Archives
May 2012
- 22: Review: Bodies (MPAACT)
- 22: Review: The Marvin Gaye Story (Black Ensemble Theater)
- 21: Review: In the Continuum (Pegasus Players)
- 21: Review: Bang the Drum Slowly (Raven Theatre)
- 19: Review: Arcadia (New Leaf Theatre)
- 19: Review: Kin (Griffin Theatre)
- 19: Review: Incendiary (Wishbone Theatre Collective)
- 18: Review: My Kind of Town (TimeLine Theatre)
- 17: Review: Peter Pan's Shadow Part 2: Everland (Dream Theatre)
- 17: Review: Elephant’s Graveyard (Red Tape Theatre)
- 15: Review: The Cripple of Inishmaan (Redtwist Theatre)
- 14: Review: Living Large in a Mini Kind of Way (Teatro Luna)
- 13: Review: Jamaica, Farewell (Chopin Theatre)
- 13: Review: [title of show] - Northlight Theatre
- 12: Review: A Little Night Music (Writers' Theatre)
- 12: Review: Her Naked Skin (Shattered Globe Theatre)
- 10: Review: Little Shop of Horrors (Street Tempo Theatre)
- 10: Review: Encores - After the Theatre and Other Stories (Piven Theatre Workshop)
- 10: Review: Devour (20% Theatre Company)
- 9: Review: White Trash Wedding and a Funeral (Factory Theater)
- 9: Review: Sixty Miles to Silver Lake (Collaboraction)
- 9: Review: Henry V (Promethean Theatre)
- 8: Review: Hostage Song (Signal Ensemble Theatre)
- 8: Review: Rent (About Face Theatre and American Theater Company)
- 6: Review: Sexy Baby (Hell in a Handbag Productions)
- 5: Review: My Asian Mom (A-Squared Theatre Workshop)
- 5: Review: tick, tick…BOOM! (Porchlight Music Theatre)
- 5: Review: The Iceman Cometh (Goodman Theatre)
- 5: Review: Timon of Athens (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
- 4: Review: Spider Saloff’s The Roar of the Butterfly (KMP Artists)
- 4: Review: Cats (Broadway in Chicago)
- 3: Review: Tigers Be Still (Theater Wit)
April 2012
- 30: Review: Pride and Prejudice (Lifeline Theatre)
- 30: Review: Maggie and Coco Save the World: A Live Sitcom (Coriolis Theater)
- 30: Review: Comm-80s-a (Chicago dell'Arte)
- 29: Review: Spring Desire (Joffrey Ballet Chicago)
- 28: Review: Teseo (Chicago Opera Theater)
- 28: Review: Original Improv Gladiators–Season 16 (Cornservatory)
- 27: Review: Opus 1861 - The Civil War in Symphony (City Lit Theatre)
- 27: Review: In a Forest, Dark and Deep (Profiles Theatre)
- 27: Review: Rise of the Numberless (Bailiwick Chicago and The New Colony)
- 26: Review: Mrs. Warren's Profession (ShawChicago)
- 24: Happy 70th Birthday Barbra Streisand!!!
- 24: Review: All Girl Moby Dick (The Mammals)
- 24: Review: The Duchess of Malfi (Strawdog Theatre)
- 24: Review: Melancholy Play (Grey Ghost Theatre)
- 23: Review: Wiggerlover [white boy + black dad = grey areas] (Raven Theatre)
- 22: Review: Simon Callow in Being Shakespeare (Broadway Playhouse)
- 22: Review: Moscow, Cheryomushki (Chicago Opera Theater)
- 20: Review: Girl You Know It's True (Pavement Group)
- 19: Review: Angels in America - Part One: Millennium Approaches (Court Theatre)
- 19: Review: Angels in America – Part Two: Perestroika (Court Theatre)
- 19: Review: Liberal Arts the Musical (Underscore Theatre)
- 18: Review: The March (Steppenwolf Theatre)
- 17: Review: Fish Men (Teatro Vista @ Goodman Theatre)
- 17: Review: Motherhood the Musical (The Royal George Theatre)
- 16: Review: The Improv Play (Infusion Theatre)
- 15: Review: The Pirates of Penzance (Marriott Theatre)
- 14: Review: The Receptionist (Steep Theatre)
- 14: Review: The Butcher of Baraboo (A Red Orchid Theatre)
- 14: Review: We Are Proud to Present… (Victory Gardens)
- 13: Review: One Night Stand (CIMM Fest)
- 13: Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- 12: Review: After the Revolution (Next Theatre)
- 12: Review: Jersey Boys (Broadway in Chicago)
- 11: Review: Re-Spiced: A Silk Road Cabaret (Silk Road Rising)
- 10: Review: The Rainmaker (Boho Theatre)
- 9: Review: Doubt (AstonRep Theatre)
- 8: Review: Rick Bayless in Cascabel (Lookingglass Theatre)
- 8: Review: As You Like It (Strangeloop Theatre)
- 8: Review: Tunnel Rat (Genesis Theatrical Productions)
- 5: Review: Chesapeake (Remy Bumppo Theatre)
- 4: Review: Trash (Babes With Blades)
- 2: Review: The Sweetest Swing in Baseball (Step Up Productions)
March 2012
- 31: Review: L-VIS Live! (Victory Gardens Theater)
- 31: Review: Pippin (Music Theatre Company)
- 31: Review: The Gospels of Childhood Triptych (Teatr ZAR)
- 30: Review: Fucking A (Urban Theater Chicago)
- 29: Review: The Last Duck (Jackalope Theatre)
- 29: Review: Tom Jones (Polarity Ensemble)
- 28: Review: Absolute Hell (The Gift Theatre)
- 27: Review: Freud's Last Session (Mercury Theater)
- 27: Review: Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed (Lifeline Theatre)
- 27: Review: The Giver (Adventure Stage Chicago)
- 26: Review: A Moon for the Misbegotten (Seanachai Theatre)
- 25: Review: The House of Yes (Hubris Productions)
- 25: Review: An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein (Devil's Thumb Productions)
