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Victory Gardens’ “First Deep Breath” an Instant Classic
By Peter Thomas Ricci I often tell people that I was not lucky enough to see Steppenwolf’s original product of “August Osage County,” though I should have been smart enough […]
By Peter Thomas Ricci I’ll begin this review of the sensational “Lindiwe” with an observation that is, I think, hardly a controversial one – Steppenwolf is at its best when […]
By Peter Thomas Ricci When Raven Theatre Artistic Director Cody Estle introduced the company’s opening night performance of Katori Hall’s “Hoodoo Love,” he referenced the play’s 2007...
By Peter Thomas Ricci Lookingglass Theatre’s production of the Hans Christian Andersen story “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” has become a holiday tradition in Chicago, and for good reason –...
By Peter Thomas Ricci Porchlight Theatre is among the finest interpreters of musical theater in all of Chicagoland, and those traits are in abundance in the company’s staging of the […]
By Peter Thomas Ricci Teatro Vista has a long history of producing nuanced, historically relevant material for the Chicago stage, and their latest production – “Hope: Part II of a Mexican...