Theater Editorial Reviews
Theater review: 'All the Fame of Lofty Deeds'
Chris Jones - November 17, 2009
At one key point in the House Theatre of Chicago's cheerfully surreal theatricalization of the music and art of Jon Langford, a talking equine weighs in with a question."How hillbilly are the hillbillies in hillbilly music?" asks the horse. Now, the interlocutor might look and sound like one of the...
Theater reviews: 'The Audacity of Nope' and 'I Learned It From Watching You!'
Nina Metz - November 13, 2009
"The Audacity of Nope or How I Fell for a Pansy Scheme" ★★Great title, bumpy show. Despite some decent jokes sprinkled in, GayCo's newest sketch revue doesn't deliver where it counts. Believable human characters and strongly executed ideas are notably absent.GayCo has always modeled its format...
Theater review: 'High Holidays'
By Chris Jones - November 11, 2009
Alan Gross' comedy misses the note on love
Theater review: 'Young Frankenstein'
Chris Jones - November 11, 2009
Puttin' on less Ritz, Brooks' monster show returns
Theater review: 'When She Danced'
Chris Jones - November 11, 2009
Isadora Duncan, dancing only for money
Theater reviews: Engrossing if predictable 'Mojo Mickybo'; rare revival of Mae West's 'Sex'
Kerry Reid - November 18, 2009
"Mojo Mickybo" ★★★In fall 2008, Seanachai Theatre Company unveiled the local premiere of Owen McCafferty's "Scenes from the Big Picture," a sprawling and ultimately unwieldy portrait of several hard-luck Belfast residents caught up in desperate circumstances on the margins of life. The...
Theater review: 'Thoroughly Modern Millie'
Chris Jones - November 5, 2009
Show sits nicely at Drury Lane
Theater review: 'The Message is in the Music'
Chris Jones - October 26, 2009
'Message' hard to find in BET's muddle of heavenly music
Theater review: 'Heroes'
Chris Jones - October 26, 2009
Old soldiers never say die in Remy Bumppo comedy
