Performing Arts
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Fine acting makes 'Stones in His Pockets' a delightMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - The words "physical theater" conjure images of acrobatic and athletic displays produced by Lookingglass Theatre, The Actors Gymnasium and 500 Clown, companies where acto...
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Much falls flat in Janus' Brecht reviewMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - There are so many things wrong with Janus Theatre's "The Greatest Story eBertolt: A Brecht Review" that they obscure the good intentions of Sarafina Vecchio, the show's ...
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Arlington Heights singer, actress in Broadway production of 'Hairspray'May 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Spring began on a sour note for singer/actress Karen Mason after a fire damaged the New York home she shares with her producer husband Paul Rolnick. The tune turned swee...
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'Speech & Debate' makes a winning argumentMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - The synopsis of Stephen Karam's "Speech & Debate" reads like a plot outline from a John Hughes film. Misfit teens form a high-school forensics team and, in the process, ...
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Strong acting can't boost so-so political musicalMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The best moments in the new musical "Old Town" don't involve singing or dancing. The acting prowess of the Strawdog Theatre cast surpasses their singing in the company'...
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'Another Piece of Cake' puts former actor back on stageMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - When Madelyn Sergel gave up her career as an actor to marry, have kids, move to a house in Gurnee, she never dreamt that ten years later she would be back in the theater...
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'Neverwhere' drops the ballMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - One gets a sense that somewhere in "Neverwhere: A Circus Underground," a weighty message lies buried. Watching this show, adapted from Neil Gaiman's novelization of his ...
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Suburban alums have musical rootsMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - "Old Town," the new musical by Brett Neveu and Mikhail Fiksel about an old-fashioned political dynasty and the old-school politics they practice is an anomaly for Strawd...
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Attend the tale of 'Sweeney Todd'Apr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The masses may prefer Harold Prince's meatier "Sweeney Todd," but adventurous gourmets will relish John Doyle's leaner yet still savory re-imagining of the masterful 197...
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Lost in historyApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Playwright Robert Schenkkan has an ax to grind. Unfortunately his weapon, the dull and didactic "Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates," needs sharpening. The time-traveli...