‘An Issue of Blood’ at Victory Gardens
This article by Robert Loerzel originally appeared in Playbill magazine’s Chicago edition in April 2015. Last fall, Marcus Gardley was supposed to be writing A Wonder in My Soul, a play revolving...
View ArticlePlay review: ‘The Herd’
Make It Better magazine, April 14, 2015 — Like so many other plays before it, “The Herd” is about a family gathering that turns into a moment of crisis and confrontation. It’s a familiar formula, but...
View ArticleMay 2015 theater preview
Make It Better magazine, April 21, 2015 — Putting together a new musical is a big deal. It isn’t easy finding the right combination of words, melodies, characters and spectacle that will win over...
View ArticlePlay review: ‘The Little Foxes’
Make It Better magazine, May 12, 2015 — One of the most striking and unusual things about the Goodman Theatre’s new production of “The Little Foxes,” a classic 1939 play by Lillian Hellman, is the...
View ArticleJune-July 2015 theater preview
Make It Better magazine, June-July 2015 — While many theater groups take a pause for summer vacation, others keep busy in June and July. Highlights include the launch of a new season by the North Shore...
View Article‘Grand Concourse’ play review
Make It Better, July 24, 2015 — Young people can be so puzzling to older generations. Countless articles have asked, “What’s up with millennials, anyway?” And several recent plays at Steppenwolf...
View ArticleSeptember 2015 theater preview
Make It Better, September 3, 2005 — Read my preview of September 2015 plays.
View ArticleOctober 2015 theater preview
Make It Better, September 24, 2015 — Read my preview of October 2015 plays.
View ArticleQ&A with Mary Zimmerman on ‘Treasure Island’
Make It Better magazine, October 2014 — “Treasure Island” is one of those stories that has seeped into our culture. The way we picture pirates – those eye patches, peg legs, parrots and treasure maps –...
View Article2015 holiday theater preview
Make It Better, October 16, 2015 — Read my preview of 2015 holiday plays.
View ArticleStorytelling through omission in ‘Mary Page Marlowe’
Medium, May 19, 2016 — Read my review of Mary Page Marlowe at Steppenwolf Theatre.
View ArticleHamilton’s Chicago superfans
Past and Present: Hamilton, a musical of historic ambition, arrives in Chicago Playbill, August 2016 — The smash Broadway show Hamilton is a hot topic when students drop by the office of Northwestern...
View ArticleNovember-December 2015 Theater Preview
Make It Better, November-December 2015 — Read my preview of Chicago-area plays. Photo: Liz Lauren (A Christmas Carol at the Goodman Theatre)
View ArticleJanuary-February 2016 Theater Preview
Make It Better, January-February 2016 — Read my preview of Chicago-area plays. Photo: Johan Persson (Measure for Measure)
View ArticleMarch-April 2016 Theater Preview
Make It Better, March-April 2016 — Read my preview of Chicago-area plays.
View ArticleSeptember-October 2016 Theater Preview
Make It Better, September-October 2016 — Read my preview of Chicago-area plays.
View ArticleNovember-December 2016 Theater Preview
Make It Better, November-December 2016 — Read my preview of Chicago-area plays. Photo: Michael Courier (Emily Berman in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley)
View ArticleNewberry Library’s Shakespeare Exhibit
Playbill, December 2016 — As the world marked the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, Chicago had good reason to boast. Even though it’s an ocean and half a continent away from...
View ArticleIke Holter and ‘The Wolf at the End of the Block’
Playbill, January 2017 — For a playwright who has received the highest praise from critics, Ike Holter is disarmingly modest. “I’m pretty dumb,” the 30-year-old Chicagoan says, struggling to explain...
View ArticleJanuary-February 2017 Theater Preview
Make It Better, January-February 2017 — Read my preview of Chicago-area plays. Photo: Goodman Theatre
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