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Chicago Tribune

Imagine Harry Potter gone bad
Melding the occult and something approaching quantum physics, "The Dreams in the Witch House" from WildClaw Theatre (currently at the Athenaeum) is a study in mood. Elaborate, creepy and baroque, the storytelling doesn't exactly track, but who cares when atmospherics are this good?

A favorite Christmas show gets a glorious send-off

A sharp 'Separation' from reality; likable 'Offsprung'

Improv, storytelling and Claus, tied up in bows

Chicago Tribune Theater Loop Blog

David Cromer's 'Our Town' headed for New York
David Cromer's hit Chicago production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" appears headed for Off-Broadway in a few weeks. Details have yet to be released, but Cromer and the New York producer Scott Morfee are currently casting a commercial, New York

'Meet Me in St. Louis' in an inviting holiday production

Chicago Sun-Times

Apple Tree stages Lippa's 'John & Jen'

Upstairs, downstairs

The mix: Really cool things to do

Daily Herald

500 Clown comes to the 'burbs

'Actor first' puts fresh spin on theater

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

'Match Girl' spirit rekindled
Myron Johnson reaches back into his history for a new work as Ballet of the Dolls switches up its holiday fare.

Spotlight: The 1940s Radio Hour
With the flimsiest of plots, this backstage tale of a live radio show is more of an extended revue sketch.

Encore Michigan

Wicked ride: Small-towner returns home to dance in award-winning musical
"You grow up pretty fast when you have naked people around you," says Robert Spaniolo, recalling - at just 8 years old...

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

An old Scrooge reappears
There are some who prefer the Reginald Owen version of "A Christmas Carol" (1938), but to anyone who is both a Dickens lover and a devotee of film noir, there is no contest: The 1951 version starring Alastair Sim is the definitive interpretation of the story.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

'Little Women' is an enjoyable show -- except for the music
Tunes ambush an absorbing story and beloved characters, well-portrayed by a strong cast.

Cincinnati CityBeat

Review: It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Drama
Falcon Theatre takes a step back in time.

Dallas Morning News Arts Blog

Broadway Diary December 2008 - Thursday night
I don't think I ever flew so low over Flushing in Queens as landing at LaGuardia airport this afternoon in some truly nasty December weather -- sharp winds from the east, intermittent rain and near-freezing temperatures. Even my theater-going friend, a lifelong New Yorker, told me later, "We don't get many days like this."

Edge Dallas

Holiday Surprises and Treats
You may have seen A Christmas Carol before. But Joel Ferrell, Director and Choreographer of the new Dallas Theater Center production, says audiences are in for a treat and a surprise when they see this year’s new take on a beloved classic.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

ScenesShop pours out grown-up entertainment with 'A Fifth of Christmas'
It's going to be an irreverent holiday celebration on Fifth Avenue in the Fairmount neighborhood Saturday.

Houston Chronicle

Play Santaland Diaries has an elf with an edge
It’s not easy being an elf. That’s the upshot of David Sedaris’ hilarious The Santaland Diaries, wryly recounting his travails working as an elf in Macy’s Santaland. Both in published form and as a ...

Denver Post

At the end, mean old Scrooge taps into the heart of Christmas

Rocky Mountain News

REVIEW: Alas, it's a wonderful 'Life' in name only
It's a no-brainer: Take a beloved Christmas movie, add songs and dancing, open the doors.

REVIEW: Other absurdist fare went swimmingly, but this Anywhere but Rome is off the deep end

A rise to fame, set to music

Daily Camera

Review: Theatre13's production of 'Art'
Theatre13's current production of "Art" is a charmer.