As a Production Manager, John Kearns’ Job Is Never Done
A busy day in the life of Chicago’s TimeLine production manager.
Category Archives: Great Lakes
Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.
Please Don’t Turn Off Your Cell Phone
In Renee Schilling’s “Doug is a D-Bag” at the Cleveland Public Theatre, texting during the show isn’t only allowed, it’s encouraged.
Further Reductions with ‘The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged)’
The Reduced Shakespeare Comedy returns for their ninth stage collaboration.
Available Light Theatre: The Troupe That Sticks Together
The Ohio-based ensemble gears up for a new work about friendship, the power of which they know all too well.
Zinnie Harris and ‘The Wheel’ at Steppenwolf
The British playwright’s award-winning work receives a new staging from the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Carlyle Brown and James A. Williams: Sparring Partners
After three decades working together, these two have learned to fight from a place of respect as much as passion.
Bron Batten Premieres ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ at Chicago’s Neo-Futurists
Batten’s new show copes with parent/daughter divide by bringing the parents onstage.
Robert Sickinger (1917-2013): A Windy City Ringleader
From Hull House, to the Jane Addams Center, to Uptown Theatre, remembering a giant of the Chicago theatre scene.
Bernard Sahlins (1922-2013): A Giant of the Second City
Remembering the sustaining force behind the Chicago improv institution.
Mary Zimmerman’s Bare Necessities: a Text, a Set, a Cast—and a Disney Cartoon
The Chicago adapter/director seems like a natural choice to turn the beloved ‘Jungle Book’ into a stage musical, but that doesn’t mean it’s been easy.
