Theater
Edited by Kris Vire
This week
Profile: Rachel Rockwell
The busy director's jam-packed season spans Sweeney Todd to The Sound of Music, with stops at Enron and Taming of the Shrew.
We Live Here
Eight writers recall their Chicago coming-of-age moments in Theatre Seven’s new anthology.
Powerless: Issues 1–3
The first three “issues” of a test run for a superhero stage serial have us ready to put it on our pull list.
Put My _____ in Your _____ aka Your 15 Minutes of Finger
Bob Fisher’s weird-for-weird’s-sake Warhol homage holds enough intrigue for 15 minutes but goes on for 75 more.
Critics' picks
Profile: Rachel Rockwell
The busy director's jam-packed season spans Sweeney Todd to The Sound of Music, with stops at Enron and Taming of the Shrew.
Theater reviews
Featured stories
Powerless follows superpowered twentysomethings
The ad hoc Society for Young Superheroes will produce three “issues” of its new comics-inspired stage endeavor.
Caroline Neff
The extraordinary actress, who picked up her first Jeff Award in June, shows remarkable emotional range onstage.
Theater Wit offers unlimited attendance for flat monthly fee
The three-space “multiplex storefront theater” brings the Netflix membership model to the stage.
Joe Wescott of Hot Tix
The voice behind the discount ticket service’s witty Twitter account is also a budding playwright.
Can't-miss stories
True stories from a night at the Lucky Horseshoe Lounge [NSFW]
A thong or two we noticed checking out the Saturday scene at Boystown’s enduring male strip club.
Dose Market
A new food and shopping market in Chicago turns the River East Arts Center into a shopping mecca once a month.
Summer 2011’s must-see classical events
Rufus Wainwright, Frodo and good ol’ Mozart lead a varied bunch of summer fare.