- 24: Review: The Sea (Theatre Mir)
- 24: Black Playwrights Initiative - A Retrospective
- 24: Review: Bard Fiction (Commedia Beauregard)
- 23: Review: The Oxford Roof Climber’s Rebellion (Caffeine Theatre)
- 23: Review: GRAPHOMANIA (Plasticene)
- 21: Review: Tea and Sympathy (The Artistic Home)
- 21: Review: Beyond the Horizon (Eclipse Theatre)
- 20: Review: The Cherry Orchard (Piccolo Theatre)
- 18: Review: Ten Chimneys (Northlight Theatre)
- 18: Review: MeTube (Collaboraction)
- 17: Review: Best Musical! A Completely Improvised Musical Comedy (Porchlight Music Theatre)
- 17: Review: Falling: A Wake (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble)
- 17: Review: The Xylophone West (The Fine Print Theatre)
- 16: Review: Come Alive (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago)
- 15: Review: The Maids (Oracle Theatre)
- 15: Review: Pinocchio, The Wooden Boy (The Neo-Futurists)
- 14: Review: Hänsel und Gretel (The Building Stage)
- 14: Review: Riverdance (Broadway in Chicago)
- 13: Review: Camino Real (Goodman Theatre)
- 13: Review: The Light in the Piazza (Theo Ubique Theatre)
- 12: Sanity Break: The Real Housewives of Disney
- 11: Review: Seven Points for Love / Voices in the Dark (Fury Theater)
- 10: Review: Paradise Lost (The Agency Theater Collective)
- 10: Review: Bring It On (Broadway in Chicago)
- 9: Review: In the Heart of America (Theatre Seven)
- 8: Review: The Fall of Man (The Right Brain Project)
- 8: Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle (City Lit Theatre)
- 7: Review: fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life (Steppenwolf for Young Adults)
- 7: Review: A Catered Affair (Porchlight Music Theatre)
- 7: Review: The Convert (Goodman Theatre)
- 7: Review: The Price (Raven Theatre)
- 6: Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Marriott Theatre)
- 5: Review: The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later (Redtwist Theatre)
- 5: Review: Las Hermanas Padilla (Chicago Fusion Theatre)
- 5: Review: The North Plan (Theater Wit)
- 2: Review: Tammy: A Coming of Age Story About a Girl Who Is Part T-Rex (Cornservatory)
- 1: Review: The Petrified Forest (Strawdog Theatre)
- 1: Review: Rinaldo (Lyric Opera of Chicago)
February 2012
- 29: Review: My Kinda Town (Nothing Special Productions)
- 28: Review: The Magic Parlour at Palmer House Hilton (House Theatre of Chicago)
- 27: Review: Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew (Chicago Shakes)
- 26: Review: Fulton Street Sessions (TUTA Theatre Chicago)
- 26: Review: The Fisherman (Stage Left Theatre)
- 25: Review: The Caretaker (Writers' Theatre)
- 24: Review: Hunger (Lifeline Theatre)
- 23: Review: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Emerald City Theatre)
- 23: 2011 Beat Awards Nominations
- 22: Review: He Who (Theatre Zarko)
- 22: Review: They Are Dying Out (Trap Door Theatre)
- 22: Review: Winter Fire (Joffrey Ballet Chicago)
- 21: Review: Man Boobs (Pride Films and Plays)
- 21: Review: Jack’s Precious Moment (Will Act For Food)
- 20: Review: The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke -(re)discover theatre
- 20: Review: Oohrah! (LiveWire Chicago)
- 19: Review: Hit the Wall (The Inconvenience)
- 19: Review: Devil May Care (Wishbone Theatre Collective)
- 19: Review: Mark Twain: Patriot, Teacher, Philosopher (Saint Sebastian Players)
- 19: Review: Elder Gods (DreamLogic Theatreworks)
- 19: Review: Shakespeare's R & J (Idle Muse Theatre)
- 18: Review: Kill Me (WildClaw Theatre)
- 18: Review: Superior Donuts (Mary-Arrchie Theatre)
- 18: Review: Show Boat (Lyric Opera of Chicago)
- 17: Review: Six Characters in Search of an Author (The Hypocrites)
- 16: Review: South Pacific (Broadway in Chicago)
- 16: Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chicago Shakespeare)
- 16: Review: Dating Walter Dante (Raven Theatre)
- 16: Review: Crowded House (The State Theatre)
- 14: Review: Orpheus Descending (Shattered Globe Theatre)
- 12: Review: Unnecessary Farce (First Folio Theatre)
- 12: Review: The Foreigner (Provision Theater)
- 12: Review: Chester and the Unbearable Burden (Six Hours Short Productions)
- 11: Review: Barnum (Quest Theatre Ensemble)
- 11: Review: The Gingerbread House (Red Tape Theatre)
- 11: Review: Peter Pan's Shadow Part 1: Neverland (Dream Theatre)
- 10: Review: American Idiot (Broadway in Chicago)
- 8: Review: Ameriville (Victory Gardens Theater)
- 7: Review: Residue (Buzz22 Chicago)
- 6: Review: Androcles and the Lion (ShawChicago)
- 6: Review: The Complete History of America, Abridged (Metropolis Arts)
- 5: Review: Hesperia (Writers' Theatre)
- 5: Review: Bachelorette (Profiles Theatre)
- 3: Review: Aida (Lyric Opera of Chicago)
- 3: Review: Enron (Timeline Theatre)
- 2: Review: The Gog/Magog Project (Steep Theatre)
- 2: Review: Death and Harry Houdini (House Theatre of Chicago)
- 2: Review: Time Stands Still (Steppenwolf Theatre)
January 2012
