Chicago Tribune
'Bench in the Sun' sinks under old jokes
The "Odd Couple" meets "Grumpy Old Men" stereotype on which this lame triangular comedy by Ron Clark relies is not only a tired cliche, it also has none of the truth on which comedy depends.
Chicago Tribune - Theater Loop Blog
Metzgar's About Face action plan is action, and advocacy
Under new artistic director Bonnie Metzgar, Chicago's About Face Theatre will be quite a different operation. Social consciousness has risen to the fore. "I think we can do important, inclusive theater," said the 43-year-old Chicago newcomer in a recent interview....
A M*A*S*H of church ladies coming to Skokie
A folksy new commercial show based on the humorous book "Growing Up Lutheran" is coming to Skokie this fall. "Church Basement Ladies" will play three weeks on the big mainstage at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, beginning...
Chicago Sun-Times
Apple Tree Theatre announces new season
Lend an ear to these tony Tony-nominated musicals
Dark humor rides in on wild 'Elephant'
Musical puts quirks of speed dating on table
Daily Herald
'Art' looks at fragile bond between men
Friendship can be as inscrutable as a piece of conceptual art: challenging, sometimes frustrating, often ...
Emerald City lets actor play playwright
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Review: 'Hundred Years' -- poignant but problematic
Powerful play of betrayal in post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia leaves unsettled feelings.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
'After a Hundred Years': Plenty of passion, slight on subtlety
Every character betrays another in small or nation-shaking ways in the Guthrie's world premiere "After a Hundred Years." Does that make playwright Naomi Iizuka a deep-souled cynic? The very title of the play suggests that little ....
PrideSource (MI)
Curtain's up at Mason Street Warehouse
Vaudeville - with a 21st century twist
Encore Michigan
Detroit Rep's Queen of the Kitchen nominated for Rose Award
Cleveland Plain-Dealer - OnStage Blog
The musical "Jersey Boys," and the night the Four Seasons did NOT get arrested in Cleveland
Cleveland Scene
Parents of disabled children hit the wall in Bang and Clatter’s A Nervous Smile
While most parents say they'd give up their own lives for their children's, few are called to do so. One exception, however, is parents who spend...
Capsule reviews of current area theater presentations
Cincinnati Enquirer
'Trailer Park' opens again
'Jitney' themes drive troupe
Houston Chronicle
Song-and-dance man Denman a showstopper at Alley
Any time Jeffry Denman energizes the stage with his vibrant singing, exuberant dancing and irrepressible clowning, The Gershwins' An American in Paris takes wing.
Denver Post
From Stanley to Sweeney Todd, stage can birth pop-culture cool
Humanizing "freaks" in "Side Show"
Daily Camera
Review: '3 Mo' Divas'
'Theatrical concert' delivers talented singers, no context
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