Citadel Theatre: "Enchanted April"

Clap if you believe in enchantment! Audiences are certainly enjoying “Enchanted April,” the final production of its 10th season. Keep in mind, for it to work you need to suspend disbelief when you take in this tale of two women who flee London rain and neglectful husbands for a month of sunshine and wisteria at […]

Citadel Theatre: "Little Women"

Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” has never been out of print, which attests to the strength of its story: Four sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March, living in Concord, Mass. with their mother while their father is away in the Civil War. Citadel Theatre Company of Lake Forest is presenting the tender, timeless tale […]

It's All About the Family—"Independence" at Citadel

A mother and three daughters face broken family bonds, first gingerly and then fiercely in “Independence,” a domestic drama by Lee Blessing at Lake Forest’s Citadel Theatre Company. Strong performances make this witches’ brew of a dysfunctional family a memorable evening in an intimate theatre setting. Set in the spring of 1983 and Evelyn Briggs, […]