- 31: Review: Disgraced (American Theater Company)
- 31: Review: A Chorus Line (Paramount Theatre)
- 31: Review: Quake (Buzz22 Chicago)
- 31: Review: The Invisible Man (Court Theatre)
- 31: Review: Motion (Signal Ensemble Theatre)
- 30: Review: Hedda Gabler (For This Theater)
- 29: Review: The Hunchback Variations Opera (Theater Oobleck)
- 29: Review: The Disorientation of Butterflies (Uncovered Theatre)
- 29: Review: Legally Blonde: The Musical (Marriott Theatre)
- 29: Review: The Houdini Box (Chicago Children's Theatre)
- 28: Review: Finding Peace in This House (Erasing The Distance)
- 27: Review: Punk Rock (Griffin Theatre)
- 27: Review: Gypsy (Drury Lane Oakbrook)
- 27: Review: Mamma Mia! (Broadway in Chicago)
- 26: Review: The Feast: an intimate Tempest (Chicago Shakespeare and Redmoon Theater)
- 26: Review: Butch LaRue presents: Mexican, Jews and Muppets (Stage 773)
- 25: Review: A Number (Backstage Theatre)
- 25: Review: Black Pearl Sings (Northlight Theatre)
- 24: Review: Race (Goodman Theatre)
- 24: Review: The Girl in the Yellow Dress (Next Theatre)
- 23: Review: The Drawer Boy (Filament Theatre Ensemble, The Den Theatre)
- 22: Review: Snow White (Emerald City Theatre)
- 22: Review: Clutter (MadKap Productions)
- 21: Review: Love and Money (Steep Theatre)
- 21: Review: danc(e)volve: New Works Festival (Hubbard Street Dance)
- 20: Review: Thirst (Cold Basement Dramatics)
- 18: Review: Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting
- 18: Review: Dark Play or Stories for Boys (Collaboraction)
- 18: Review: Tartuffe (Boho Theatre)
- 17: Review: little triggers (Ruckus Theater)
- 16: Review: Titanic (Cock & Bull Theatre)
- 16: Review: Megacosm (A Red Orchid Theatre)
- 16: Review: Blizzard '67 (Chicago Dramatists)
- 15: Review: Devils Don't Forget (The Mammals)
- 15: Review: The Ghost Is Here (Vitalist Theatre)
- 15: Review: To Tree (Brown Paper Box Co.)
- 13: Review: I Am Saying This Right Now (The Plagiarists)
- 12: Review: Come Fly Away (Broadway in Chicago)
- 12: Review: In The Heights (Broadway in Chicago)
- 11: It’s here - the Chicago Sketch Comedy Fest! (Stage 773)
- 8: Review: Ironmistress (Oracle Theatre)
- 8: Review: How to Survive a Fairytale (Lifeline Theatre)
December 2011
- 31: The best of Chicago theater in 2011
- 28: Review: The Addams Family (Broadway in Chicago)
- 28: Review: The Secret Garden (Light Opera Works)
- 26: Top 10 Chicago plays of 2011
- 25: Review: It's A Wonderful Life: The Radio Play (American Theater Company)
- 24: Review: That's Weird, Grandma - Holiday Edition (Barrel of Monkeys)
- 24: Review: In The Jungle (Howard Brown Health Center)
- 24: Holiday Sanity Break: St. Jude Carol of the Bells
- 23: Review: La Cage Aux Folles (Broadway in Chicago)
- 18: Review: Silent Night of the Living Dead (New Millennium Theatre)
- 18: Review: The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (Stage Left)
- 18: Review: Christmas in Chicago (The Fine Print Theatre)
- 17: Review: 2011 Winter Pageant (Redmoon Theatre)
- 17: Review: the word 'progress' on my mother's lips doesn't ring true (Trap Door Theatre)
- 16: Review: Striking 12 (Boho Theatre)
- 16: Review: Charles Dickens Begrudgingly... (The Building Stage)
- 15: Review: A Christmas Story the Musical! (Chicago Theatre)
- 13: Review: Opus (Redtwist Theatre)
- 13: Review: A Very Sci-Fi Christmas (Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)
- 13: Review: Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer (Hell in a Handbag Productions)
- 12: Review: The Nutcracker (Joffrey Ballet)
- 11: Review: Penelope (Steppenwolf Theatre)
- 10: Review: Crossed (Teatro Luna)
- 10: Review: A Christmas Carol: a silent bah-humbug (Silent Theatre)
- 9: Review: Elizabeth Rex (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
- 9: Review: The Magic Flute (Lyric Opera of Chicago)
- 8: Review: Hannukatz the Musical (National Pastime Theater)
- 7: Review: Donny and Marie: Christmas in Chicago (Broadway in Chicago)
- 6: Review: The Annoyance Christmas Pageant (Annoyance Theatre)
- 6: Review: The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (Provision Theatre)
- 5: Review: Spring Awakening (Griffin Theatre)
- 4: Review: St. Nicholas (Seanachai Theatre)
- 4: Review: A Christmas Carol (Goodman Theatre)
- 3: Review: A Klingon Christmas Carol (CB Theatre)
- 2: Review: Memphis (Broadway in Chicago)
- 2: Review: The Pirates of Penzance (The Hypocrites)
- 2: Review: It's a Wonderful Life (American Blues Theater)
November 2011
- 30: Review: Changes of Heart (Remy Bumppo Theatre)
- 28: Review: Pump Boys and Dinettes (Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre)
- 26: Review: The Santaland Diaries (Theater Wit)
- 26: Review: The Jackie Wilson Story (Black Ensemble Theater)
- 26: Review: The Christmas Schooner (Mercury Theater)
- 26: Review: Peer Gynt (Polarity Ensemble Theatre)
- 25: Review: Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway in Chicago)
