`Les Miz’ has everything going for it
The early reviews were not encouraging. The music theater adaptation of "Les Miserables," as one memorable headline sneered, put "Victor Hugo on the garbage dump." Some dump. Six years after...
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Grief, rage revisited
Lily Blue, the 17-year-old heroine of Jamie Pachino's "Waving Goodbye," is a woman going through a time of radical change. She is grieving over her father's sudden death; she is...
`Grey Zone’
"The Grey Zone" takes place in the Auschwitz death camp of Poland in the autumn of 1944. It is the end of the line for everyone there. The inmates know...
Something’s fishy
A thrill ride of sizzling stupidity! Columbia Pictures execs were embarrassed to admit over the summer that David Manning, the movie critic/blurbmeister who raved in ads about "The Animal" ("The...
CHICAGOANS OF THE YEAR
Artists explain and interpret our world, and we've needed their insights more than ever this year. The artists and arts administrators that our critics profile below are the cream of...
`Birthday Party’
Even today, 43 years after its premiere was received with general bafflement, Harold Pinter's "The Birthday Party" remains a mystery -- a thoroughly theatrical one but a cryptogram nonetheless. This...
`Everything’s Ducky’
"Everything's Ducky," the new musical at Northlight Theatre in Skokie, has a good heart, a quick wit and a talented cast. Now, if it would only relax and not try...
`Waving Goodbye’ falls a bit short
Lily Blue, the 17-year-old heroine of Jamie Pachino's "Waving Goodbye," is a woman going through a time of radical change. She is grieving over her father's sudden death; she is...
North Side theaters join forces to lure tourists to their part of town
In a move to raise their profiles in Chicago's large, diverse theater scene, 11 off-Loop theaters specializing in new plays are forming a marketing and promotion group they call the...
Raven’s new nest
The Raven Theatre Company, an enterprising off-Loop group that has been homeless for the last year, is set to dedicate its new home Friday at 6157 N. Clark St. A...