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A Winter’s Tale at the Goodman Theatre Review – An Obscure Delight
If you go see A Winter’s Tale once in your life (and that may be all you need), see it in its current iteration at the Goodman. […]
Articles by Jessie Bond
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A Chorus Line Review – A Fresh Take on a Beloved Classic
Porchlight Music Theatre presents American music theatre staple A Chorus Line, directed by Brenda Didier. This classic musical tells the story of seventeen dancers auditioning to be in the chorus of an upcoming show. A […]
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Lottery Day Review – Rightlynd’s Grand Finale
All your favorite characters from the previous six installments are coming together for an epic, high-stakes, emotionally fraught conclusion this April. You might be thinking of Game of Thrones, but this also describes Lottery Day, […]
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Small World Review – A World of Laughter, A World of Tears
There are possibly no two events less alike than the apocalypse and a day at Disney. Yet these are the two events playwrights Jillian Leff and Joe Lino juxtapose in their play Small World, currently […]
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Sweat at Goodman Theatre Review – Brilliant but Familiar
Did you know that technology and globalization are changing the American economy, especially for blue-collar workers? I know. Let that one sink in for a moment. Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Sweat, which is currently […]
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Dessa at Old Town School of Folk Music Review – A Powerful Performance
After opening act Monakr finished their set at Old Town School of Folk Music on February 21st, singer Matthew Santos asked the audience “are you ready for Dessa?” We responded with the universal wordless yell […]
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MadKap Productions’ Bonnie and Clyde Review – Bonnie is Spectacular. The Rest? Fine.
After seeing Frank Wildhorn and Don Black’s musical Bonnie and Clyde at Kokandy Productions a year and a half ago, I’ve become rather unapologetically obsessed with the music from the show, playing the original Broadway […]
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The Soccer Player in the Closet Review – A Haunting Tale
Nothing Without a Company continues its mission of creating site-specific theatre with The Soccer Player in the Closet; a comment in the script about the protagonist’s apartment being situated above a flower shop prompted the […]
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Junie B. Jones the Musical Review – Not the Bestest
It’s possible my soft spot for children’s theatre has gotten out of hand. Honestly, we ought to have children review Theatre for Young Audiences. After all, it’s right there in the title: it’s for young […]
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Girl in the Red Corner Review – Feminist, Fight-Heavy, Fantastic
When the lights went up at intermission of Girl in the Red Corner, I found myself feeling something I’ve never felt at intermission of a show before: disappointment. I didn’t want to wait ten minutes […]