31 stories by "Josh Flanders"
Northlight Theatre's The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, written by Daniel Jamieson, featuring music by Ian Ross, and directed by Elizabeth Margolius, is a delightful journey of love and artistry.…
At long last, true believers, the third installment of Mark Pracht's "Four-Color Trilogy""The House of Ideas"is here, opening the 2024"'25 season at City Lit Theater. Following Pracht's firs…
The summer between graduation from high school and college, for those of us who went, was a shaky time filled with its fair share of doubt, anxiety, and questions. Meet Sam. She's just gradu…
Alex Edelman's Just for Us is a ridiculously funny show about going to a white supremacist meeting in Queens, NY, falling for a girl, and wondering if it could work. Edelman interrogates our…
"Maybe people aren't supposed to have their reality shattered every few years." When a superhero known as The Titan is exiled by his arch nemesis, Dr. Fiendish, to a world without flying cap…
Grab your lab coat and walk this way to Mercury Theater Chicago for Young Frankenstein, the hilarious 2007 musical with music and lyrics by the legendary Mel Brooks, based on his beloved 197…
Hearken back to a simpler time"the pandemic"and join Mira, a classical violinist, and Beckett, a folk music academic, as they escape their Brooklyn apartment and head to a hootenanny in Geor…
Wax nostalgic for the pandemic shutdown as Red Theater presents the world premiere of Indoor Cats by Mora V. Harris, directed by Wyatt Kent. Meet Jules (Karylin Veres), an entitled, selfish …
Now in its 21st year, Hell in a Handbag Productions has a ridiculously hilarious new show playing at the Center on Halsted in their The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes […]
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American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown and directed by Tim Rhoze, now playing at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre in the Noyes Cultural Arts Center in Evanston, opens with a quote from Ta-Neh…
Flashbacks to Andor's childhood seem unnecessarily added, as if someone thought an origin of an origin of an origin of Star Wars was a good idea.
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She-Hulk is the kind of smart, funny production that proves that like Ms. Marvel, Thor: Ragnarok, or Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel is at its best when it combines self-conscious humor with…
Like several post-pandemic shows in Chicago, the Artistic Home's production of The Pavilion, written by Craig Wright and directed by Julian Hester, is about an intimate relationship between …
Sing-along Selichot and shofar pop-ups: how a "radically inclusive" Jewish community celebrates in a pandemic.
As a child, the High Holidays"Rosh Hashanah (the J…
About Face's two-hander boasts stellar performances.
Anyone who has weathered a long-term relationship will relate to the passion and struggles in About Face The…
Red Tape Theatre's production traces a woman's empowerment through role-playing.
With ambitious productions that push the boundaries of subject matter, Red Tape …
Strawdog's production leaves a mark in this Chicago premiere.
In Nick Hornby's High Fidelity, Rob Fleming asks, "What came first"the music or the misery? Do all …
Pride Films and Plays provides an emotionally engaging production of this set-in-Dublin musical.
Oscar Wilde wrote "most people are other people . . . their live…
A group of stranded space explorers confront their mortality and humanity in Sideshow's U.S. premiere.
Space. The final frontier.…
Love, music, and a little bit of crime add up to a madcap midlife caper in David Greig's comedy.
Who hasn't had a weekend of drunken debauchery in Edinburgh? For…
Theatre Y's ambulatory production stretches over six hours and five miles"and it's worth your time and effort.
In 2017, members of Chicago's Theatre Y made an ex…
Guillermo Calderón's meta soap opera toggles between farce and sincerity.
There is a great deal to like about Haven's Kiss by Guillermo Calderón, directed …
Thirty-four years later, the blockbuster musical still packs a potent political message with the melodrama.
Given its blockbuster history, it may be hard to reme…
Pride Films and Plays' new musical gleefully skewers the modern gay-dating scene.
Looking for a good time? One night of fun that you will likely soon forget?…
The evening includes five short plays written by Chicagoans.
The Impostors Theatre Company wraps up its inaugural season with Footholds, an anthology of five sho…