- 24: Review: Burning Bluebeard (Neo-Futurists)
- 24: Review: We Are Not These Hands (Right Brain Project)
- 21: Review: Date Me! and Sound of Silence (Salomee Speelt)
- 21: Review: Ariadne auf Naxos (Lyric Opera of Chicago)
- 21: Review: An Iliad (Court Theatre)
- 21: Review: Junie B. Jones (Emerald City Theatre)
- 21: Review: Season's Greetings (Northlight Theatre)
- 20: Review: The Gray Girl (Factory Theater)
- 20: Review: All Childish Things (Hubris Productions)
- 19: Review: Seascape with Sharks and Dancer (Promethean Theatre Ensemble)
- 19: Review: Sweet Confinement (SiNNERMAN Ensemble)
- 18: Review: Ann (Broadway in Chicago)
- 17: Review: Five Flights (Immediate Theatre)
- 17: Review: The Nutcracker (House Theatre of Chicago)
- 16: Review: Let My People Come (Street Tempo Theatre)
- 15: Goodman Theatre’s New Stages: Ask Aunt Susan
- 15: Review: Red Light Winter (Mary-Arrchie Theatre)
- 15: Review: Reservoir Dogs (Roundhouse Productions)
- 14: Review: An Interrogation Primer (Side Project Theatre)
- 13: Review: Cities of Light (Piven Theatre)
- 13: Review: A Bright New Boise (LiveWire Chicago)
- 13: Review: Maestro, The Art of Leonard Bernstein (Royal George Theatre)
- 12: Review: Space Wars: The Panto! (Piccolo Theatre)
- 12: Review: Improv Gladiators (The Cornservatory)
- 11: Review: Assisted Living (Profiles Theatre)
- 11: Review: twentyone (Side Project Theatre)
- 10: Review: Our Leading Lady (Project 891 Theatre)
- 10: Review: Boris Godunov (Lyric Opera of Chicago)
- 9: Review: Rock of Ages (Broadway in Chicago)
- 9: Review: All the Girls Love Bobby Kennedy (Point of Contention)
- 8: Steppenwolf Theatre’s First Look Repertory: Want
- 8: Review: Goodnight Moon (Chicago Children's Theatre)
- 7: Review: The House of Yes (20% Theatre Company)
- 6: Review: Walk Two Moons (Adventure Stage Chicago)
- 5: Review: Maple and Vine (Next Theatre)
- 5: Review: Cloud 9 (The Gift Theatre)
- 5: Review: White Christmas (Marriott Theatre)
- 4: Review: The Game Show Show...And Stuff! (British Stage Company)
- 1: Review: Or (Caffeine Theatre)
October 2011
- 31: Review: Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy (New Suit Theatre)
- 29: Review: Momma’s Boyz (Teatro Vista)
- 28: Review: The Sound of Music (Drury Lane)
- 28:
- 28: Sanity Break: Halloween house lighting spectacular!
- 27: Review: A Behanding in Spokane (Profiles Theatre)
- 26: Review: The World Over (State Theatre of Chicago)
- 26: Review: Woman School (Vintage Theater Collective)
- 25: Review: The Elephant Man (Saint Sebastian Players)
- 24: Review: Rabbit Hole (AstonRep Theatre Company)
- 24: Review: The 13 Clocks (Lifeline Theatre)
- 24: Review: The Tempest (DreamLogic Theatreworks)
- 23: Review: The Boy in Black (Chicago Fusion Theatre)
- 23: Review: Under the Blue Sky (Steep Theatre)
- 22: Review: Between the Shadow and the Wall (Shadow and the Wall Productions)
- 22: Review: From The Circle: Remembering Earth Through Folktales (Filament Theatre)
- 21: Review: Doyle and Debbie Show (Royal George Theatre)
- 20: Review: Dartmoor Prison (Goodman Theatre)
- 20: Review: Pippin (Bohemian Theatre Ensemble)
- 20: Review: Beauty of the Father (UrbanTheater Chicago)
- 19: Review: Bus Stop (Raven Theatre)
- 19: Review: East of Berlin / The Russian Play (Signal Ensemble)
- 19: Review: Don Quixote (Joffrey Ballet Chicago)
- 19: Review: The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (Steppenwolf)
- 18: Review: The People's Choice (Genesis Theatrical)
- 18: Review: Mary Poppins (Broadway in Chicago)
- 18: Review: Pluto Is Listening (Infusion Theatre)
- 17: Revew: Noel Coward in Two Keys (ShawChicago)
- 15: Review: Follies (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
- 15: Review: The Ugly One (Sideshow Theatre)
- 15: Review: OVERWEIGHT, unimportant: MISSHAPE - A European Supper (Trap Door Theatre)
- 13: Review: The Spirit Play (Strange Tree Group)
- 12: Review: Old Times (Strawdog Theatre)
- 11: Review: Lucia di Lammermoor (Lyric Opera of Chicago)
- 11: Review: Den of Thieves (The Consortium Project)
- 11: Review: The Argument (Interrobang Theatre Project)
- 9: Review: Snapshots (Northlight Theatre)
- 9: Review: Rodgers & Hart, A Celebration (Light Opera Works)
- 7: Review: Caesura: A Butchery (The Plagiarists)
- 6: Review: The Fever Chart: Four Visions of the Middle East (Eclipse Theatre)
- 6: Review: The Great Fire (Lookingglass Theatre)
- 6: Review: Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking (Broadway in Chicago)
- 6: Review: Scott Janus: Monster Hunter! (New Millennium Theatre)
- 5: Review: A Touch of the Poet (The Artistic Home)
- 4: Review: Becky Shaw (A Red Orchid Theatre)
- 4: Review: Violet (Bailiwick Chicago)
- 4: Review: Brand (Red Tape Theatre)
- 4: Review: Becky Shaw (A Red Orchid Theatre)
- 4: Review: Burying Miss America (New Leaf Theatre)
- 3: Review: The Tales of Hoffman (Lyric Opera Chicago)
- 2: Review: The Shadow of a Gunman (Seanachai Theatre)
