Review: LEROY AND LUCY at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Rachel Weinberg - November 04, 2024
In Ngozi Anyanwu’s LEROY AND LUCY, two strangers meet at a crossroads in Mississippi...and not much happens. Based upon the myth of Robert Johnson, who supposedly sold his soul to the devil to make it as a blues musician, the play finds Leroy (Jon Michael Hill) and Lucy (Brittany Bradford) in a limi...
Review: BEST KEPT SECRET: TELL EVERYONE at The Second City E.t.c.
by Rachel Weinberg - October 31, 2024
The Second City’s latest e.t.c. revue BEST KEPT SECRET: TELL EVERYONE wants to remind audiences that life is a cabaret, old chum. While some Second City revue themes hang together better than others, BEST KEPT SECRET slyly pays homage to the classic Kander and Ebb musical CABARET and the general ide...