David Greig Archives - Chicago Reader

A man with dark hair and glasses, wearing a vest and a white apron, stands left with his arms folded in front of a candy counter. A young girl in a plaid skirt, jacket, and knit hat stands right. She is holding a chocolate bar over her head triumphantly.

Paramount’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory adds a touch of bitter to the sweet

by Kerry Reid November 30, 2023December 4, 2023

Whether you’re waiting anxiously to see Timothée Chalamet in Wonka (the musical prequel to Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), or are rolling your eyes in anticipatory disgust (look, after the 2005 Johnny Depp cinematic debacle, I don’t blame you for being anxious!), Paramount Theatre’s current staging of the 2013 musical Charlie and the […]

A child stands left holding a sign in dim light. A woman faces her in fear, while the image of an older man in a yellow shirt fills the screen behind her.

Theater Review

Mystery in space

by Josh Flanders March 2, 2022March 24, 2022

Based on the 1961 novel by Stanisław Lem, which spawned two films, Solaris, the play by David Greig, makes its North American premiere in a Griffin Theatre production under Scott Weinstein’s direction. A riveting sci-fi mystery thriller, it opens with a scientist visiting a space station that orbits the ocean planet of Solaris. A crew […]