Articles filed under Theater
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Court's production of 'First Breeze' just stale airJun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Happy are those who arrive at the theater without expectations, for they are rarely disappointed. Court Theatre raised this theatergoer's expectations when it announced...
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'O, Boy' Holly falls just a little bit shortMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - There's nothing wrong with "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story" that a good writer couldn't fix. And there's nothing wrong with Drury Lane Theatre Oak Brook's diligent, well-m...
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A few incomplete 'Answers' don't hurt this playMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - In "The Lady With All the Answers," Ann Landers the character addresses the audience the same way Ann Landers the advice columnist addressed her readers: with a combinat...
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Sweet 'Taste of Honey' in tune with the timesMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Life doesn't unfold very sweetly for the discontented, marginalized characters in "A Taste of Honey," Shelagh Delaney's 1958 play notable for its unsentimental portrayal...
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'Buddy Holly Story' actor returns to his suburban roots for roleMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - When actor/singer Michael Gerhart graduated Northwestern University in 1986, he believed he would soon have to move to New York City to make his way as an actor. So in 1...
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Theater newsMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - "30 Rock" cast members figure prominently in this year's Chicago Improv Festival, featuring more than 60 acts from around the country and Canada. Paul Scheer and Jack M...
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Reprieved 'Nunsense' hasn't lost its touchMay 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Beginning last fall with a smartly reimagined regional premiere of "The Producers," and continuing with a triumphant revival of "Les Miserables" earlier this year, big s...
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'Musical' skewers theater's enduring showsMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - You don't have to be a theater cognoscenti to appreciate the jokes writers Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart liberally sprinkle throughout their oddly titled but affection...
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DeYoung's 'Hunchback' sticks here and thereMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Aristotle posited that the whole is more than the sum of its parts. In the case of Dennis DeYoung's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," it's a bit less. DeYoung's musical ada...
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'Avenue Q' echoes a familiar addressMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I arrived at "Avenue Q" a skeptic and left a convert. The wildly successful puppet musical, conceived by composer/lyricists Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, had gimmick writt...