234 stories by "Catey Sullivan"
Playwright Lucy Kirkwood's devastated world is nightmarishly familiar.
It's comforting to regard the premise of Lucy Kirkwood's eco-thriller with a smug sense of…
Until then, it relies too heavily on stale old jokes.
Second City e.t.c.'s 43rd revue begins with the cast paddling through the audience in a faux water ballet. …
It's a reminder that while art can be silenced, it can never be extinguished.
Near the end of the first act of Lauren Yee's Cambodian Rock Band, the cast deliver…
And not just because the main character's nose grows when he tells a lie.
With their adaptation of Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, Joseph Steakley and Ben Lobpries ha…
She ignores that some people don't have the luxury of civility.
About midway through Julie Ganey's one-woman show, the author-star describes trying to make her T…
Dutch Masters and The Undeniable Sound of Right Now ask how much has really changed in politics and music.
Jackalope and Raven Theatres are firing up the waybac…
"Am I the only Latinx sharing stories right now? Where are the rest of us?"
After the rush of winning the 2013 Moth GrandSlam storytelling competition faded, Li…
This Abbey Theatre import is unexpectedly wonderful.
So, two Irish actors walk into a bar. As does the entire audience.…
In Victory Gardens' triumphant "Fun Home", Director Gary Griffin's ensemble will break your heart with their ability to embody the characters in Alison Bechdel's story, especially Rob Lindle…
Chicago Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew is a fine production of a play that doesn't deserve the resources lavished on it. For all the prodigious talent on stage, Shrew remains an endorseme…
Between the distracting set design, the plot holes and the ultimately ineffective performances by the rest of the cast, The New Colony's world-premiere Punk is a weak endeavor. (review by Ca…
Million Dollar Quartet is irresistible. Set in 1956 during the only recording session when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins were all in the same room, the juke-bo…
For most of Northlight Theatre's The Legend of Georgia McBride, audiences are treated to a whacky, audience-pleasing comedy. The plot goes for guffaws by showing the whacky plight of a stra…
It doesn't matter if you don't know Rembrandt from Renoir, Manet from Monet. In its exploration of why art moves us " and moves us to take extraordinary measures to preserve it through eons …
Court Theatre's Five Guys Named Moe looks and sounds terrific. Set designer Courtney O'Neill has ingeniously turned the stage into the inside of a old time radio, and sound designer Victoria…
Despite some shortcomings, world-premiere Alias Grace is well worth seeing. The story of Grace Mark is powerful both as history and as a commentary on history. Rivendell Theatre hasn't captu…
Under Kevin Bellie's direction, Bullets Over Broadway does have moments of charm. But between these bright spots, the acting aesthetic is cartoons on hyperdrive " loud and garish enough to o…
There's a pall of suffocating dread woven through director Ivo Van Hove's galvanizing take on Arthur Miller's 1955 classic A View From the Bridge. Set in the 1950s, the story about immigrati…
Rock of Ages just might be the most shamelessly pandering musical since, oh, the late 1980s. It revels in boobie and poop jokes and stratospherically over-the-top characters. And it's that v…
The story of The Toad Knew " if there is one " is left to the audience to create within their own minds. The performers " a quintet starring creator James Thierrée " are a group of dancers/…
An engaging performer, Minita Gandhi plays over a dozen characters in what initially feels like a fairly predictable story of generational and cultural differences. But roughly two-thirds of…
The cast of Kokandy Productions' Little Fish, by Michael John LaChuisa, is capable enough, and they make beautiful music together. The show sinks, nonetheless, because it's both predictable …
There is so much impossible beauty in Cirque du Soleil's Luzia, that watching it almost hurts. Act for act, Luzia: A Waking Dream of Mexico - written and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca with…
In all, Broadway in Chicago's An American in Paris is joyous, fascinating and moving. It is also an incredible showcase of just how much beauty an ensemble of extraordinary dancers are capab…
Playwright Taylor Mac has created a kitchen sink family drama whose disarray is actually anxiety-inducing. There's chaos and trouble and pain layered into the heaps of old laundry and bowls …