September 2011
- 30: Review: Pussy on the House (Hell in a Handbag Productions)
- 30: Review: Speaking in Tongues: The Chronicles of Babel (MPAACT Chicago)
- 30: Review: Red (Goodman Theatre)
- 29: Review: Elling (Redtwist Theatre)
- 29: Review: Mourning Becomes Electra (Remy Bumppo)
- 29: Review: The Amish Project (American Theater Company)
- 29: Review: Frat (Hatmaker Theatrical & The New Colony)
- 27: Review: If You Give a Cat a Cupcake (Emerald City)
- 26: Review: Riff Raff (Mary-Arrchie Theatre)
- 25: Review: Kabulitis (Polarity Ensemble & Rasaka Theatre)
- 25: Review: The Real Thing (Writers' Theatre)
- 25: Review: In the Next Room....or the vibrator play (Victory Gardens)
- 24: Review: Faust (TheMASSIVE at Stage 773)
- 24: Review: Starting Here, Starting Now (Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre)
- 23: Review: Moby-Dick (The Building Stage)
- 22: Review: Love, Loss and What I Wore (Broadway in Chicago)
- 21: Review: Spunk (Court Theatre)
- 21: Review: Clybourne Park (Steppenwolf Theatre)
- 21: Review: The Count of Monte Cristo (Lifeline Theatre)
- 21: Review: Schoolhouse Rock Live! (TheatreBam Chicago)
- 20: Review: Summer and Smoke (The Den Theatre)
- 18: Review: Yellowman (Greenetree Productions)
- 18: Review: My Fair Lady (Paramount Theatre)
- 16: Review: Barefoot in the Park (Chemically Imbalanced)
- 16: Review: Women Are Crazy Because Men Are A**holes (Cyur Studios)
- 14: Review: Be A Good Little Widow (Collaboraction)
- 13: Review: The Pitmen Painters (TimeLine Theatre)
- 13: Review: The Comedy of Errors (Piccolo Theatre)
- 12: Review: Corazon de Manzana (Mortar Theatre)
- 11: Review: Enter Love (Quest Theatre Ensemble)
- 11: Review: The Kid Thing (Chicago Dramatists, About Face)
- 10: Review: Farragut North (Stage Left Theatre)
- 10: Review: Waiting for Lefty (American Blues Theater)
- 9: Colin Quinn up close - the short story
- 7: Review: Putting It Together (Porchlight Music Theatre)
- 5: Review: Cyrano (House Theatre of Chicago)
- 4: Review: Life Separates Us (Oracle Theatre)
- 1: Review: Rocky Horror (Ludicrous Theatre)
August 2011
- 29: Review: For The Boys (Marriott Theatre)
- 25: Review: Sex and the Second City (Metropolis Arts)
- 25: Review: Colin Quinn: Long Story Short (Broadway in Chicago)
- 24: Review: A Walk in the Woods (Timeline Theatre)
- 23: Review: The Student Prince (Light Opera Works)
- 21: Review: Strangers and Romance (Strangeloop Theatre)
- 21: Sunday Sondheim: Not While I’m Around
- 21: Review: The Double (Babes With Blades Theatre)
- 20: Chicago Fringe Festival schedule announced
- 18: Review: Sweeney Todd (Drury Lane Theatre)
- 18: Review: Side Man (Ka-Tet Theatre)
- 16: Review: We Live Here (Theatre Seven of Chicago)
- 15: Review: The Lion in Winter (Idle Muse Theatre)
- 14: Review: In Pursuit (Hobo Junction)
- 13: Review: Family Devotions (Halcyon Theatre)
- 11: Review: As You Like It (Two Pence Shakespeare)
- 10: Review: The Trojan War (Inconceivable Theatre)
- 8: Review: Black & Blue (Factory Theater)
- 7: Review: Put My ___ in Your ____ (The Mammals)
- 6: Review: El Stories: Brown Line (Waltzing Mechanics)
- 5: Review: Sky’s the Limit (Second City e.t.c.)
- 5: Fillet of Solo Festival - Lifeline Theatre
- 3: Wednesday Wordplay: Lucille Ball’s 100th Birthday!
- 1: Review: Forever Plaid (Highland Park Players)
- 1: Review: 1001 (Collaboraction)
July 2011
- 31: Review: Pornography (Steep Theatre)
- 29: Review: Macbeth (Goat Song Theatre)
- 28: Review: West Side Story (Broadway in Chicago)
- 28: Review: The Misunderstanding (Theatre Y)
- 27: Wednesday Wordplay: Worst book titles of all time
- 27: Review: Jersey Shore: The Musical (4 Days Late)
- 26: Review: University (Theatre Momentum)
- 26: Review: The Trestle of Pope Lick Creek (Eclipse Theatre)
- 25: Review: The Rose of Stambul (Chicago Folks Operetta)
- 25: Review: En Route (one step at a time/Chicago Shakes)
- 24: Review: Laer’s Last Prayer (Stephen F. Murray)
- 23: Amy Winehouse, RIP
- 22: Review: Adventures of Pinocchio (Chicago Shakespeare)
- 22: Review: The Archivist (The Right Brain Project)
- 21: Sanity Break: 3-year old maestro in the making
- 20: Review: Hamlet (Oracle Productions)
- 20: Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Henry VIII to appear in Chicago movie theaters
- 20: Review: Around the World in 80 Days (Fox Valley Rep)
- 17: REVIEW: A Beautiful Spell (Rare Terra Theatre)
- 17: Review: Pinkalicious (Emerald City/Broadway Chicago)
- 17: Sunday Sondheim: "Loving You" from Passion
- 16: Review: Henry V (Oak Park Festival Theatre)
- 16: Review: Jeff Garlin - No Sugar Tonight (Steppenwolf)
- 15: Review: Krapp’s Last Tape (Signal Ensemble Theatre)
- 14: News: Project 891 Announces Third Season (Project 891 Theatre Company)
- 14: Review: Radio Goggles (Oracle Productions)
- 13: Wednesday Wordplay: passive-aggressive ways to keep people from stealing your food at work!
