2015 Press
December 2015
5 NWI Times: “Neil Simons’ Chapter Two continues run in Chicago”
November 2015
27 Traveling Mom: “Windy City Playhouse Sets Stage for Chapter Two”
11 Gapers Block: “Neil Simon’s Chapter Two a Delightful Throwback”
11 Windy City Times: Chapter Two Review
6 Chicago Theater Beat: Chapter Two Review
5 Chicago Critic: Chapter Two Review
3 Chicago Tribune: “Chapter Two: Neil Simon knew the comedy of late-in-life dating”
2 New City Sage: Chapter Two Review
2 Stage and Cinema: Chapter Two Review
2 The Local Tourist: “Chapter Two: The Tony Award® Nominated Neil Simon Comedy Opens at Windy City Playhouse”
1 Around The Town: Chapter Two Review
1 Chicagoland Theater Reviews: Chapter Two Review
September 2015
9 Chicago Tribune: Windy City Playhouse announces season of several Chicago premieres
9 Chicago Sun-Times: Windy City Playhouse’s second season taps top directors for three plays
9 American Theatre: Windy City Playhouse Announces 3 Plays for 2016 Season
1 Northwestern Indiana Times: “THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T SAY PAST MIDNIGHT is a fun romp”
August 2015
18 Around the Town Chicago: “THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T SAY PAST MIDNIGHT”
18 Buzz On Stage: Buzz-eriously! 3 Reasons to See THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T SAY PAST MIDNIGHT at Windy City Playhouse
17 Chicago Tribune: “THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T SAY PAST MIDNIGHT: Finding the fun in a sex comedy.”
17 NewCity Stage: Review: THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T SAY PAST MIDNIGHT/Windy City Playhouse
July 2015
6 Chicago Tribune: “Themed cocktails add kick to local theater”
June 2015
6 Windy City Times: STICK FLY Review
5 Chicago Stage Standard: STICK FLY Review
5 Buzznews: STICK FLY Review
4 Chicago Tribune: STICK FLY Review
4 My Suburban Life: STICK FLY Review
3 Chicago Sun-Times: STICK FLY Review
2 ChicagoSPLASH: STICK FLY Review
2 NewCity Stage: STICK FLY Review
1 Chicago Critic: STICK FLY Review
1 Around the Town Chicago: STICK FLY Review
1 Exposure: “Lydia R. Diamond’s STICK FLY comes home to Chicago”
May 2015
31 Evanston Now: “Playwriting Advice from Lydia Diamond, Author of STICK FLY”
April 2015
8 Gaper’s Block: END DAYS review
6 Modern Luxury, North Shore: Play On
5 Dean Richards, WGN: This Week in Theater
1 Windy City Times: END DAYS Review
March 2015
31 Ada Gray Reviews for You: END DAYS Review
30 My Suburban Life: Critic’s Choice: Windy City Playhouse flying high
27 Examiner: Chicago’s newest theater premieres the end of the world
27 Northwest Indiana Times: Director Godinez lends his talents to END DAYS
26 NewCity Stage: END DAYS Review
26 Crain’s Chicago Business: Brahm’s 3rd, a Steppenwolf Ball, and END DAYS: 10 Things to Do This Week
26 Chicago Critic: END DAYS review
25 DNAinfo: “Man Spread” Away in Spacious Seats at Windy City Playhouse
25 Chicago Reader: In END DAYS, post-9/11 trauma gets pixelated
25 Dueling Critics: Windy City Playhouse triumphs with inaugural END DAYS
25 Chicago Stage Standard: End Days at Windy City Playhouse
24 Chicago Sun-Times: END DAYS Opening Show at Windy City Playhouse: Review
24 WDCB 90.9FM: The Arts Section: Windy City Playhouse Hopes to Attract a New Audience
24 The Fourth Walsh: Get Caught Up in this Rapture: END DAYS review
24 Chicago-Splash: Relish the Irreverence: END DAYS Review
24 Around the Town: End Days review
23 PureWow.com: Hot Seats: Sit Back and Relax at the new Windy City Playhouse
19 Chicago Tribune: Brand new Windy City Playhouse opens with “End Days”
19 Crain’s Chicago Business: New In Chicago
18 NewCity Stage: Beginning of Days: Windy City Playhouse Aims to be a New Theater for a New Audience
18 DNAinfo: It’s Showtime for Windy City Playhouse, Irving Park’s New Theater
16 Chicago Magazine: What To Do: April 2014 (featuring END DAYS)
13 Chicago Jewish News: Beginning days: New troupe tries to inspire, amuse Chicago viewers
12 The North Shore Weekend: She brings business smarts, artistic flair to new Playhouse
9 Crain’s Chicago Business (Online): END DAYS featured in Crain’s Spring Cultural Preview
9 Crain’s Chicago Business (Print): END DAYS featured in Crain’s Spring Cultural Preview
3 CS Magazine: Curtain Up! Windy City Playhouse launches this month in a space all its own
January 2015
23 BroadwayWorld Chicago: Windy City Playhouse to open in March with END DAYS
23 ShowBiz Chicago: New Windy City Playhouse officially opens March 23, 2015: Chicago’s latest Equity theater launches with comedy END DAYS
23 RELEASE: NEW WNIDY CITY PLAYHOUSE OFFICIALLY OPENS MARCH 23
22 Chicago Business Journal: Chicago real estate mogul is about to realize her theatrical dream