Performing Arts
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Magical 'Hunchback' echoes with pathos, whimsyDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Magic unfolds in Redmoon Theatre's West Town warehouse. Rooted in the ordinary, and often in the grotesque, Redmoon's magic is not the jewel-tone gossamer enc...
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Blindfaith's 'Butterscotch' not so sweetDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - "Lord Butterscotch and the Curse of the Darkwater Phantom" is rather less than the sum of its parts. The British-style comedy (in its world premiere at Blindfaith Theat...
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Northlight's 'Ella' captures iconic songstess perfectlyDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - If E. Faye Butler wins the 2008 Jeff Award for lead actress in a musical, she has Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn to thank. Butler plays Ella Fitzgerald in...
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It's a 'Wonderful' showDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - I walked into American Theater Company with skepticism, not because it was producing "It's a Wonderful Life," but because the classic was being staged as a radio...
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Charlie Chaplin gets his due in new productionDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Plenty of plays have been adapted into movies. And plenty of movies have been adapted in the opposite direction, back to the stage. Think "The Producers." Or "A Christma...
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An Imperfect 'Princess Donkey-Head'Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - It's commendable that New World Repertory Theater opted not to trot out the same old "Christmas Carols" or "Nutcrackers" for the holiday season. Even more praise is due ...
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New World Rep breaks mold for holiday showNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Lots of theaters stage holiday shows. But most are variations on familiar stories. And then there's the Downer's Grove-based World Repertory Theatre. They're doing a hol...
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Engaging cast energizes 'Philadelphia Story' revivalNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart loom large over "The Philadelphia Story," George Cukor's 1940 big-screen version of Philip Barry's 1939 comedy-of...
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'Piano Teacher' about reconnecting with one's past
Nov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Her story, says Mrs. K, is a small one -- and she could not be more wrong. Played with astonishing and heartbreaking precision by Tony Award-winning actress...
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'Is she or isn't she?' That is the questionNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Sigmund Freud would have had a field day with Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw." The psychosexual undertones of James' 1898 novella about a governess who believes dem...