goshen, Tom Arvetis

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Oct 19, 2016
Seven theater and comedy shows for the spooky season

From Dracula to the Demon Barber of Fleet Street’s . . . brother
- By Tony Adler, Justin Hayford, Jack Helbig, Deanna Isaacs, Dan Jakes, Aimee Levitt, and Isabel Ochoa Gold
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Are You Still Afraid of the Dark?, Under the Gun Theater, Nickelodeon, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Hobo Junction, Bernie Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street . . . 's Brother, Kristi Parker Barnhart, Camp Psychopathways, iO Theater, Danny Galvin, Brad Pike, Robbie Ellis, Gretchen Eng, Dracula, Dr. Seward's Dracula, First Folio Theatre, Christian Gray, Joseph Zettlemaier, Alison C. Vesely, Waltzing Mechanics, Hell Stories, El Stories, CTA, The Medium, Gian Carlo Menotti, Heather Aranyi, ColorBox Theatre, Ouija: A Haunted History, the Annoyance, William Fuld, Parker Brothers, Sam Locke

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Apr 10, 2013
Recommended
Overwhelmed by Underneath the Lintel

This First Folio show is worth a little apostasy.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Wandering Jew, Jerusalem, Golgotha, Jesus, Second Coming, Glen Berger, Underneath the Lintel, First Folio Theatre, Alison Vesely, Kristine Thatcher, Michael Joseph Mitchell, Recommended

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Recommended
Jeeves Saves the Day offers a midwinter escape

Bertie Wooster isn't the dimmest bulb onstage in First Folio's Wodehouse romp.

Recommended
Sherlock's Last Case puts the Baker Street genius in a tight spot

As First Folio's droll and dark production demonstrates, he rather deserves it.

Recommended
Diana Coates is second to none in Henry V

Perfect casting in the title role saves First Folio’s production from a conceptual misstep.

The Firestorm pulls its punches in its examination of white privilege

Our hero a racist? No sirree!

All Childish Things is what happens when Star Wars meets Ocean's 11

Joe Zettelmaier's heist comedy unfolds with the grace of a well-maintained droid.

Choir Boy, Foxfinder, and 12 more stage shows to see now

A play by Moonlight author Tarell Alvin McCraney and a paranoiac drama by British playwright Dawn Hall are among this week's best bets.

Something Rotten, The Project(s), and eight more new stage shows to see now

A touring Broadway hit and a youth revival from American Theater Company are among this week's best bets.

Born Yesterday, The Great and Terrible Wizard of Oz, and seven more new theater and comedy reviews

A classic from Remy Bumppo and a revival from the House Theatre of Chicago are among this week's best bets.

Seven theater and comedy shows for the spooky season

From Dracula to the Demon Barber of Fleet Street’s . . . brother

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Overwhelmed by Underneath the Lintel

This First Folio show is worth a little apostasy.

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Bertie Wooster isn't the dimmest bulb onstage in First Folio's Wodehouse romp.

As First Folio's droll and dark production demonstrates, he rather deserves it.

Perfect casting in the title role saves First Folio’s production from a conceptual misstep.

Our hero a racist? No sirree!

Joe Zettelmaier's heist comedy unfolds with the grace of a well-maintained droid.

A play by Moonlight author Tarell Alvin McCraney and a paranoiac drama by British playwright Dawn Hall are among this week's best bets.

A touring Broadway hit and a youth revival from American Theater Company are among this week's best bets.

A classic from Remy Bumppo and a revival from the House Theatre of Chicago are among this week's best bets.

From Dracula to the Demon Barber of Fleet Street’s . . . brother

This First Folio show is worth a little apostasy.

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