Performing Arts
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'Harriet Jacobs' holds candle to sadness of slaveryFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - In the 1830s, a young slave woman named Harriet Jacobs drilled a hole in the wall of the tiny attic where she lived in hiding from a hateful slave owner. The hole let ...
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'Big Blue Nail' lacks focusFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - One of my colleagues insists good writing has as much to do with what a writer leaves out of a story as what he or she includes. He's right. Paring down the narrative, ...
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Incomplete mystery gets fast-paced conclusion at Noble FoolFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - A rollicking good time is to be had with Noble Fool Theatricals' "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" (or "Drood" for short). That is, if you're willing to follow along with the...
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Production yanked by GoodmanFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Artistic differences have prompted the Goodman Theatre to pull "The Boys Are Coming Home," by Leslie Arden (music and lyrics) and Rebecca Gilman (book) from its summer s...
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A strong-willed princess puts oomph in 'Triumph'Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Parents who don't buy into the "damsel-in-distress" heroines of the Disney Princesses marketing machine might consider steering their kids to the princess of Pierre Mari...
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A lush 'Garden' in full bloomFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - It would be easy to attribute the onstage chemistry between Carmen Roman and James Leaming, stars of Todd Logan's "Botanic Garden," to their offstage relationship. Easy...
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A good story left untoldFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - There's much to admire in Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder's 2007 drama "Gee's Bend." Yet one gets the sense that Wilder doesn't delve deeply enough into the remarkable everyday...
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At the theaterFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - A PR agency owner on the skids desperately tries to get back on top in the new comedy "Pitching Penguins." The show opens Saturday at Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater,...
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'Deathtrap' as deadly as everFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - You'd think that seasoned theater audiences would, by now, know all the twists and turns of Ira Levin's "Deathtrap." After all, it's frequently touted as the longest-run...
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Sentimental 'Time' benefits from lyrical writingFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - A lot of emotion and very little plot describes "The Time of Your Life," William Saroyan's 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy-drama in a revival at Chicago's Provision T...