- 12: Review: Salome (National Pastime Theater)
- 12: Review: The Women (Circle Theatre)
- 11: Review: Stations Lost (Firecat Projects)
- 9: Review: Cirque Shanghai Extreme (Navy Pier)
- 9: Review: Romeo and Juliet (First Folio Theatre)
- 7: Review: All New Original Tribute to the Blues Brothers
- 6: Performance Fail: Helen Keller falls off stage in The Miracle Worker
- 3: Review: Let X (Nothing Special Productions)
- 3: Review: That Face (Redtwist Theatre, Chicago)
- 3: News: Blago Reporters on “The Front Page” (Timeline Theatre)
- 3: Review: Educating Rita (Shattered Globe Theatre)
- 2: Review: Icarus (Boho Theatre Ensemble)
- 2: Review: Beauty and the Beast (Broadway in Chicago)
- 2: Review: The Underpants (Hubris Productions)
- 2: Review: A Girl with Sun in Her Eyes (Pinebox Theater)
June 2011
- 30: Review: Ovo (Cirque du Soleil
- 29: Review: Chinglish (Goodman Theatre)
- 28: News: David Henry Hwang's Chinglish Headed to Broadway!
- 27: Review: Shout! The Mod Musical (Marriott Theatre)
- 26: Review: Middletown (Steppenwolf Theatre)
- 25: Review: Five Lesbians Eating A Quiche (The New Colony)
- 22: Review: A Clockwork Orange (DreamLogic Theatreworks)
- 22: Review: Vincent River (Theatre Y)
- 22: Review: Marisol (The Artistic Home)
- 22: Review: Fifth of July (Infamous Commonwealth Theatre)
- 21: Review: The Homosexuals (About Face Theatre)
- 21: Review: Yellow Face (Silk Road Theatre Project)
- 20: Sketchbook: Evolution (Collaboraction)
- 19: Review: Only Kidding (Emergent Theatre)
- 19: Review: Jesus Camp - The Musical (Corn Productions)
- 18: Review: King Henry the Fourth (Oak Park Festival Theatre)
- 18: Review: Broadway Bound (Drury Lane Oakbrook)
- 17: Review: Animals Out of Paper (Steppenwolf Theatre)
- 15: Review: Exiles (Theatre Y)
- 15: Review: Where We’re Born (Steppenwolf Theatre)
- 15: Review: The Violence of My Affection (The Brigata)
- 14: 2011 Theater on the Lake Festival
- 13: Review: The Last Act of Lilka Kadison (Lookingglass)
- 12: Review: The Chicago Landmark Project (Theatre Seven)
- 12: Review: Venus (Steppenwolf Theatre)
- 12: Review: Bonegrinders (Bendsinister Theatre)
- 11: Review: Boobs and Goombas (Geek Girl Burlesque/GTT)
- 11: Review: Theophilus North (Organic Theater)
- 10: Review: Lighthousekeeping (New Leaf Theatre)
- 9: Review: See You in the Mourning (Naked Theatre Chicago)
- 9: Review: The Cherry Orchard (Raven Theatre)
- 9: Review: Chicago the Musical (Broadway in Chicago)
- 8: Review: The Naked King (Organic Theater Chicago)
- 8: Review: Sister Calling My Name (Uncovered Theatre)
- 7: Review: Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Remarcable Productions)
- 7: 2011 Non-Equity Jeff Award Winners!
- 7: News Alert! Gay terrorist spotted on Michigan Avenue!
- 6: Review: Skylight (Appetite Theatre)
- 5: Review: Macbeth (Roundhouse Productions)
- 5: Review: Brigadoon (Light Opera Works)
- 4: Review: Trogg! A Musical (Hell in a Handbag Productions)
- 3: Review: The Detective’s Wife (Writers’ Theatre)
- 1: Review: Bug (Redtwist Theatre Chicago)
May 2011
- 31: Review: Mother Bear (Mortar Theatre)
- 30: Review: Nunsense (Metropolis Performing Arts Centre)
- 26: Review: Chicago One-Minute Play Festival (Victory Gardens)
- 26: Sanity Break: Chicago floating in the clouds - beautiful!
- 25: Wednesday Wordplay: Bette Davis and her enemies
- 24: Review: The First (and Last) Musical on Mars (New Rock)
- 24: Review: Three Days of Rain (Backstage Theatre)
- 24: Sanity Break: Best cover-letter ever???
