Amanda Finn

2 weeks ago | newcitystage.com | Amanda Finn

RECOMMENDEDHave you ever watched James Cameron’s “Titanic” and thought, “Wow, this would be really great played as camp?” If you have, we must have the same brain. If you haven’t, I strongly advise you to reconsider because, let’s be honest, it was begging for campification. Luckily, the minds behind “Titanique”—Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousoul and Tye Blue—were ready and armed with every inside joke you could imagine. At the helm of this jukebox musical is none other than Céline Dion herself.

1 month ago | newcitystage.com | Amanda Finn

RECOMMENDEDClutching their penguins, polar bears and even at least one Elsa plush, kiddos streamed into the space at Lifeline Theatre. They settled into their seats as not-quite-spring winds chilled the air around the building. It had just been in the sixties, and suddenly, it was winter-ish again.

1 month ago | chicagoreader.com | Amanda Finn

Among Shakespeare’s fans, “Exit, pursued by a bear,” is one of those lines that delights. Yet, unlike “to be, or not to be,” it isn’t spoken—it’s a stage direction. It’s likely one of the only things most people know of The Winter’s Tale. A bear shows up and chases someone off the stage, which is honestly my favorite Shakespearean death. One of the Bard’s final works, it’s also one that, like Periclesand Cymbeline, isn’t done very often.

1 month ago | chicagoreader.com | Amanda Finn

There is something inherently freeing about performing a dark comedy play about abortion in a church hall in the middle of a hostile government takeover. Lingering in our minds is the omnipresent realization that we are entering the dystopian reality in which the play takes place—but at least the characters have cupcakes! They may not be able to say the word “abortion” or legally access birth control, but they have cupcakes (and each other).

2 months ago | nowfrolic.com | Amanda Finn

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