"Bad Review" takes the worst Review from the Chicago Reader and we Improvise the show we feel the Critic would have rather seen.
Here is what the Press says about Bad Review:
The Chicago Reader Review: Each week this Chemically Imbalanced Comedy team selects a disparaging theater review from the latest Reader and performs an hour-long improvisation of "the show we feel the critic would have rather seen." When I went, they read aloud Zac Thompson's review of Invasion of the Minnesota Normals (which he said "tries to make a case for individuality without exhibiting any"), then acted out a 50s-sitcom version in which clean-cut citizens revolt against normalcy by smoking, embracing homosexuality, and eventually killing. The cast fixated on easy pop references, but the sarcasm was thick and zany. Director Angela McMahon crafts a truly professional improv production, with efficient blackouts, precise lighting, timely and clever musical touches, and a perky pace.
--Ryan Hubbard Highly Recommended
"Critic's Pick"-Timeout Chicago
"Best Bet"- Chicago Redeye
"Bad Review" has performed at the LA Improv Festival, Toronto Improv Festival, Donny's Skybox in Pipers Alley, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy's ENCORE shows, and a guest night at The Annoyance Theater.
"We are so excited to be able to do this show for our loyal fans and the folks who really wanted to see it but were turned away," says Angie McMahon creator and Director of "Bad Review"
