184 stories by "Hugh Iglarsh"
A.A. Milne’s 1921 comedy of romantic disillusionment has its moments but doesn’t quite jell.
A pure product of Chicago's collaborative theater culture, this new play from Her Story Theater digs deep into the nature of art and truth.
Lookingglass Theatre's spectacle-heavy play is nice to look at, but offers viewers too little to chew on.
Playwright Spencer Huffman's religious drama"and New Theatre Project's first production in a conventional theater space"boasts some excellent performances in a story that doesn't quite satis…
Factory Theater's overlong production has its moments, but it struggles to pull us into its sci-fi scenario.
American Blues Theater's intensely intimate revival shows that William Inge's 1950 family drama still packs a wallop.
Justin Purcell's sleight-of-hand act at the Chicago Magic Lounge rates higher on skill than charm.
Here's hoping that Thornton Wilder's quietly powerful one-acter from 1931 develops into a Chicago holiday tradition.
Court Theatre's production of "The Taming of the Shrew" lacks good answers to this bothersome question.
"A Devil Comes to Town" is a bold but ultimately undramatic experiment in storytelling strategy.
The company's latest factory-set show explores the long-term effects of sexual trauma.
Some good acting and interesting directorial choices can't save Amiri Baraka's misogynistic one-acter.
Gwydion Theatre's "Death of a Salesman" may not be perfect, but it speaks loudly and clearly to our time.
Jared Goudsmit skillfully directs Richard Dresser's 1995 satirical take on organizational existence.
American Blues Theater's new production is a bravely experimental dark comedy with a less-than-coherent plot.
How Pam Dickler ended up on a right-wing "Scoundrels List""a roster of the top two-hundred people who most influenced Barack Obama. "I'm Number 151," Dickler states with irony-inflected prid…
"'A' Train" is no mere entertainment. It's about bringing us into dark places and shining light on what we'd rather not see.
This sterling production of a flawed play announces to the theatergoing public that Tin Drum"which was launched only last year"is a company worth watching.
If any playwright in town deserves a break right about now, it would be Amy Crider.
Factory Theater has outdone itself with this world premiere production that not only moves, teaches and entertains us, but also challenges us to see our own times in the flickering light of …
The rough outline of the Capek plot remains, although the story is both simplified and sped up, giving the play the breathless pacing of a Saturday-morning cartoon.
With a tone that's too earnest for farce and too slight for idea-packed drama, the play feels not so much artful as awkward.Â
The festival promises to be as thorough and wide-ranging an introduction to absurdism as local audiences are apt to experience.
With its total focus on the private and the domestic, "No Such Thing" never pulls us in.
Chicago-based playwright, producer and cultural activator LC Bernadine is a theater maker who thrives on the freedom and spontaneity of one-off projects. Bernadine would like nothing better …
