Catch the Fish @ The Poor Theatre (performing at Rivendell Theatre)
Theater review by Kerstin Broockmann, July 20, 2014 2.5 stars out of 4 Catch the Fish by Jonathan Caren is a play that examines what happens when Alison Van Pelt, an older (mid-30’s) female reporter...
View ArticleA Midsummer Night’s Dream @ Rabid Bat Theatricals
Theater Review by Kerstin Broockmann, August 11, 2014 2.5 stars out of 4 If you like supporting scrappy young theater companies, watching plays outdoors, catchy acoustic pop, and are a sucker for A...
View ArticleDinner of Our Discontent @ Aloft
Theater Review by Kerstin Broockmann, August 16, 2014 3.5 stars out of 4 Aloft’s re-visitation of Dinner of Our Discontent (an early version was performed around 2008) defies categorization as much as...
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Some Men @ Pride Films and Plays
Theater Review by Kerstin Broockmann, August 21, 2014 3 stars out of 4 Ben Burke and Edward Fraim Terrence McNally’s Some Men, presented by Pride Films and Plays at Rivendell Theatre, is a sprawling...
View ArticleClemente: The Legend of 21 @ Night Blue Performing Arts Company
Theater review by Kerstin Broockmann, August 21, 2014 2.5 stars out 4 NightBlue Performing Arts Company, in partnership with ArtoCarpus (the original presenters, well represented in this staging), go...
View ArticleThe Arsonists @ Strawdog
Theater Review by Kerstin Broockmann, August 25, 2014 3.5 stars out of 4 “In my place, what would you have done…and when?” is a question that Gottlieb Biedermann asks near the end of Max Frisch’s The...
View ArticleErnst Bloch’s ‘Macbeth’ @ Chicago Opera Theatre
Opera review by Kerstin Broockmann, September 13, 2014 3.5 Stars Out Of 4 Ernst Bloch’s 1906 opera is a stripped down version of Shakespeare’s original, borrowing much of its lyrics directly from the...
View ArticleSeason on the Line @ the House Theatre of Chicago
Theater review by Kerstin Broockmann, September 22, 2014 3 ½ stars out of 4 In a season of epics, House Theater Chicago launches its own. Though there are references to a certain white whale and the...
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La Chunga @ Aguijón Theater
Theater review by Kerstin Broockmann, October 10, 2014 2 ½ stars out of 4 Aguijón Theater is launching their 25th Anniversary Season, for which they are revisiting previously produced work, with Mario...
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All Girl Edgar Allan Poe @ The Chicago Mammals
Theater review by Kerstin Broockmann, October 18, 2014 2 ½ stars out of 4 The Chicago Mammals return just in time for Halloween with another installment of their “All Girl” series with All Girl Edgar...
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Talented Ensemble Invites Audience to Join Plastic Revolution @ The New Colony
Theater review by Kerstin Broockmann, Tuesday, January 20, 2015 3 Stars Out of 4 Photo by Ryan Bourque: (front, left to right) Cassie Thompson and Sasha Smith with (back, left to right) Elise Mayfield,...
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‘Princess Mary Demands Your Attention’ Almost Does @ Bailiwick Chicago
Theater review by Kerstin Broockmann, January 23, 2015 2 ½ stars out of 4 (left to right) TJ Crawford, Omer Abbas Salem, Armand Fields and David Kaplinsky in Bailiwick Chicago’s world premiere of...
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Yankee Tavern @ American Blues Theater
Theater review by Kerstin Broockmann, February 26, 2015 3 stars out of 4 Photo by Johnny Knight: (L to R) Darci Nalepa, Ian Paul Custer, Steve Key and Rich Cotovsky On September 11, 2001, the...
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The Mecca Tales Is a Pilgrimage Worth Taking @ Chicago Dramatists
Theater review by Kerstin Broockmann, March 13, 2015 3.5 stars out of 4 Anita Chandwaney, Stephanie Diaz, Morgan McCabe Rohina Malik’s new play The Mecca Tales invites the audience to join five female...
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The One and Only Ivan, Mighty Silverback, Comes to Life @ Lifeline Theatre
Theater review by Kerstin Broockmann, March 22, 2015 3.5 stars out of 4 Having recently laughed and cried my way through Katherine Applewhite’s The One and Only Ivan, I was curious to find out how well...
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