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The Lake Effect @ Silk Road Rising
Reviewed by Kerstin Broockmann, April 27, 2013 Rating 4 Stars Out of 4 Rajiv Joseph’s writing is becoming a mainstay on Chicago stages (recent productions include Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo and...
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Fight Girl Battle World @ InFusion Theater
Reviewed by Kerstin Broockmann, May 18, 2013 Rating 3 stars out of 4 Humans are violent. The point is made frequently in InFusion Theatre Company’s Midwest premiere of Qui Nguyen’s Fight Girl Battle...
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The Electric Baby @ Rivendell Theatre
Reviewed by Kerstin Broockmann, May 20, 2013 3 ½ stars out of 4 At the heart of The Electric Baby, now receiving its Chicago premiere in a moving production by Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, is a baby...
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Big Lake Big City @ Lookingglass Theatre
Reviewed by Kerstin Broockmann 3 stars out of 4 Keith Huff’s (A Steady Rain, Mad Men, House of Cards) bloody neo-noir tribute to Chicago, Big Lake Big City, now receiving a no-holds-barred production...
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Paulus @ Silk Road Rising
Reviewed by Kerstin Broockmann 2.5 stars out of 4 If you are seeking the road to redemption, Paulus, Motti Lerner’s play about the roots of Christianity receiving its premier at Silk Road Rising, will...
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The Golden Dragon @ Sideshow Theatre Company
Reviewed by Kerstin Broockmann, January 27, 2014 3.5 stars out 4 In the kitchen of a Thai/Vietnamese/Chinese restaurant in an unnamed European city, the Boy has a toothache. He is in his 30’s but is...
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Meet our writing team!
Check out the updated bios for the team of SCC writers - Angela Allyn, Kerstin Broockmann, Robert William Kingett, Elayne LeTraunik, Sally Jo Osborne, Rand Ringgenberg, Joe Stead, and coordinator David...
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Russian Transport @ Steppenwolf Theatre
Reviewed by Kerstin Broockmann, February 18, 2014 3 stars out of 4 Russian Transport by Erika Sheffer is a play with an identity crisis which the solid production currently on view in its Chicago...
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A Tale of Two Cities @ Lifeline
Theater Review by Kerstin Broockmann, February 27, 2014 Rating 3 Stars out of 4 Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities is the story of a passionate love triangle set against the crushing social woes of...
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Leveling Up @ Steppenwolf
Theater Review by Kerstin Broockmann, March 2, 2014 4 Stars out 4 In Steppenwolf for Young Adult’s production of Deborah Zoe Laufer’s Leveling Up four twenty-somethings grapple with coming of age and...
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Dessa Rose @ Bailiwick Chicago
Theater Review by Kerstin Broockmann, March 22, 2014 3.5 Stars Out Of 4 (front left) Harmony France and the cast of Bailiwick Chicago’s production of DESSA ROSE, by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty,...
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‘My Asian Mom’ Is Back @ A-Squared Theatre Workshop
Theatre Review by Kerstin Broockmann, May 9, 2014 2 ½ stars out of 4 My Asian Mom is back. The third incarnation of the A-Squared Theatre Workshop’s paean to Asian moms in the diaspora is wide-ranging...
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The Doll’s House Project: Ibsen Is Dead @ Interrobang
Theatre Review by Kerstin Broockmann, May 10, 2014 3 stars out of 4 Henrik Ibsen’s Nora is considered a proto-feminist heroine of modern theater, though that might be giving her too much credit....
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Big Lake Big City @ Lookingglass Theatre
Reviewed by Kerstin Broockmann 3 stars out of 4 Keith Huff’s (A Steady Rain, Mad Men, House of Cards) bloody neo-noir tribute to Chicago, Big Lake Big City, now receiving a no-holds-barred production...
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A Tale of Two Cities @ Lifeline
Theater Review by Kerstin Broockmann, February 27, 2014 Rating 3 Stars out of 4 Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities is the story of a passionate love triangle set against the crushing social woes of...
View ArticleThe Doll’s House Project: Ibsen Is Dead @ Interrobang
Theatre Review by Kerstin Broockmann, May 10, 2014 3 stars out of 4 Henrik Ibsen’s Nora is considered a proto-feminist heroine of modern theater, though that might be giving her too much credit....
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Carrie @ Bailiwick Chicago
Theater review by Kerstin Broockmann, June 1, 2014 3.5 stars out of 4 Just in time for prom season, Bailiwick Chicago presents the Chicago premiere of Carrie: The Musical. With a book by Lawrence D....
View ArticleAnnapurna @ Profiles Theatre
Theater review by Kerstin Broockmann, June 22, 2014 2 ½ stars out of 4 Some relationships are forever, no matter what. 20 years earlier, Emma walked out on Ulysses with their son, intending never to...
View ArticleBurn the Black Dog @ Wayward Productions
Theater review by Kerstin Broockmann, July 26, 2014 3 stars out of 4 I never thought that I would leave high school wanting more, having happily graduated many years ago, but I left St. Cyprian’s...
View ArticleThe Gun Show @ 16th Street Theater in Berwyn
Theater review by Kerstin Broockmann, July 10, 2014 2 ½ stars out of four Everyone has a gun story in America. In The Gun Show, now receiving its world premiere at the 16th Street Theater in Berwyn,...
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