Review: Tell Me on a Sunday/Bailiwick Repertory Theatre
RECOMMENDED The 1980s musical “Tell Me on a Sunday,” currently receiving a rare staging by the Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, demolishes the notion that an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical needs roller...
View ArticleReview: Anna Livia, Lucky in Her Bridges/Bailiwick
Set in Dublin during the 2004 centennial of James Joyce’s Ulysses-inspired Bloomsday celebration, “Anna Livia, Lucky in Her Bridges,” centers on David (Sentell Harper) and Desmond (Timothy Martin), a...
View ArticleReview: The Christmas Schooner/Bailiwick Repertory
RECOMMENDED Workshopped at Northwestern in 1993, premiered at Bailiwick in 1995 and performed as an annual holiday tradition there until 2006, “The Christmas Schooner” has had more than a hundred...
View ArticleNewcity’s Top 5 of Everything 2008: Stage
Top 5 Shows “Caroline, or Change,” Court Theatre “A House with No Walls,” Timeline Theatre “The Glass Menagerie,” Steppenwolf Theatre “No Darkness Round My Stone,” Trap Door Theatre “The Birthday...
View ArticleJeff Noms, Non-Equity, announced
Here’s the press release from the Jeff Awards: The Jeff Awards Announces 2009 Non-Equity Nominations Lifeline (14) and Theo Ubique (13) Are Top-Nominated Companies; “Evita,” “Mariette in Ecstasy,” and...
View ArticleMaking a Scene: Wit, Bohemian, Shattered Globe and Stage Left to shack up
Extending the legacy of theater on Belmont Avenue, Theater Wit is moving its headquarters to 1229 West Belmont in 2010, promising to renovate and revive the former Bailiwick Arts Center, and to...
View ArticleReview: The Cousins Grimm/Bailiwick Repertory
RECOMMENDED Bailiwick’s ‘Cousins Grimm” begins with the song “Why not a Fairytale?” and by the end of Scott Ferguson’s world-premiere production, the audience feels like singing along. A musical about...
View ArticleEnd of the Zeroes: Operating Budgets Then and Now
Annoyance Theatre (founded 1987) “We don’t really have a regular operating budget—just plan as we go along.” —Jennifer Estlin, President, Annoyance Theatre The Artistic Home (founded 1998) End of...
View ArticleEnd of the Zeroes: Theater in Chicago, 2000-2009
By Brian Hieggelke As the wind blows the snow sideways this December evening, the weatherman is telling Chicagoans to stay bunkered; the deserted downtown streets reflect their obedience. All save the...
View ArticleBailiwick announces “debut” spring 2010 season
Here’s the press release from Bailiwick: Bailiwick Chicago Announces Details of 2010 Spring / Summer Season Chicago, Illinois – March 10, 2010 – Bailiwick Chicago’s Executive Director Kevin Mayes...
View ArticleReview: That’s Weird, Grandma/Barrel of Monkeys
RECOMMENDED “That’s Weird, Grandma…” You know you’ve heard the phrase, though just what it connotes has always remained a tad unclear. (Sometimes it’s just enough to have a witty catch phrase to...
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