**** It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you look. Between the Chicago area theaters, shops and Holiday Bazars,...
Theatre Reviews
***** For many of us, December isn’t complete without at least one encounter with A Christmas Carol. Maybe it’s Alastair...
***** I can’t say enough good things about “A Picasso", written by Jeffrey Hatcher, directed by Daniel King, and produced...
**** One of my favorite holiday traditions has always been attending "The Nutcracker". As a child, my parents would pack...
*** Thornton Wilder’s “The Long Christmas Dinner”, directed by Jacqueline Stone, offers a sobering counterpoint to the usual cheer of...
***** When opera lovers hear the name Falstaff, their minds often leap to Verdi’s celebrated masterpiece. But long before Verdi,...
Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse where one person manipulates another into questioning their reality, memory, or perceptions. Examples of gaslighting include: Denying facts: "That never happened; you must be imagining things". *****This is the definition that will help you understand a great deal more about this marvelous production...
**** I will start off by saying that I was not in love with the New Line Cinema film "Elf" written...
A Naughty, Merry Holiday Panto for Grown-Ups *** If you think you know the tale of Rapunzel, think again. Pride...
***** Whatever happened to Cindy-Lou Who—the sweet 2-year-old who melted the heart of the green Grinch on Christmas Eve 40...
