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The new play by Nambi E. Kelley is currently running at Chicago's Court Theatre.
Naomi Iizuka Sounds the Alarm in Beautiful New Poetic Drama by Mary Lou Herlihy Naomi Iizuka's "Garuda's Wing" takes us to Borneo, teaming with ghosts, orchids, and orangutans. She beckons u…
It felt like the end of an after-school special"we all learned something tonight. I'm glad this show is bringing young people into the theaters. And I hope they come back to see something be…
John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Play Remains Relevant  by Mary Lou Herlihy Before the play begins, I chat with the woman next to me. She shares a painful story about her local church whe…
"A Little Night Music" celebrates mature love"the kind that happens after you've been around for a while; less fireworks, more bemusement.
By casting actors in their 50s as the quartet of young lovers, this production could be the Elizabethan era's version of 'The Golden Bachelorette.'
Parkway Theatre operators unveiled a plan Tuesday night that would reinvent the 1915 Baltimore movie palace as an incubator for filmmakers and gamers.
A lot is riding on the success of a new plan to convert the theater into a multipurpose venue. The outcome will impact the Station North neighborhood and have implications for taxpayers who …
Lifeline Theatre's new production of "Native Son" is brutal, powerful and relentless. Like a big, stiff drink, it hits you right in the gut, and you leave the theater reeling.
Strong, Weiner, Sarnak's New Musical Faces Mighty Challenges by Mary Lou Herlihy & Barry David Horwitz "Galileo" bursts onto the stage like a grand gold-wrapped gift with a big expensive…
Karen ZacarÃas Explores How Books Expand Our Lives by Mary Lou Herlihy Fill your glass, take a seat, open to Chapter 13, and enjoy a juicy discussion about this week's book selection. Ros…
"Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner will debut his play about John Wilkes Booth at Center Stage, and playwright Jordan E. Cooper, fresh from Broadway, comes to Baltimore to stage his newest wor…
With the abundantly talented Tiffany Topol as Carole King, backed by a great cast, the new production of "Beautiful" at Aurora's Paramount Theatre is irresistible.
Cooking on its own can be entertaining. But are there ways to embrace it as a performance of sorts? You can when you consider the world of cooking art! Today we're reimagining your culinary …
In Judgement Day at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Alexander plays a corrupt lawyer who may be looking for forgiveness.
While "The Wiz" received zero nominations, other nods Tuesday went to such familiar faces as David Byrne, Amy Ryan, Corey Stoll and Emilio Sosa. The winners will be announced June 14.
Though it has a lot going for it including powerhouse performances, the revival of the pioneering 1975 musical lacks a crucial ingredient for success.
This show is alive. For the two hours spent in the tiny Bucktown theater, you can imagine you have stepped into a Toulouse-Lautrec painting"drinking absinthe and watching the can-can.
Mike Lew's Rollicking Comedy Hits Home by Mary Lou Herlihy I succeed in life, and I fail. Occasionally I look for people and things to blame, including my gender. One thing I never blame is …
Lennix, known for his work on television's "The Blacklist" and "Dollhouse" and movies like "The Five Heartbeats" and "Ray," is a busy man around Chicago these days. He's going back on stage …
Too much of Tom Stoppard's absurdist, existential tragicomedy about two minor Shakespearean characters has been trimmed from this production, which is too bad, because the play is brilliant …
Michael Gene Sullivan Thrills with Betty Reid Soskin at 102 by Mary Lou Herlihy & Barry David Horwitz You will find much to enjoy in the richly conceived, cleverly staged, deftly written…
This is a moving, beautifully written and honest play that discusses generational conflict"between old ideas of "purpose" and spirituality and new ones, between the need for truth and the ne…
Movies and TV shows have fetishized close friendship to the point that the real, often fraught rhythms of such relationships have been lost. Not so in 'Merrily We Roll Along.'
