Christopher Piatt

Recent stories by this author

Paper Machete: The past, and future, of Chicago Theater

Mar. 31, 2011
 In my lecture at World Theater Day (3/27), an event hosted by the League of Chicago Theatres, I spoke about the future of Chicago theater under the new mayorship.

Paper Machete: Radio rebranding

Mar. 18, 2011
Marisa Wegrzyn, the 2009 winner of the Wendy Wasserstein prize and author of the upcoming Hickorydickory at Chicago Dramatists, stopped by the Paper Machete this week to give the Chicago media report.

Paper Machete: HAIR stage manager shares all

Mar. 10, 2011
This week Broadway in Chicago presents the tour of the Broadway revival of HAIR. We recently interviewed Marc Weiss, who worked on the original Broadway production.

Paper Machete: With new mayor, is it time for Bob Falls to go?

Feb. 24, 2011
Bob Falls (Goodman Theatre)With the election of Rahm Emanuel, Chicago gets a new start. Why can't that mean mean new leadership on the arts front.

Paper Machete: Fan's review of Spiderman: Turn off the Dark

Feb. 10, 2011
Paper Machete regular Jack Tamburri reviewed Spiderman: Turn off the Dark back on January 15, after seeing a preview.

Paper Machete: "Reviews You Can Iews" With Eric & Andy

Feb. 3, 2011
(photo from Reviews You Can Iews) Proprietors of the often improper Chicago theater criticism blog "Reviews You Can Iews!", Eric Roach and Anderson Lawfer, discuss the upcoming Woyzeck festival, as well as Broadway in Chicago's touring production of 9 to 5.Paper Machete

Paper Machete: The most corrupt thing in Chicago - A review of Lakeboat at Steep Theatre

Jan. 28, 2011
Lakeboat, an early look at the underbelly of working class life by prolific Chicago playwright David Mamet, is currently playing in a strong new production by Steep Theatre.

Paper Machete: Chicago's gross national happiness

Jan. 21, 2011
The buzz about the changes at Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs—which will be merged into the mayor's Office of Special Events at the end of the month—and the subsquent resignation of its longtime head Lois Weisberg, inspired this week's Paper Machete.We asked Carrie Kaufman to sp

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