Peace, Rage, and Humor in ‘Bust’
In Zora Howard’s new play, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, a relaxing evening is interrupted by an altercation with the police.
Category Archives: Previews
Aztec Avengers: ‘Quetzali’ Takes Flight at Lexington Children’s Theatre
A new play from Alvaro Saar Rios follows a the big adventures of a teen with a mysterious feather sprouting from her arm.
Language in the Driver’s Seat in ‘Racecar Racecar Racecar’
Kallan Dana’s intimate, unsettling play, a production of The Hearth redirected from the shuttered Connelly Theatre, reemerges at A.R.T./New York.
Remains and Resistance: Native Voices’ ‘Antíkoni’
A new adaptation of Sophocles’s classic will be staged at a museum that once held Native remains—but it’s hardly a staid museum piece.
Ghosts of Future Passed
In Anna Ouyang Moench’s new backstage comedy, a regional theatre actor looks to avoid becoming a real-life Scrooge.
For the Fans: Building Otherworld’s ‘Twihard!’
Fresh off a cabaret performance at NYC’s 54 Below, Otherworld is set to remount their hit ‘Twilight’ parody musical, continuing their streak of sci-fi and fantasy shows for Chicago audiences.
Remembrance and Resistance in ‘Rutka’
The musical adaptation of ‘Rutka’s Notebook: A Voice from the Holocaust’ is currently having its world premiere at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
The Sound of Hysteria
Deaf and hearing artists are looking for the timeless rage in a new staging of Green Day’s ‘American Idiot,’ a collaboration between Deaf West Theatre and Center Theatre Group.
A Stripped-Down ‘Streetcar’ Rolls West
A new 4-actor version of Williams’s classic, which played last year at alternative NYC spaces, is headed for L.A., then Yale.
Perfect Prop Pie
What theatres are cooking up for ‘Waitress,’ the Sara Bareilles/Jessie Nelson musical that’s popping up at several theatres in the coming season.
