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 Thursday, Jan 25 Cuban-American playwright Rogelio Martinez landed right in the middle of the United States in the ascendant years of Ronald Reagan. This perhaps explains his fascination with the 1980s. Martinez talks about his dramatization premiering Monday night at the Goodman Theatre, directed by Robert Falls. |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced the complete cast of "The Doppelganger." Rainn Wilson, who became a household name as Dwight Schrute on "The Office," will lead the production. |
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| "Tootsie," based on the 1982 movie and hot on the heels of the musical "Pretty Woman," will have its pre-Broadway tryout in the fall. The Broadway actor Santino Fontana will star in the role first made famous by Dustin Hoffman. |
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| "All My Sons" at Court Theatre is some of the best work of the Chicago careers of director Charles Newell and actor John Judd, who plays the tragic patriarch Joe Keller. Read on for the 4-star review. |
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| The Chicago premiere of "Yank!" by Pride Films and Plays was a big draw on opening. The show is performed by a fresh, non-Equity company of 11 all-singing, all-dancing men and one aptly named woman, Molly LeCaptain. |
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| Attention broken-hearted lovers of Elvis! "Heartbreak Hotel," a prequel to the smash hit "Million Dollar Quartet" about Elvis and his rise to fame, is coming to the Broadway Playhouse in June. |
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| On the day celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr., Chicago said farewell to Lew Manilow, a formidable Chicagoan. Here's an appreciation of Manilow, and an unexpected new appreciation of Adam Guettel's song "Dividing Day." |
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| If you're going to dance a fairy tale, you need to make it come alive. Unfortunately, "Sleeping Beauty" at the Harris Theater had dancers who were neither flawless nor inspired, particularly in the ballet's first act. |
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