ART ON THEMART ANNOUNCES DERRICK ADAMS, YIYUN KANG AS FEATURED ARTISTS FOR 2023 PROGRAM | Additional Plans for 2023 Include Guest Curator Program

Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the nation’s premier ensemble theater company, is pleased to announce the appointment of PennyMaria Jackson as its new Director of Marketing and Communications.

Bishop Noll Institute Drama Club will present a moving and modern retelling of a classic Greek myth as this year’s fall play.

GOODMAN THEATRE’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL CELEBRATES 45 YEARS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, STARRING LARRY YANDO AS SCROOGE IN HIS 15TH YEAR AND 10-YEAR-OLD VIKRAM KONKIMALLA AS TINY TIM, DIRECTED BY JESSICA THEBUS, NOVEMBER 19 – DECEMBER 31 | ***SPECIAL EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES INCLUDE THE ANNUAL GOODMAN TREE LIGHTING (NOVEMBER 19), A SENSORY-FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE (DECEMBER 14) AND A SPANISH-SUBTITLED PERFORMANCE (DECEMBER 18)***

World Premiere! Hell in a Handbag Productions Presents THE GOLDEN GIRLS: THE LOST EPISODES The Obligatory Holiday Special By Artistic Director David Cerda | Directed by Spenser Davis | November 26 – December 30, 2022 at The Center on Halsted

NOW PLAYING THROUGH JANUARY 15 | Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
“★★★★★ This show has it all! Utterly excellent and brilliantly put together.” - BroadwayWorld
“★★★★ Four Stars of Fun!” - Geek Native
“A sure-fire hit” - British Comedy Guide
“Hugely Entertaining…guaranteed a good time. - Theatre Weekly

*** Recommended *** Sometimes directors have a vision for a new approach to a musical.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails   Porchlight Music Theatre’s production of Rent it didn’t just fail, it collapsed.  Rent was written as a rock opera about starving artists with all their angst and desperation.  It should be a little ragged, a little dirty, and a lot defiant.  This wasn’t.  Most of the songs were sung in one key – loud.  I really missed the emotion and nuance of Larson’s original score.  3 Spotlights

**** Recommended **** If you’re a blues enthusiast, you’ll love Black Ensemble Theatre’s production of "Blue Heaven".  Although I’m more into rock and R & B music, I can appreciate the blues, and this mellow music was groovin'!  And the talent is out of this world – lol!.  The audience was dancing in their seats by the finale.  4 Spotlights

Camelot is a place where everything is right, in a time long ago….until King Arthur meets and weds Guinevere.  Initially it is a relationship made in heaven and the kingdom is perfect. Then, Lancelot enters the picture. King Arthur is enamored with him and bestows knighthood
and makes him a knight of the Round Table.  And then, Guinevere is enamored with him too and this does not end well.

Me and my review crew were unsure what to expect with this event.  We have seen other “Live” events and “Truck” shows and this live action show was none of those.  We arrived early for the advertised pre show event where props from the show were displayed on the stage and we could navigate through the area and grab a few photos.  This is where we saw a dinosaur (Triceratops) upfront and personal.  I am uncertain of the scale they are built to, but it is amazing to visually see the representation in size.