Points to make after seeing Boop! (World Premiere at the CIBC Theatre in Chicago.) 1. Can we agree that disliking a sledge-hammer heavy-h...

  One of my best friends in the 80s/90s was a dominatrix/stripper named Louise.  We met through theater; she was one of the most dedicated...

Sweet Charity is not a great musical.   But it is an entertaining musical.   The story concerns Charity Hope Valentine, a dance hall ho...

(NOTE: Blogger.com is not letting me upload publicity photos right now.  I'll try again later.) At a theatre where I worked, th...

SPOILER ALERT : Do not read this if you are unfamiliar with Cabaret and how it ends. ALSO:   Blogger.com is not letting me upload photos r...

Pericles  by William Shakespeare, directed by Eric Tucker.  If you are fond of gentle, reasonable productions, displayed with grace and a g...

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, adapted and directed by James DeVita.  A wildly romantic tragicomedy, Cyrano de Bergerac is a swashb...

A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau, adapted and directed by David Frank.  A wild sex farce with nebbish husbands, neurotic wives, sensibl...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) In 1998, Jerry Lewis, in what was apparently an attempt at controversy to...

Should you go see   How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying   at the Marriott Theatre?    My answer is a qualified “yes.”  How...