The Things I Could Never Tell Steven by TotalTheater

Regional " Chicago, IL: PrideArts Broadway: 4139 North Broadway. Aug.19-Sept. 19, 2021. Song Cycle. Author: Jye Bryant. Director: Jay Espano. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Sept. 2021). *** Ste…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:06pm on September 12, 2021[SHARE]

Songs for Nobodies by TotalTheater

Regional " Chicago, IL: Northlight Theater at North Shore Center for the Art: 9501 Skokie Boulevard. Sept. 23-Oct. 31, 2021. Play with Music. Book: Joanna Murray-Smith. Director: Rob Lindley…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 8:54pm on September 6, 2021[SHARE]

Rent by TotalTheater

Regional " Chicago, IL: Possibilities Theater Company at NorthCenter Town Square: 4100 North Damen Avenue. Aug. 5-21, 2021. Musical. Book/Score: Jonathan Larson. Director: Melody DeRogatis. …

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 9:42pm on August 22, 2021[SHARE]

School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play by TotalTheater

regional " Chicago, IL: Goodman Theater's Albert Theater: 170 North Dearborn Street. July 30-Aug. 29, 2021 Comedy-Drama. Author: Jocelyn Bioh. Director: Lili-Anne Brown. 75 min. Critic: Mary…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 9:48pm on August 14, 2021[SHARE]

Footloose by TotalTheater

Regional " Conroe, TX: Players Theater Company at Owen Theater: 225 Metcalf Street. March 12-March 28, 2021. Musical. Book: Walter Bobbie and Dean Pitchford. Lyrics: Dean Pitchford. Music: T…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:04pm on March 17, 2021[SHARE]

The Odd Couple by TotalTheater

Regional " Conroe, TX: Stage Right at Crighton Theater: 234 North Main Street. Feb. 12-Feb. 28, 2021. Comedy. Author: Neil Simon. Director: Melody Montez. Critic: David Dow Bentley (Feb. 202…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 3:09pm on February 19, 2021[SHARE]

When Harry Met Rehab by TotalTheater

Regional " Chicago, IL: Donald Cameron Clark Productions at Greenhouse Theater Center: 2257 North Lincoln Avenue. Dec. 5-Jan. 30, 2021. Comedy-Drama. Authors: Spike Manton and Harry Tienowit…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 9:37am on January 19, 2021[SHARE]

Being Earnest by TotalTheater

Regional/Online " Chicago, IL: Skylight Music Theater. Musical. Book/Lyrics: Paul Gordon, adapting Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Music: Paul Gordon and Jay Grushka. Oct. 16-…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 11:08pm on November 15, 2020[SHARE]

Pride and Prejudice by TotalTheater

Regional/Online " Chicago, IL: Lifeline Theater. Ended Oct. 4, 2020. Returned Nov. 12-29, 2020. Comedy. Author: Christina Calvit adapting Jane Austen novel. Director: Dorothy Milne. Critic: …

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:28pm on October 27, 2020[SHARE]

Rastus and Hattie by TotalTheater

Regional/Online " Chicago, IL: 16th Street Theater. Sept. 24, 2020-Jan. 31, 2021. Drama. Author: Lisa Langford. Director: Lanise Antoine Shelley. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Oct. 2021). ***1…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 3:18pm on October 19, 2020[SHARE]

We're Gonna Die by TotalTheater

Regional/Online " Chicago, IL: Theater Y. Ended Oct. 25, 2020. Solo. Author: Young Jean Lee. Director: Justin Jones. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Oct. 2020). **** "To be, or not to be" may ha…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 11:33pm on October 18, 2020[SHARE]

Run the Beast Down by TotalTheater

Regional/Online: Chicago, IL: Strawdog Theater. October 2020-Nov. 1, 2020. Solo Drama. Author: Titas Halder. Director: Elly Green. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Oct. 2020). ***1/4 Tottenham wa…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 9:39pm on October 17, 2020[SHARE]

The Pursuit of Happiness: A BoHo Exploration of Freedom by TotalTheater

Regional/Online: Chicago, IL: BohHo Theater. August 2020-Dec. 31, 2020 Performance. Authors: various artists. Curator/Director: Sana Selemon. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Sept. 2020). ***1/4 …

