On the second floor of Spurlock Museum, snuggled amongst the artifacts from medieval Europe, lies the Garden of Eden. No, [...]
Perhaps a better dream, another time…
It seems that director Gary Griffin’s magic touch isn’t that effectively realized in the present production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer [...]
Attack of the international ants
Relaxing on the quad, I stretch out and fold my arms under my head. I take in a deep breath [...]
Wayward Souls
Doubt: to be uncertain or unlikely, to have distrust. It’s a general lack of certainty. The play Doubt is full [...]
Monster Truck Heaven
Champaign, home of the University of Illinois, land of the arts and culture, and— city of monster trucks? It might [...]
Theater Review: Company
Most people picture their first Super Bowl Sunday in college crammed around a television with a gaggle of buddies and [...]
Theater Review: Hesperia
Randall Colburn’s ”Hesperia” has been a work-in-progress around various Chicago theater venues since August of 2008. From workshop readings to [...]
Preposterous Pachyderms
If you listen carefully enough, you can hear the trumpeting of elephants fill the Armory Free Theatre. On the second [...]
Theater Review: The Sleeping Beauty
The Moscow Festival Ballet, founded in 1989, tours around the globe performing traditional ballets. The group made a stop in [...]
Theater Review: Race
The Goodman Theatre’s present production of David Mamet’s newest play Race is an outstanding, provocative and thoroughly enthralling 90 minutes of theatre. [...]
The Station Theatre puts on Company
You walk in and sit down on one of only a few risers. The scenery juts out just before your [...]
Theatre Review: Invisible Man
One of the great and important novels of the post-World War II era is Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man”. This stunning [...]

