The Den Theatre to Present BACK TO SCHOOL Comedy Show Next Month
by Blair Ingenthron
- July 24, 2023
The Den Theatre has announced a special one-night-only Back to School comedy show featuring Erica Nicole Clark, Jamie Shriner, Seth Davis, Ty Riggs, David Donnick, and Jordan Gamby, all former and current teachers from the Chicago area, on Thursday, August 17 at 7:30 p.m
I WANNA F-ING TEAR YOU APART Comes to Stage West
by Stephi Wild
- June 02, 2023
Sam and Leo, Leo and Sam – roomies and besties since college. Nothing can tear them apart—or can it? Stage West presents the regional premiere of the buddy comedy I Wanna Fucking Tear You Apart, by Morgan Gould, which begins a 4-week run on Thursday, June 15.
BWW Review: MIDDLE PASSAGE at Lifeline Theatre
by Emily McClanathan
- February 27, 2020
In Lifeline Theatre's MIDDLE PASSAGE, the intimate Rogers Park venue transforms into the scene of a 19th century maritime epic. Artistic Director Ilesa Duncan and David Barr III adapt Charles Johnson's award-winning 1990 novel for the stage, and Duncan directs. The sprawling tale follows a recently freed slave as he journeys from the gambling dens of New Orleans to the heart of the African slave trade and back again.
Actors Theatre Of Louisville Announces The 44th Humana Festival Of New American Plays
by Stephi Wild
- November 13, 2019
The future of American theatre is in Louisville! Actors Theatre of Louisville and Artistic Director Robert Barry Fleming proudly announce the lineup for the 44th Humana Festival of New American Plays. The upcoming Festival marks Fleming's first at the helm of Actors Theatre, the nation's leading incubator for new play development. A cultural highlight for theatre lovers, artists and producers across the country, the Humana Festival runs March 1 through April 12, 2020 in Louisville.
BWW Review: FRANKENSTEIN: Monster or Metaphor?
by Nancy Grossman
- October 11, 2018
The Central Square Theater, in conjunction with Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, has a corner on the market of blending art and science. It is no easy task to create intelligent, dramatic entertainment that can live up to their mission and put across its message with clarity, as well as artistry. However, when a group of serious artists comes together with purpose, the whole may be greater than the sum of its parts. Director David R. Gammons overlays his kaleidoscopic vision onto British playwright Nick Dear's adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN, from the novel by Mary Shelley, inviting the audience to conceive of a monster of their own imagination rather than the familiar cinematic versions.