1,044 stories by "Kerry Reid"
A white Canadian pop star and two Black hip-hop artists share a reality-TV crib.
There are two specific places in Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm's P.Y.G. or the Mis-…
Githa Sowerby's tale of a grasping patriarchal capitalist still has resonance today.
If you've never heard of Githa Sowerby, don't feel bad. When she died at 93 …
Prop Thtr and Haven
When the big theaters have a changing of the guard in artistic directors, it's understandably big news.…
Katori Hall's play takes its time but weaves a spell.
"I lost my song. I lost it because I didn't know what it was worth," laments a young bluesman freshly retur…
1938 Italy provides the fascist framework for this Invictus staging.
With anti-Semitism on the rise in the U.S. and Europe, it might make perfect sense to revisi…
Shpiel Performing Identity produces this eight-day event as part of the Alliance for Jewish Theatre Conference.
The attack on Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue…
American Sign Language adds a cunning layer of commentary to Red Theater Chicago's dark romantic fable.
Jeremy wants a girlfriend more than anything, but can't g…
A musical based on the true-life "Slender Man" attack raises more questions than it answers.
Last week, Payton Leutner, the victim in the Wisconsin "Slender Man"…
The table is set this month with theater world premieres, dance works in progress, and comedy with cured meat.
NOVEMBER THEATER PICKS (Kerry Reid) Laura and the …
Leah Nanako Winkler's raucous and poignant family drama gets a stellar local premiere with the Gift Theatre.
The homecoming prompted by weddings and funerals is …
Barrens Theatre's inventive immersive church staging is just the right amount of creepy.
When it comes to infamous female serial killers, Aileen Wuornos has noth…
Silk Road Rising and International Voices Project collaborate on this world premiere comedy.
Three women"one an MBA student in her early 30s, one a painter and r…
A pregnant woman seeking an abortion and her Christian captor face off in Jane Martin's still-relevant 1993 play.
The pseudonymous Jane Martin (long rumored to b…
Even without a door slam, Henrik Ibsen's classic hits home.
To view Nora Helmer's girlish high spirits as proof of immaturity is as much a mistake as viewing Bla…
Raven's production has heart, but doesn't fully connect the pieces.
Twin sisters"an academic with a Fulbright and a struggling songwriter"return from New York to…
As First Folio's droll and dark production demonstrates, he rather deserves it.
The joke goes that someone could win the caption-a-cartoon contest in the New Yor…
Here are ten sweet options onstage this month.
OCTOBER THEATER PICKS (Kerry Reid)
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Tarell Alvin McCraney, Oscar winner for Moonlight, first …
Akvavit Theatre's staging gets repetitive, but has some mordant wit.
If you thought Ibsen's characters had family issues, wait'll you meet the Norwegians in Fami…
Windy City Playhouse's production is a poignant showcase for Rebecca Spence.
"#992: Knowing to jangle your keys while walking through the nature preserve so the …
The Tony-winning play gets a smart and timely local premiere from TimeLine.
If A Walk in the Woods, Lee Blessing's 1988 play about the private talks between two …
Jane Anderson's drama doesn't invest enough in the mother-daughter bond.
Jane Anderson's 2018 play retells the oft-dramatized life of Joan of Arc from the point …
Theresa Rebeck's comedy of sexual politics tests the limits of women in power.
Back in 2007, New Yorker theater critic John Lahr dismissed Theresa Rebeck's play …
Water People Theater's contribution to Destinos is sobering but poetic.
According to a recent NPR story, 12 journalists have been murdered in Mexico so far this …
Lucas Hnath's one-woman play about his mother's kidnapping centers the voice of the survivor.
In the playwright's notes to Hillary and Clinton, which premiered a…
Cheryl Strayed's advice column becomes a story circle in Nia Vardalos's adaptation.
Before Wild vaulted her to fame and fortune, Cheryl Strayed offered literally…
