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 Thursday, Feb 1 Work by African-American artists has figured prominently in three bold, strong shows, all of them at long-established but smaller Chicago theater companies, none of them in any way predictable. If you have time for a triple-header this chilly weekend, here's what to see. |
| 4 stars! This great Tony-winning play, now at the Cadillac Palace, has been protected and realized with craft and love, with Richard Thomas as the father of a family under pressure. |
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| The Chicago native knows how to breathe vivid life into every word of this 75-minute set. And, as always, he's a cheerful realist with a foot in the grave and his head in the clouds. |
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| Have you heard about "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at Drury Lane Theatre? It's set in Vegas. With bad celebrity impersonations and twerking. |
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| The two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone will perform a one-night-only concert at Steppenwolf Theatre Company with host Seth Rudetsky. Here are all the details. |
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| Porchlight's production of Sondheim's show that follows show-business lives through the device of traveling backward in time is actually quite good. Recommended, Sondheim devotees. |
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| The legendary Mikhail Baryshnikov talks about why he couldn't pass up the opportunity to star in the one-man show "Brodsky/Baryshnikov," coming to the Harris Theater this weekend. |
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| This story about "My Little Pony" fans jumps the fences and heads for the open range of American populism and paranoia. Read on for the 3-star review. |
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