The Drama Group propels it way through their 89th season with the Illinois Community Theatre premier of the poignant and pensive drama, MARY PAGE MARLOWE, from Pulitzer Prize winning author, Tracy Letts with direction by Chuck Cairns. Performances will be held at The Drama Group’s Studio Theatre on February 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22 at 7:30 pm and matinees on February 16 & 23 at 2:00 pm.
***RECOMMENDED*** For the fifth time in the past 14 years the play "Stop Kiss" is being presented here in Chicago, and each production has been presented by vastly different companies. Ironically, four of the five (including this one) have opened in the month of January. Do we as Midwesterners crave dark and intellectually stimulating works the most to brood over during one of our darkest and traditionally brutally coldest months? Sure seems like it! That's not to say that "Stop Kiss" is a totally heavy piece of theatre that will send you into a deep depression. On the contrary, it is an oftentimes humorous and endearing glimpse at the emerging love that is generated between two very different people. With the alarming rate of anti-Semitic acts rising in the United States and Europe, as well as the increase in hate crimes committed against the LGBTQ community at large (particularly the appalling homicide rate for transgender women of color), now seems to be an opportune time to revisit playwright Diana Son's 1998 off-Broadway hit in a solidly staged co-production of Pride Films and Plays and The Arc Theatre. 3 SPOTLIGHTS
★★★★★ Recently I saw a play about Hitler’s tasters which may have been the start of Meghan Brown’s “The Tasters”, now in its World Premiere at Rivendell Theatre. Brown’s story is not about an actual leader but instead is about a Government that has four major leaders during what appears to be a people’s revolution. The fear of their food being laced with poison causes them to use tasters. The women that we meet are Bianca (Paula Ramirez), Corrine ( Daniellla Pereira) and Elyse (Shariba Rivers).
★★★★★ Marriott Theatre has brought back the true “Grease” with its book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. This is the Chicago version and is quite different that the “Hollywood”, John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John film. This play was written by Chicagoans about a Chicago high school ( Taft High School is Rydell) and this version if far meatier. At the helm of making this pleasurable theatrical experience take place is director Scott Weinstein who truly knows how to use the in-the-round stage at Marriott. He keeps the action moving and allows all four sides of the theater great views.
Purdue University Northwest’s (PNW) Building Community Through the Arts program is hosting their annual black history month poetry slam at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13. Poets are provided a platform for performing their original pieces under the theme, “There is no better than adversity.”
The United States is in the middle of a crisis that’s impacting Hoosier families and communities: opioid use disorder. And the Indiana State Museum invites you to talk about it.
Documentary theatre piece MORNING IN AMERICA will explore Americans’ current attitudes toward their country | World-premiere produced by Connective Theatre Company in partnership with IL Vote at Home will play March 12 -29 at Nox Arca Theatre, 4001 N. Ravenswood. Full cast announced.
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Celebrate Leap Day with Trinity Irish Dance Company! Trinity Irish Dance Company comes to the Auditorium on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 @ 2PM & 7:30PM
Underscore Theatre Company Presents The 6th Annual CHICAGO MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL February 3 – 23, 2020 at The Edge Theater
