As the Goodman Theatre curtain rises in the Albert, the audience meets Ciliana, the narrator of Another Word For Beauty. She is older; she is spunky; she makes you laugh. And so it goes for a few minutes – until you aren’t sure what you are watching. Another Word For Beauty is a slice of…
I have a personal code when it comes to standing ovations. I believe that standing ovations have become the norm and that shouldn’t be the case. You give a standing ovation when you cannot contain yourself in your seat. When you have connected so much with a show that you literally have to leap up…
It’s time to take a trip this holiday season – back to 1954 to be exact. Drury Lane’s production of White Christmas is like visiting a moment in time that some of us have never experienced and some remember fondly. Where hair was groomed perfectly, dresses floated on air and pinups were voluptuous. Where watching…
Do you know who you are? Who you really are at the core of your being? When you strip away all of the diplomacy and refinement that you’ve developed over the years, who are you really and what do you believe? These are some of the questions at the center of Goodman Theatre’s new production…
Sibling relationships are complicated – particularly when one of the siblings is a self-involved actress who is used to getting her way. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is a slice of life story about two aging siblings who get a weekend visit from their movie star sister and her boy toy. Vanya and…
If you are a fan of the heart racing, blood pumping thrillers that are available both in movies and in books, I have the play for you! Now in it’s last two weeks, Stop. Reset. will leave you clutching your seat and trying to calm yourself while not even being completely aware as to what…
Leaving the Goodman Theatre after watching a production of The Little Foxes, I was struck by two things: How much I needed to take a breath and then speak with someone who would be kind to me. This slow building, intense show will have you both raising your eyebrows and laughing out loud. With biting…
One of the best things about being in Chicago is that everyone has access to good theatre. Whether it be in a larger theater downtown, a black box on the North Side or a small space in the suburbs, it’s just a matter of finding it! Tucked away in a Skokie theater, the Emergent Theatre…
If you have ever watched the First Wives Club movie and didn’t think it was possible to turn it into an entertaining musical, you were wrong. First Wives Club made it’s Pre-Broadway debut on our Chicago stage at the Oriental Theatre this past Wednesday with a full house and lots of applause. This was a…
