Gwydion Theatre’s pared-down, gripping production of Henrik Ibsen’s “Ghosts” at the Greenhouse is a homecoming of sorts: ...
Sadieh Rifai is a playwright to watch and this is a play worth seeing. A little trimming and shaping would make it better.
The sixtieth anniversary of the death of playwright Lorraine Hansberry is the catalyst for the first-ever Court Theatre ...
“Fool for Love” plays through March 23 at Steppenwolf’s Downstairs Theater, 1650 North Halsted. Tickets are $20-$138, ...
From what little I have seen of them, the Lazy Susan Theatre Company is an ambitious, young group that has all the talent ...
Ginger Krebs makes dance-based performances that point out the absurd and discomfiting wallpaper of everyday contemporary life with humor and, as she notes, a charming undercurrent of awkwardness.
In the 1960s, there was a vogue for so-called “documentary drama,” plays featuring more-or-less literal reenactments of historical events, such as J. Robert Oppenheimer’s security-clearance hearing, ...
Feuding neighbors have been a staple of storytelling for some time (Hatfields and McCoys, for example). After decades of use in plays, movies and television sitcoms, is this common conflict worn out?
Humor comes naturally to Kelly Anderson. “It’s part of the fabric of who I am,” she says. Anderson grew up in Wisconsin, raised by a family that holds an annual variety show on their potato farm.