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Posts tagged "Stage 773"

"Her Naked Skin" (Shattered Globe): Thought-provoking Herstory Lesson

"Her Naked Skin" (Shattered Globe): Thought-provoking Herstory Lesson
#102.  I find it fairly incomprehensible that less than 100 hundred years ago women didn’t have the right to vote.  Literature from the time period always boggles my mind.  Men and women’s opinions of female inferiority is disheartening.  The extreme measures used by suffragettes to instigate an evolution of thought is admirable.  The inhumane measures... Read more »
By Katy Walsh,
May 7, 2012 at 2:21 pm
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tick, tick...BOOM! (Porchlight Theatre): Magnetic Aguilar Nonstop Dream Chaser

30!  It’s a big one.  It’s ten years out from being a teenager.  And there is a certain expectation that by the age of 30, career, marriage, finances should be established or stabilized or at least a focus.  That’s why, when I turned 30, I freaked out and moved from Indiana to Chicago without a... Read more »
By Katy Walsh,
May 5, 2012 at 5:57 pm
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EXTENDED Thru May 27th "Little Shop of Horrors" (Street Tempo): Killer-Comedy Musical...Abso-Bloody-lutely!

EXTENDED Thru May 27th "Little Shop of Horrors" (Street Tempo): Killer-Comedy Musical...Abso-Bloody-lutely!
Downtown, where the folks are broke.  Downtown, where your life’s a joke.  Downtown, when you buy your token, you go, home to skid row. #78.  Street Tempo, in conjunction with Stage 773, presents LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.  Life on Skid Row sucks…especially for Seymour.  Business is abysmal.  His boss is even worse. Seymour might lose his... Read more »
By Katy Walsh,
April 12, 2012 at 12:58 pm
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"Tea and Sympathy" (The Artistic Home): Thought-Provoking Subject Matter

"Tea and Sympathy" (The Artistic Home): Thought-Provoking Subject Matter
#57.  Jock, fairy, slut, bully… labels have transcended time.  But how has our reaction to them stood the test of decades? Do we continue to be bystanders against or advocates for individuality? The Artistic Home presents TEA AND SYMPATHY.  It’s the 1950’s.  A quick dip at the local swimming hole leads to destruction at an... Read more »
By Katy Walsh,
March 19, 2012 at 11:25 am
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"Best Musical! A Completely Improvised Musical Comedy (Porchlight Theatre): Like "Smash" but Smushed and Live!

#55.  I love the flash mob craze.  I want life to burst out into spontaneous dancing.  Or singing!  I think work meetings, bus rides, and grocery shopping could use a little perky tune to jazz up the mundane.  Life just sounds better with music. Porchlight Music Theatre presents Best Musical! A Completely Improvised Musical Comedy.  Second City... Read more »
By Katy Walsh,
March 18, 2012 at 8:06 am
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"A Catered Affair" (Porchlight Theatre): Mother of the Bride Captivates!

"A Catered Affair" (Porchlight Theatre): Mother of the Bride Captivates!
#40.  Weddings are a lot of work.  Multiple variables can ruin the whole thing.  Wedding coordinators are hired to deal with the mundane and unexpected.  Their role is to keep it beautiful and special, no matter what. If they are good at their job, no one ever even knows there was an unpleasant moment. Unfortunately, marriages... Read more »
By Katy Walsh,
February 22, 2012 at 9:41 am
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"Let My People Come" (Street Tempo Theatre): Bright, Bawdy Burlesque!

The most sexually satisfied U.S. city is Philadelphia.  Least sexually satisfied?  San Francisco.  Greeks have the most sex.  Culture having the least sex? Japanese.  On either side of the stage, sex-toids are projected. The show hasn’t even started and I’m riveted with the writing on the wall! Street Tempo Theatre presents its inaugural production, Let My People... Read more »
By Katy Walsh,
November 16, 2011 at 8:30 am
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"A Touch of Poet" (The Artistic Home): Powerful Pretend!

Life is a lot of work! Shelter, food, survival are the results of hard labor.  The upper class believes they are above the daily drudgery.  They embrace a lifestyle of privilege.  Their every comfort is someone else’s responsibility.   And if they can afford it, more power to them.  Entitlement comes at a cost. The Artistic... Read more »
By Katy Walsh,
October 5, 2011 at 1:35 pm
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"Yellowman" (GreeneTree Productions): Profound Reflection on the Lingering Effects of Childhood

"Yellowman" (GreeneTree Productions): Profound Reflection on the Lingering Effects of Childhood
“Black people are better than white people!”  My six year old nephew insisted to his five year old white cousin. Definitely, it was a mean exchange between kids. But, it’s completely disheartening knowing that Noah is not black and not white.  He’s somewhere in-between, a yellowboy. Greenetree Productions presents YELLOWMAN.  Within a tight-knit Southern community... Read more »
By Katy Walsh,
September 17, 2011 at 9:12 am
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Review "Life Is A Dream": This Time It's a PRINCE Asleep in a Tower!

Audio Podcast at ITUNES  Chicago Theatre Reviews for Week of May 13th   Narrated by Joshua Volkers Vitalist Theatre in association with Premiere Theatre and Performance presents Calderon de la Barca’sLIFE IS A DREAMAt Stage 773, 1225 W. BelmontAdapted by Helen EdmundsonDirected by Liz Carlin-MetzThursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pmSundays at 2pmThru June 11th Buy TicketsRunning... Read more »
By Katy Walsh,
May 12, 2011 at 5:18 pm
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