Tag: Chicago
Robert Tenges’s Latest Play is Just, Like, Whatever
A playwright with a teenage son looks at the emotional landscape of adolescence.
The Makers of the Music Makers
In Chicago, discovering creative performers and craftsmen expressing who we are as a civilization.
Finding the Poetry in a Culture at War
Romero's trilogy of plays on the USA at war are "poetic and surprisingly gentle".
A New Home for the Modern Myth
Embracing "wacky" untold stories with one of Chicago's newest companies.
Zoë Wanamaker Talks Theater Here and Abroad
The Anglo-American actress gabs about the Encores! "Zorba!" and much more.
A Magical Interruption
Join us as we discuss MT Cozzola's newest play Pop Up Kid, as well as all things Magical Realism.
We Need More Crappy Plays
Harold Clurman said, "You can't have good plays unless you have a lot of bad ones."
Steppenwolf Brings the Heat
Issues of class, race and survival during Chicago's 1995 heat wave.
Cheryl Coons on the Dramatists Guild: Is It Worth It?
How one playwright drives the "national conversation."
Surreality Check, Part 2: Building a Lookingglass Wonderland
Pushing beyond the limits of realism.
Surreality Check: Why Are Most Current Plays Realistic?
Questioning the dominance of realism in contemporary plays.
The Creativity of a Twisted Sister
"Dee Snider’s Rock & Roll Christmas Tale" provides a surprising delight in Chicago.
Fear and Freedom: The Runaways Lab Theatre
The Runaways Lab Theatre, “a company bent on achieving the impossible –no more, no less”.
Sexpionage with Martin Zimmerman
Digging into history for a play about sexuality, censorship and mass communication.
Second City No More: A Roundtable on Chicago Theater
Akhtar, Peet, Senior and Witt on Chicago vs. New York theater.