- 24: Review: A Lesson Before Dying (Lincoln Square Theatre)
- 23: Review: Porgy and Bess (Court Theatre Chicago)
- 22: Review: Dot & Ziggy (Chicago Children’s Theatre)
- 22: Review: The Outgoing Tide (Northlight Theatre)
- 22: Review: Big Love (Chicago Fusion Theatre)
- 21: Review: Murder for Two (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
- 21: Review: The Gospel According to James (Victory Gardens)
- 21: Review: Fifty Words (Profiles Theatre)
- 21: Review: Murder for Two (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
- 21: Review: Murder for Two (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
- 21: Review: Summer Series (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago)
- 20: Review: War and Peace: A Dance Theater Short (Viaduct)
- 20: Review: Alvin Ailey Dance - Revelations (Auditorium Theatre)
- 20: Review: 500 Clown Trapped (500 Clown & Adventure Stage)
- 20: Review: Elephant Man (Red Ink Productions)
- 19: Review: Iphigeneia at Aulis (Lights Out Theatre)
- 19: Review: Sleeping with Straight Men (Ludicrous Theatre)
- 18: Review: Aces (Signal Ensemble)
- 18: Review: Down & Dirty Romeo & Juliet (Shattered Globe)
- 18: Wednesday Wordplay: Correct punctuation can save lives
- 17: Review: Something’s Afoot (Citadel Theatre)
- 15: Review: Hickorydickory (Chicago Dramatists)
- 15: Review: Ismene (Dream Theatre)
- 15: Review: No More Dead Dogs (Griffin Theatre)
- 14: Review: Watership Down (Lifeline Theatre)
- 14: Review: Slaughter City (Jackalope Theatre)
- 14: Review: The Last Saint on Sugar Hill (MPAACT)
- 14: Review: Freedom, NY (Teatro Vista)
- 13: Review: Stage Kiss (Goodman Theatre)
- 13: Review: Nunset Boulevard (Theatre at the Center)
- 13: Review: Tragedy: a tragedy (Red Tape Theatre)
- 12: Review: The Maid of Orleans (Strangeloop Theatre)
- 12: Review: Life Is a Dream (Vitalist Theatre)
- 11: Review: Adrift in Macao (InnateVolution Theater)
- 11: Review: Helen (Vintage Theater Collective)
- 11: Sanity Break: Gotta Share! Improv social media musical
- 11: Review: Cubicle! An Office Space Musical (New Millennium)
- 10: Review: Cold Cold Feet (Diamante Productions)
- 10: Review: Rising Stars (Joffrey Ballet)
- 8: Review: Festen (Steep Theatre)
- 8: Review: HE/SHE (Chicago Opera Theater)
- 7: Review: Electra and Orestes (20% Theatre Company)
- 7: Review: Heartbreak House (Writers’ Theatre)
- 7: Review: Steel Magnolias (Saint Sebastian Players)
- 7: Review: Roadkill Confidential (Dog and Pony Theatre)
- 6: Review: The Rainmaker (The James Downing Theatre)
- 6: Review: The Original Grease (American Theater Company)
- 6: Review: Peter Pan (360 Entertainment & Broadway Chicago)
- 6: Review: Spring Awakening (Broadway in Chicago)
- 4: Review: Wonders Never Cease (Provision Theater)
- 4: Review: Oprah! A Comedy! Live Your Best Laugh (Annoyance Theatre)
- 3: Review: Erratica (The American Demigods)
- 1: Review: A Little Night Music (Circle Theatre)
- 1: Review: Performing Tonight! Liza Minnelli’s Daughter (Neo-Futurists)
April 2011
- 30: Review: The King and I (Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago)
- 30: Review: Soul Samurai (Infusion Theatre Company)
- 29: Review: Rantoul and Die (American Blues Theater)
- 29: Review: Next to Normal (Broadway in Chicago)
- 28: Review: Orpheus: Featuring DJ Puzzle as Fate (Filament)
- 28: Review: Eurydice (Filament Theatre Ensemble)
- 28: Review: Cirque Éloize iD (Broadway in Chicago)
- 28: Review: Passing Strange (Bailiwick Chicago)
- 27: Review: Pony (About Face Theatre)
- 27: Review: Woyzeck (The Hypocrites)
- 27: Review: Maybe in a Moment (Thresholds Theatre Arts)
- 26: Review: 42nd Street (Marriott Theatre)
- 26: Review: Bury the Dead (Promethean Theatre Ensemble)
- 26: Reivew: Ribbon Around a Bomb (Prologue Theatre)
- 25: Review: Medea (Chicago Opera Theater)
- 25: Review: The Conquest of the South Pole (Strawdog Theatre)
- 24: Review: South Side of Heaven (Second City)
- 22: Review: The Front Page (TimeLine Theatre)
- 22: Review: Birthright (eta Creative Arts)
- 21: Review: Arms and the Man (ShawChicago)
- 21: Review: The Madness of George III (Chicago Shakespeare)
- 20: Review: The Copperhead (City Lit Theater)
- 20: Review: Wreckage / Brutal Imagination (Caffeine Theatre)
- 19: Review: Before and After (Theatre Momentum)
- 18: Review: Dixie’s Tupperware Party (Royal George Theatre)
- 17: Review: Twinkie and the Beast (MidTangent Productions)
- 17: Review: The Alchemist (Nothing Special Productions)
- 16: Review: White Noise (Royal George and Whoopi Goldberg)
- 16: Review: There Is a Happiness that Morning Is (Theatre Oobleck)
- 16: Review: One Flea Spare (Eclipse Theatre)
- 16: Review: The Metal Children (Next Theatre Company)
- 14: Review: Tree (Victory Gardens Theater)
- 14: Review: The Butler Didn’t! (Metropolis Performing Arts)
- 14: Review: Well of Horniness (Reasonable Facsimile Theatre)
- 14: Review: I Am Montana (Mortar Theatre Company)
- 14: Review: The Voodoo Chalk Circle (State Theatre Chicago)
- 13: Review: Verse Chorus Verse (Tympanic Theatre)
- 12: Review: The Mandrake (A Red Orchid Theatre)
- 12: Review: Solo Works (Theatre Zarko)
- 10: Top 10 Chicago shows we’re looking forward to this spring
- 9: Review: The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia? (Remy Bumppo)
- 9: Review: The Buzz that Is the Buzz (Curious Branch Theatre)