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 11:12pm on September 29, 2020[SHARE]

Bad Dates by TotalTheater

Regional/Online " Glenview, IL: Oil Lamp Theater. Ended Aug. 23, 2020. Solo Comedy. Author: Theresa Rebeck. Director: Elizabeth Mazur Levin. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Aug. 2020). ***1/4 Fa…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:28pm on August 23, 2020[SHARE]

The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes, Vol. 4: Lockdown! by TotalTheater

Regional/Online " Chicago, IL: Hell in a Handbag Productions. Ended Aug. 15, 2020. Comedy. Author: David Cerda. Director: Spenser Davis. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Aug. 2020). *** As the lo…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:02pm on August 3, 2020[SHARE]

Alas (a fragment from Matei ViÅŸniec's Cabaret of Words) by TotalTheater

Regional/Online: Chicago, IL: Trap Door Theater. July 31-Sept. 24, 2020. Performance. Author: Matei ViÅŸniec. Translated by Daniel Silindean. Director: Michael Mejia. Critic: Mary Shen Bar…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 9:48pm on August 1, 2020[SHARE]

Quarantunes Live by TotalTheater

Regional " Houston, TX: Music Box Theater: 2623 Colquitt. Ended July 25, 2020. Musical Revue. Conceived: Music Box cast. Critic: David Dow Bentley (July 2020). ***1/2 Having said that, it is…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:55pm on July 27, 2020[SHARE]

Groups of Ten or More People by TotalTheater

Regional / Online " Chicago, IL: Littlebrain Theater. July 2020-Aug. 30, 2020. Author: Gaby Labotka and Zach Barr. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (July 2020). ***1/4 The forays into digital play…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 9:50pm on July 22, 2020[SHARE]

Cymbeline by TotalTheater

Regional/Online " Chicago, IL: First Folio Theater. June 3-June 14, 2020. Comedy-Drama. Author: William Shakespeare, adapted by David Rice. Director: Michael Goldberg. Critic: Mary Shen Barn…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 5:43pm on June 9, 2020[SHARE]

All-One: The Dr. Bronner's Plays by TotalTheater

Regional/Online " Chicago, IL: Passage Theater. Ended May 17, 2020. Comedy/Drama. Author: Beth Hyland. Director: Sammy Zeisel. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (May 2020). ***1/4 You can still see…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 9:43pm on May 13, 2020[SHARE]

Masque of the Red Coronavirus by TotalTheater

Regional/Online " Chicago, IL: Black Button Eyes Productions. Ended April 2020. Performance. Author: Ed Rutherford. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (April 2020). *** It was easy to forget, last m…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:32pm on April 15, 2020[SHARE]

Mrs. Warren's Profession by TotalTheater

Regional " Chicago, IL: Promethean Theater Ensemble at Otherworld Theater: 3914 North Clark Street. Feb. 28-March 14, 2020 (ended owing to COVID shutdown). Comedy. Author: George Bernard Sha…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 7:09am on March 17, 2020[SHARE]

The Two Character Play by TotalTheater

Regional " Chicago, IL: L'acadie at Athenaeum: 2936 North Southport Avernue. March 13-March 18, 2020. (Note: run stopped by COVID shutdown) Drama. Author: Tennessee Williams. Director: Kaitl…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 9:59pm on March 16, 2020[SHARE]

Frozen (Jr.) by TotalTheater

Regional " The Woodlands, TX: Class Act Productions: 25275 Budde Road. March 6-March 8, 2020. Musical. Book: Jennifer Lee. Score: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Director: Stacy Jon…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:53pm on March 11, 2020[SHARE]

School Girls, or The African Mean Girls Play by TotalTheater

Regional/Online " Chicago, IL: Goodman Theater. March 7-April 12, 2020. Comedy. Author: Jocelyn Bioh. Director: Lili-Anne Brown. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (May 2020). ***1/2 Ranking in popu…

SOURCE: TotalTheater at 2:35pm on March 11, 2020[SHARE]