Local Performances

"[title of show]" Review - Original, Innovative, Engaging

Last week I had the opportunity to see what I feel is easily the best show of Northlight Theatre’s 2011-2012 season, [title of show]

The Iceman Cometh Review - Takes its Time Getting There but Ultimately Delivers

A superb adaptation of the little produced O'Neill masterpiece

Rise of the Numberless Review - Planned Parenthood Taken to the Extreme

In an Orwellian, totalitarian America, the notion of planned parenthood is taken to the extreme.

New Local Performances Articles

Civitas Ensemble at Nichols Hall Review - And The People Rejoiced

Civitas is a staggeringly talented group of musicians farmed from the ranks of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The quality of their performance – as well as the group’s mission – is immense

Orion Ensemble Presents All That Jazz Review - The Chamber-Jazz Mash Up

The stately and ornate décor of Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall served as a backdrop for Chicago chamber group Orion Ensemble’s penultimate concert of its 2011 – 2012 season

Music in the Loft Review - The Legacy of Fredda Hyman

The legacy of Fredda Hyman lives on to celebrate her gift to the world and the arts through Music in the Loft which provided opportunities for young artists to perform in an intimate, nurturing, and acoustically superior setting

“The News” Review – Fulcrumpoint Makes The News

The combination of music with the remixing of news clips, the color mix and rhythmic qualities and live “anchorwomen” were totally engrossing and fascinating in the one night only Fulcrum Point New Music Project at Park West

A Brown Bear, A Moon, and A Caterpillar Review - The Magic of Eric Carle Brought to Stage

The works of Eric Carle are brought to life with puppetry and beautiful set design

CATS The Musical Review-Decades on Broadway and Still The CATS Meow

CATS known for being the longest continuously touring Broadway musical in history, will only be playing for a week at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theater this time around from May 1st, 2012 through the 6th.

Tigers Be Still at Theater Wit Review - Misery Has Company

While certainly resting well in the darkest depths of comedy, Tigers Be Still is nonetheless a poignant look at the different ways people and families are affected by depression

Chicago Opera Theater Handel's Teseo Review - Love of Power or Power of Love, the Finale of Medea's Madness

Handel's Tesero is the last chapter of the trilogy in which the wicked Medea is tormented by jealousy – this time Teseo of Athens is the object of her affections. A final unrequited love story that ultimately leads to Medea’s merciless revenge

‘Being Shakespeare’ Review — A Revealing Look at the Man behind the Iambic Pentameter

Actor Simon Callow spins new insights into the life of the Bard

Jersey Boys Review - Worth Seeing Time and Time Again

Jersey Boys are the famous Frankie Valli and the Four Season in the Tony-Award & Grammy Award Winning Musical worth seeing time and again

Moscow, Cheryomushki Review - Kruschev's Plan, Moscow, 1958

Chicago Opera Theater (COT) presents Shostakovich’s Moscow, Cheryomushki a comedic operetta sung in English illuminating the trials of Kruschev's 20th century urban Russia: sub-standard living conditions, chronic housing shortages, and love games

‘Angels in America’ Review — Court Theatre’s Production Soars

Superb cast and direction make Angels in America a must-see at Court Theatre

We Are Proud To Present… at Victory Gardens Review – An Evening of Genocide at the Theater

When considering recommending theater events in your area, it is usually not the best selling point to rave about a play whose topic focuses almost exclusively on genocide. And yet here we are

Rick Bayless in Cascabel Review – Dinner-Daring-Desire

Rick Bayless in Cascabel is theater and dining unlike anything I have ever experienced

L-VIS LIVE! Review - A Multimedia Hip-Hop Journey

Kevin Coval explores race and the role it plays in artistic expressions in this spoken word performance

‘Fela!’ Review — Vibrant Afrobeat Musical Dances with Politics

Fela! brings a Broadway cast to Chicago to tell the story of Nigerian musical and political legend Fela Kuti

"Ten Chimneys" Review - An Up Close and Personal Look at the Lives of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne

Continuing Northlight Theatre’s 2011-2012 season is Ten Chimneys (written by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Artistic Director BJ Jones) at the center of which are Broadway legends Alfred Lunt (V Craig Heidenreich), Lynn Fontanne (Lia D. Mortensen)

“Luna Negra Dance Theater” Review – World premiere of CARMEN.maquia at the Harris Theater, March 24, 2012

Artistic director of Luna Negra Dance Theater, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano has taken some creative risks with this world premier of Carmen, entitled Carmen.maquia

Music Institiute of Chicago features pianist Meng-Chieh Liu Review - An Artist Does the Impossible

Acclaimed pianist and Music Institute of Chicago faculty member Meng-Chieh Liu performs a concert program. Surely this man has experienced the sorrow and courage which seemed to put him in a place beyond our reality as he performed his magic

‘The Rest Unknown’ Review — Interactive Fun with Genesis Ensemble

Eat, play, live with Genesis Ensemble's interactive tour