![[Trans]formation](http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/sites/default/files/images/aTransfront.thumbnail.jpg "[Trans]formation")
CHICAGO – Cherilyn Sarkisian… yes, that is her birth name… is the redoubtable Cher, and it’s perfect timing for her to have a jukebox musical tribute. “The Cher Show,” covering three eras/songs of the six-decade career of Cher, opens for a Chicago preview before its Broadway run, from June 12th through July 25th, 2018.
Ronen Kohn
Theater Review: Morality of Gender Identity on Display in ‘[Trans]formation’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 19, 2016 - 9:31pmCHICAGO – The issue of gender identity, especially for those who are born with a vagueness as to what to call themselves between/beyond boy and girl, has come front and center in the U.S., both with the legalization of gay marriage and the callous repudiation of identity by trying to pass laws dismissing it (the North Carolina “bathroom” laws). The performance companies of The Living Canvas and Nothing Without a Company is currently staging “[Trans]formation,” which presents gender identity art by six performers, who perform most of the play in the nude.
