Theater Review: ‘The Gin Game’ Drama targets despair, not poignancy
Highly Recommended ***** Let’s go back in time. The year was 1978 ( about 40 years ago) . During that year a Pulitzer Prize was awarded to D.L. Coburn’s “The Gin Game”, a two character play that takes place on the patio of a nursing home in any city …
THERE are some things that happen so routinely that they simply are expected––rising prices, rush-hour traffic jams, TV reality shows, and Jeff Award-winners Paula Scrofano and John Reeger sharing the same theater stage.
Ever since its New York opening in 1977, D.L. Colburn's "The Gin Game" has attracted extraordinary actors. Now at Drury Lane, that means John Reeger and Paula Scrofano, two longtime stars of the Midwestern musical theater. They play residents of a do…
According to the National Restaurant Association, six in ten Americans will celebrate Mother's Day by dining out. That translates into a lot of busy eateries. But in Oakbrook Terrace, consumers can skip waiting for a table by securing seats to Drury …
Chicago that wonderful town with the numerous nicknames “The Windy City,” The "City of Big Shoulders" and "Hog Butcher to the World," is also known as the third largest city in the United States. People around the world come to Chicago to see its won…
Casting announced for CHICAGO at Drury Lane
Come springtime next year, Drury Lane Theatre will be the first local company to produce "Chicago" in decades, the Oak Brook Terrace-based theater announced Wednesday.
Drury Lane Theatre continues its 2016-2017 season with Ira Levin's popular murder mystery, Deathtrap, directed by Artistic Director William Osetek.
THERE are some things that happen so routinely that they simply are expected––rising prices, rush-hour traffic jams, TV reality shows, and Jeff Award-winners Paula Scrofano and John Reeger sharing the same theater stage.
Ever since its New York opening in 1977, D.L. Colburn's "The Gin Game" has attracted extraordinary actors. Now at Drury Lane, that means John Reeger and Paula Scrofano, two longtime stars of the Midwestern musical theater. They play residents of a do…
In both life and cards, we must play the hands we are dealt. That truism is powerfully revealed in Pulitzer winner “The Gin Game” now playing at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace. Paula Scrofano and John Reeger in 'The Gin Game' at Drury Lane…
It’s Sunday, another Visitors Day at the Bentley Home for the Aged, but out in the enclosed sunroom no one has come to visit either Weller or Fonsia. In fact, no one ever comes to visit these two lonely senior citizens. Because of different circumsta…
Peter and the Starcatcher is certainly a masterpiece of creative energy as far as staging goes. And a large portion of the dialogue is indeed funny, satirical, or sweet. An audience just has to know what they’re getting beforehand.
Each person has his or her favorite character to cheer for in an adventure story. Depending on the audience, it can be the hero or heroine garnering all the applause, or at times, it can even be the bad guy who is the most fun to cheer on. There's a …
What "Peter and the Starcatcher" lacks in glitz, Drury Lane's production makes up with gusto and superb performances from a talented, indefatigable cast led by newcomer Caleb Donahoe and veterans Matt Mueller and Emma Rosenthal.
But make no mistake, Drury Lane Theatre’s current production of the 2012 five-time Tony winner, billed as a musical play for its three songs by Wayne Barker, is terrific, professional, prime time theatre. The show is just 10-12 songs from being a ful…
I have a huge conundrum when it comes to “Peter and the Starcatcher,” the play by Rick Elice (based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson) that serves as a “prequel” to “Peter Pan.” And the many facets of that conundrum were driven home Thurs…
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