- 9: Review: Unbroken (Kid Brooklyn Productions)
- 8: Review: Dirty Blonde (Boho Theatre Ensemble)
- 6: Review: The Hot L Baltimore (Steppenwolf Theatre)
- 6: Review: From Generation to Generation (Genesis Theatricals)
- 6: Review: Always, Patsy Cline (Fox Valley Repertory)
- 6: Review: El Nogalar (Teatro Vista at Goodman Theatre)
- 6: Review: Sense and Sensibility (Northlight Theatre)
- 5: Review: Soul One (Clock Productions)
- 4: Review: Romeo and Juliet (Babes With Blades)
- 3: Review: 6th Annual Chaos Festival (Point of Contention)
- 3: Review: Death and the Powers (Chicago Opera Theater)
- 2: Review: Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland)
- 2: Review: Man from Nebraska (Redtwist Theatre)
- 1: Review: Star Witness (House Theatre)
March 2011
- 31: Review: Ephemera (Polarity Ensemble Theatre)
- 28: Review: The Warriors (The New Colony)
- 27: Review: All in Love Is Fair (Black Ensemble Theater)
- 27: Review: Made in Puerto Rico (Mike Oquendo Events)
- 26: Review: Aida (Drury Lane Theatre)
- 26: Review: The Literati (Chicago dell'Arte)
- 26: Review: Sinbad, The Untold Story (Adventure Stage Chicago)
- 25: Review: Arnie the Doughnut (Lifeline Theatre)
- 25: Review: Woyzeck (Oracle Theatre)
- 24: Review: Virginia Woolf's Orlando (Court Theatre)
- 24: Review: MilkMilkLemonade (Pavement Group)
- 23: Review: The Grisly/Glorious Adventure (Dream Theatre)
- 23: Review: The Merchant of Venice (Broadway in Chicago)
- 21: Review: The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Theatre Mir)
- 21: Review: Terre Haute (Black Elephant Theatre)
- 20: Review: Changes (Chicago Tap Theatre)
- 19: Review: The Cripple of Inishmaan (Druid Theatre)
- 19: Review: God of Carnage (Goodman Theatre)
- 18: Reivew: Faith Healer (Oak Park Festival Theatre)
- 17: Review: The 13th of Paris (LiveWire Chicago Theater)
- 15: Review: The Three Faces of Dr. Crippen (Strange Tree Group)
- 15: Review: Some Enchanted Evening (Theo Ubique Theatre)
- 14: Review: The Homecoming (Mary-Arrchie Theatre)
- 13: Review: Agnes of God (Hubris Productions)
- 13: Review: Circle Mirror Transformation (Victory Gardens)
- 12: Review: The First Ladies (Trap Door Theatre)
- 11: Review: Meet John Doe (Porchlight Musical Theatre)
- 11: Review: Hair (Broadway in Chicago - Oriental Theatre)
- 10: Review: Entertaining Mr. Sloane (Project 891 Theatre)
- 9: Review: Night and Her Stars (The Gift Theatre Company)
- 8: Review: The Dream Journal of Doctor Jekyll (The Mammals)
- 8: Review: Hercules (Lyric Opera of Chicago)
- 7: Review: The Man Who Turned Into a Stick (Geopolis Theater)
- 6: Review: Ethan Frome (Lookingglass Theatre)
- 5: Review: Precious Little (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble)
- 5: Review: Baby Wants Candy (Apollo Theater Chicago)
- 5: Review: An Enemy of the People (Stage Left Theatre)
- 4: Review: Terminus (Abbey Theatre - MCA Stage)
- 4: Review: The Servant of Two Masters (Piccolo Theatre)
- 4: Review: The Man Who Came to Dinner (Circle Theatre)
- 3: Review: Heddatron (Sideshow Theatre)
- 3: Review: Working (Broadway in Chicago)
- 2: Wednesday Wordplay: The secret of being boring…
- 2: Sanity Break: Bette Midler sings 'Otto Titsling'. Hilarious!
- 2: Review: Nefarious! (Cornservatory)
- 2: Review: This (Theater Wit)
- 2: Review: Radio Golf (Raven Theatre)
- 1: Review: The Master and Margarita (Strawdog Theatre)
February 2011
- 28: Review: A Twist of Water (Route 66 Theatre)
- 28: Review: Samuel J. and K. (Steppenwolf Theatre)
- 27: Review: The People’s Four Seasons (Quest Ensemble)
- 27: Review: That Was Then (Seanachai Theatre)
- 27: Belarus Free Theatre wraps up Chicago stay with final show
- 27: Review: BWAAD: But What About Asian Dudes? (TheMASSIVE)
- 26: Review: Sonnets for an Old Century (UrbanTheater)
- 25: Review: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (James Downing Theatre)
- 24: Review: Lost & Found: Recycled Circus (Actors Gymnasium)
- 23: Review: Arms and the Man (Saint Sebastian Players)
- 23: Sanity Break: 5-year needs a job before getting married!
- 23: Review: Iphigenia Crash Land Falls…. (Halcyon Theatre)
- 22: Review: Leaving Iowa (Fox Valley Repertory)
- 21: Review: Sleuth (Theatre at the Center)
- 20: Review: Hamlet (DreamLogic TheatreWorks)
- 19: REVIEW: Tommy Gun’s Garage: A Roaring 20's Speakeasy
- 19: Review: Sketchbook Reverb (Collaboraction)
- 18: Review: My Filthy Hunt (The Right Brain Project)
- 18: Review: Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Signal Ensemble)
- 17: Review: Run-of-the-Mill (Currently Untitled Theatre)
- 17: Review: Volpone (City Lit Theater)
- 17: Review: The Merry Widow (Joffrey Ballet Chicago)
- 16: Review: Mary (Goodman Theatre)
- 16: Review: Make Me Love You (New Rock Theatre)
- 15: Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Emerald City)
- 15: Review: Jackie and Me (Chicago Children’s Theatre)
- 14: Review: Among the Squirrels (The Black Ship Co.)
- 14: Review: Moonstone (Lifeline Theatre)
- 14: Review: Starship the Musical (Team Starkid)
- 13: Review: The Wedding (TUTA Theatre)
- 13: Review: Feet of Clay (LASTmatch Theatre Company)
- 13: Review: Guys and Dolls (Marriott Theatre)
- 13: Review: Do the Hustle (Writers’ Theatre)
- 13: Review: Lohengrin (Lyric Opera Chicago)
- 12: Review: Dracula (Idle Muse Theatre)