Chicago Magazine • 26th January 2023 Go: February Agenda Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month
Chicago Magazine • 23rd January 2023 Billie Holiday Lives On In Alexis J. Roston Alexis J. Roston embarks on her second decade of embodying Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.
Chicago Sun-Times • 6th December 2022 ‘Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol’ adds layers to the Dickens story with light, puppets and people Seeing the multimedia artists work their magic enhances first live staging of the troupe’s streaming hit.
Chicago Magazine • 1st December 2022 Emerald Visions Artist Max Guy is off to see the Wizard with his first solo show.
Chicago Magazine • 22nd November 2022 Go: December Agenda Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month
Chicago Magazine • 10th November 2022 The Art of Creative Protest Court Theatre’s Gabrielle Randle-Bent directs an anti-apartheid play that echoes wider.
Chicago Magazine • 21st October 2022 Go: November Agenda Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month.
Chicago Sun-Times • 17th October 2022 Creepy and morbid, ‘The Malignant Ampersands’ is ultimately just too confusing “The Malignant Ampersands” is a new play by Brett Neveu that A Red Orchid Theatre describes as a “very unofficial sequel” to Orson Welles’ 1942 film “The Magnificent Ambersons.” But is it really?
Chicago Sun-Times • 10th October 2022 ‘1919’ a searing, unflinching portrait of Black Chicago’s past, present and future Eve L. Ewing’s collection of poems is adapted for the stage by J. Nicole Brooks in a powerhouse production at Steppenwolf Theatre.
Chicago Sun-Times • 7th October 2022 Expectations and reality duke it out in thought-provoking and witty ‘Tiger Style!’ Mike Lew’s script falters a bit in the second act, but as a whole “Tiger Style!” rings true on so many levels.
Chicago Magazine • 20th September 2022 Fall Guide: Reflect on Segregation in Steppenwolf’s <em>1919</em> I spoke to playwright J. Nicole Brooks about her stage adaptation of Eve L. Ewing's poetry collection 1919 as part of Chicago magazine's fall culture guide.
Chicago Sun-Times • 30th August 2022 Poignant summer romance a Sweet affair in captivating ‘Girlfriend’ musical Quirky conceit, endearing characters, captivating actors and clever soundtrack — “Girlfriend” is a winning mix.
Chicago Magazine • 26th August 2022 Go: September Agenda Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month.
Chicago Sun-Times • 11th August 2022 Early days of ‘fake news’ fuel the politics of ‘Campaigns, Inc.’ at TimeLine Theatre What “Campaigns, Inc.” could use is a tighter focus on its central characters’ mercenary motivations.
Chicago Magazine • 3rd August 2022 Go: August Agenda Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month
Chicago Sun-Times • 24th July 2022 Vestiges of a less enlightened time tarnish ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ Mercury Theater revival of the drag-queen musical has some fun with music and costumes but can’t overcome the 16-year-old script’s shallow portrayals.
Chicago Sun-Times • 3rd July 2022 In her new revue, Felicia P. Fields reminds us why the blues — and she — are cultural treasures “Pearl’s Rollin’ With the Blues: A Night with Felicia P. Fields” is a sizzling showcase from the Tony Award-nominated actress.
Chicago Magazine • 27th May 2022 Go: June/July Agenda Top 20 reasons to fill up your calendar the next two months.
Chicago Sun-Times • 20th May 2022 An ‘Oz’-inspired journey is a real life-changer in ‘Somewhere Over the Border’ Brian Quijada’s charming but uneven world-premiere musical at Teatro Vista needs just a bit more finessing.
Chicago Sun-Times • 15th May 2022 ‘The Chinese Lady,’ a compelling TimeLine play, imagines inner life of a teen showing her culture to U.S. audiences Mi Kang charms as the girl brought from Guangzhou in 1834 and put on display in New York.