Brothers and Sisters Plays at Steppenwolf

We only saw one of the three short connected plays at Steppenwolf. Pretty powerful, great performances, and we rode the bus home with one of the performers.

Chicago Opera Theatre: Mosè in Egitto

Great singing, but the staging was a little static compared to other COT productions.

From the Tribune review: "When Chicago last heard Rossini's "Mose in Egitto," it was 1863, Abraham Lincoln was the nation's president and the show came to town courtesy of a touring Italian opera troupe. Nearly 147 years elapsed before Chicagoans would get to experience Rossini's biblical opera a second time. Praise be to Chicago Opera Theater, then, for giving the city a long-delayed second hearing of "Moses in Egypt."

Cabaret at Hypocrites

Dark, dark, dark. Scary. The MC was a woman. Way to go Matt. Great production. And people just couldn't keep their pants on.

Two Directors: Cabaret

Program at the Cultural Center: "Jim Corti and Matt Hawkins both directed productions of Cabaret this season with Drury Lane Theatre and The Hypocrites respectively. Each director discusses how they led the same script material with different performance venues, cast, and audience demographics in mind." (No, Matt didn't play guitar.)

Oh, Coward! at Writers' Theatre

Wow. Wow. Wow. A really, really wonderful production at the very tiny space at Writers' Theatre. Lovely. It was a marvelous party, with Nounou and Nada and Nell...

House Opening Benefit: Girls v. Boys

Oh, House, we love you, but we wanted to love this one more. Still, the group we brought thought it was fabulous, and we were up two more season tickets.

American Ballet Theatre: American Program

A pre-birthday treat. Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor, and Jerome Robbins program by ABT. Lose a shoe during Company B? Not a problem if you are a stellar ABT dancer. Really great.

A Springy Party

A crowded house at our friends Ms. A and Mr. E. The theme was "spring" so we brought a slinky.

The Illusion at Court & Magic Show!

Solid Court production. Adaptation by Tony Kushner.
And, a totally great surprise of a magic show by Dennis Watkins after the show. (He'd helped with the magic in the show.)




















Timothy Kane was hilarious.