• Reality Detox: The Improv Experience still finding its footing at The Second City e.t.c.

    Reality Detox: The Improv Experience still finding its footing at The Second City e.t.c.

    Improv is a legit art form. It was, in fact, one of the main reasons I moved to Chicago way back when. I’ve always loved the post-show improv sets at The Second City. I also think there are some ways it works best as part of a full revue. For instance, I was blown away…

  • A Little Night Music delivers sophisticated, sexy fun at Marriott Theatre

    A Little Night Music delivers sophisticated, sexy fun at Marriott Theatre

    Spiritual heir to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Best Musical Tony Award-winning A Little Night Music beguiles, enchants and amuses with a top-notch cast at Marriott Theatre. Set in 1900 Sweden and based on Ingmar Bergman’s film Smiles of a Summer Night, which was itself inspired by Shakespeare’s play, this show…

  • Writers Theatre delivers an unmissable production of Tom Stoppard’s epic Leopoldstadt

    Writers Theatre delivers an unmissable production of Tom Stoppard’s epic Leopoldstadt

    The Midwest premiere of Tom Stoppard’s final masterwork, Leopoldstadt, directed at Writers Theatre by his longtime collaborator, Carey Perloff, may be the best production of any play in Chicago this year. Spanning the first half of the twentieth century in Austria, the multigenerational play follows the falling fortunes of two Jewish families from 1899 through…