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‘Oedipus Rex’ Review — Court Theatre Shines LED-bright Light on Sophocles’ Classic Tragedy

November 18, 2019 Leanne Star 0
Confession: As a student of comparative literature at the University of Chicago, I couldn’t dive deep enough into a text to reach the bottom, nor was that my goal. My aim was to examine the […]
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‘Into the Woods’ Review – Once Upon a Very Good Time at Writers Theatre

August 22, 2019 Leanne Star 0
    When Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s Into the Woods debuted in San Diego in 1986, a women’s theater club gathered their things after the first half of the musical, ready to head home […]
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‘The Adventures of Augie March’ Review — Saul Bellow’s Characters Boogie off the Pages in Playwright David Auburn’s Spirited Adaptation

May 19, 2019 Leanne Star 0
It’s a challenge to summarize Saul Bellow’s epic, picaresque 1953 novel The Adventures of Augie March. With dozens of memorable characters and scenes that unfurl herky-jerky over decades and scattered locations, the book is held […]
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‘Next to Normal’ Review — Home is Where the Heartbreak Is

May 17, 2019 Leanne Star 0
The central feature of Regina Garcia’s puzzle box set design for Next to Normal at is a wooden staircase, the epitome of sleek suburban luxe and an apt metaphor for the workings of the human […]
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‘A Number’ Review — Infinite Possibilities in this Thought-Provoking Drama

March 28, 2019 Leanne Star 0
A Number opens in medias res — “into the middle of things” — an ancient approach that jibes with today, when TV shows use nonlinear narratives for that extra edge. British playwright Caryl Churchill’s A […]
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‘Anna Karenina’ Review — The Joffrey Ballet Creates an Instant Classic of Breathtaking Beauty

February 18, 2019 Leanne Star 0
In Amor Towles’ 2016 novel A Gentleman in Moscow, a German visitor suggests that Russia’s only contribution to the world is vodka. A challenge ensues to name three more Russian strengths, and the title character takes up the […]
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‘Trinity Irish Dance Company’ Review — Airborne Artistry

February 4, 2019 Leanne Star 0
Even before the Trinity Irish Dance Company took to the stage of the Auditorium Theatre, the Auditorium’s jewel box of a lobby was popping with young dancers, students from Chicago’s half dozen or so Irish […]
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‘The Realistic Joneses’ Review — Grace Notes for a Bittersweet Reality

January 23, 2019 Leanne Star 0
        A dead squirrel makes an early exit from Will Eno’s affecting play The Realistic Joneses, now at Theater Wit in co-production with Shattered Globe Theatre. The squirrel corpse is swiftly transferred with a […]
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‘Twelfth Night’ Review — The Bard at His Most Hilarious

November 16, 2018 Leanne Star 0
The plays of William Shakespeare fall into three categories: tragedy, comedy, and history. The Bard’s tragedies and histories are tied in number, at 10 each. But comedy is king, with 18 comedic plays. To my […]
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‘Swan Lake’ Review — Joffrey Ballet Production Is a Revelation

October 26, 2018 Leanne Star 0
I thought I knew Swan Lake. Tchaikovsky’s evocative score is on my brain’s playlist. As a young ballet student, I learned some of the steps from the iconic 1895 revival, choreographed by Maurius Petipa and […]

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