427 stories by "Kevin Greene"
Mercy Street Theatre's "Burn," a play written by Ian Michael James, is defined in all ways by its potential: Sam (Alex Gudding) wishes he could've had a life to lead, Al (Scott Olson) might …
Like every television show ever made about life in New York City, Alena Smith's “The New Sincerity” occurs in an improbably excellent piece of real estate: a split-level loft apa…
RECOMMENDED How does one secure the throne when a whole throng of people stands in the way? Kill them all! And then kill some more folks for good measure! Or, so it goes in Shakespeare’…
One test of a chic woman's mettle is how many ways she can deploy her scarf: casually slung over a shoulder, knotted loosely or tightly around the neck, folded, fanned or flounced. This is t…
As an allegory for sectarian disputes of all kinds, "In A Little World of Our Own," the breakout work from Northern Irish playwright Gary Mitchell, is easy enough to grasp without a backgrou…
Before you ask: no, this is not an adaptation of "Midnight Cowboy” the film. It's an adaptation of the 1965 book on which the film was based. Still, any adaptation would be incapabl…
Early on in "Rolling," jilted journalist Valerie digs at Sarah Koenig, beloved creator of "Serial." While at first it seems like a put-on, as we spend more time with Val the jab begins to ma…
RECOMMENDED One of the most powerful capabilities we possess as humans is the ability to make decisions. Our decisions, no matter how big or small, can change the course of our day or derail…
In Chekhov's "Three Sisters," written in 1900, the universal goal is to be in Moscow. In Mikhail Bulgakov's "Zoyka's Apartment," written a quarter-century later, there's hardly a character w…
RECOMMENDED Chicago Shakespeare Theater's “Othello” is a man's play in a man's world. It opens with Iago and Roderigo, average white dudes in baseball caps and leather jackets, t…
By Noel Schecter The darkest days for Michael Patrick Thornton began in the immediate aftermath of the spinal strokes that left him paralyzed and comatose for three days in 2003. Thornton…
RECOMMENDED One of the noblest services a theater can render is to capably revive an unjustly dismissed work. Raven Theatre has helped right an old wrong with this poignant production of Wil…
RECOMMENDED Reviewing "Marnie & Phil: A Circus Love Letter" at the Actors Gymnasium is difficult. Not because the plot is particularly complex or because there's a difficult-to-articulat…
RECOMMMENDED One night, Richard Hannay, a dashing thirty-seven-year-old Londoner with a fine pencil mustache, finds himself so filled with ennui that he does what any other reasonably bored …
RECOMMENDED A stage swathed with oriental rugs. On it a tambourine, a tape deck, a table lamp, a silicone-sleeved glass water bottle, an electric guitar, an amp and a suitcase. Harmonies: ra…
Let's start here: all the stuff you've seen and read about Romeo and Juliet was fake, an elaborate ploy so that the pair could run off to Reno together. Juliet (Jillian Rea) is horny and blo…
Monday "A Loss of Roses" at Raven Theatre. The "nearly-lost classic" from William Inge returns to Chicago. Through April 2. For tickets and more information visit raventheatre.com "Romeo and…
RECOMMENDED In the gun debate there are only two sides to choose from. Either you stand with those who hold the Second Amendment sacred or with those that believe guns are the root of all…
RECOMMENDED If you were involved in the dramatic arts in high school, you probably don't remember the performances as being the best part of your experience. Then again, perhaps the young pe…
RECOMMENDED "2666" is unlike anything you've ever seen before. That much I can promise. Beyond its gargantuan run time"which will be plenty of reason to put some out but also just enough to …
RECOMMENDED Lauren Yee's "In A Word" will leave you in a poetic state of mind. You'll find yourself grasping for ways to describe this manic work that will ultimately fall short of the breat…
I am of two minds over this mentalist act now ensconced at the Apollo. On the one hand, it's technically amazing, a blast of psychic gee-whiz wonderment as Salem appears to effortlessly read…
RECOMMENDED "The Awake" details three people's flight from their lives, from circumstances impossible to accept: Nate (Kaiser Ahmed) dreams of being a school teacher while violent interrogat…
RECOMMENDED The big screen is our escape hatch into a world more vivid and exciting than our everyday one. But what happens when the hatch closes and the lights come back on? One kind of …
It's been nearly a year since "Today We Escape,” Tympanic Theatre Company’s short-play festival dedicated to the seminal Radiohead album "OK Computer." They return with "Blueb…
