SOMEWHAT RECOMMENDED Where: Northlight Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd. Skokie When: through Dec. 16 Tickets: $30-$88 Phone: 847-673-6300 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic There’s arguably more of playwright Kate Hamill than of author Jane Austen in Northlight Theatre’s world premiere of “Mansfield Park,” and more of director Stuart Carden, […]
RECOMMENDED Where: Writers Theatre, Gillian Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe When: through Dec. 16 Tickets: $35-$80 Phone: 847-242-6000 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic Scratch meets his match in the world premiere of Jen Silverman’s whip-smart “Witch” in Writers Theatre’s intimate Gillian Theatre. Inspired by “The Witch of Edmonton,” written in 1621 by William Rowley, Thomas […]
RECOMMENDED Where: Writers Theatre Nichols Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe When: through Dec. 16 Tickets: $35-$80 Phone: 847-242-6000 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic Writers Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam takes a cue for his staging of “Twelfth Night, or What you Will” directly from the holiday for which Shakespeare’s comedy is named. As an article […]
SOMEWHAT RECOMMENDED Where: A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells St. When: through Dec. 9 Tickets: $30-$40 Phone: 312-943-8722 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic They say silence is golden, but in “Small Mouth Sounds” at A Red Orchid Theatre, it only goes so far. The premise of Bess Wohl’s 2015 play, directed by Shade Murray, […]
RECOMMENDED Where: TimeLine Theatre Company at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. When: through Dec. 9 Tickets: $42.50-$56.50 Phone: 773-327-5252 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic Another masterful performance by the incomparable Janet Ulrich Brooks is the main reason to see TimeLine Theatre Company’s production of Terrence McNally’s 1996 Tony Award-winning “Master Class,” but it’s not […]
RECOMMENDED Where: Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave. When: through Dec. 2 Tickets: $50-$74 Phone: 773-753-4472 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic It’s tempting to compare the world premiere of Manual Cinema’s “Frankenstein” at Court Theatre to the Creature that Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates in Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel. Both are stitched together from many disparate […]
RECOMMENDED Where: Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St. When: through Nov. 17 Tickets: $27-$108 Phone: 800-775-2000 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic I missed the ballyhooed 2017 Broadway revival of “Hello, Dolly!” with Bette Midler in the title role,but the national tour starring Betty Buckley at the Oriental Theatre is a delight. In fact, I can’t […]
RECOMMENDED Where: Goodman Theatre Owen Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. When: through Nov. 18 Tickets: $15-$45 Phone: 312-443-3800 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic Helene, the fictional Danish woman at the center of the world premiere of Dael Orlandersmith’s “Lady in Denmark” would fit perfectly into a theme-related collection of characters like the playwright’s “Stoop Stories” […]
RECOMMENDED Where: Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St. When: through Nov. 18 Tickets: $20-$99 Phone: 312-335-1650 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic Bruce Norris is one of our foremost provocateur playwrights, and in an interview in the program for “Downstate” at Steppenwolf Theatre, he basically explains why. Asking himself “Who do I extend my sympathy […]
RECOMMENDED Where: Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. When: through Nov. 11 Tickets: $40-$45 Phone: 773-404-7336 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic Private Peaceful” is one of the most moving shows you’re likely to see this season. Based on the 2003 novel for young adults by Michael Morpurgo (who also wrote “War Horse”), adapted for […]