The Fly Honey Show at The Den Theatre

Chicago Reader - Recommended

"...Though the script at times veers into a choral pedantry that hints at an unverified proportion of lapsed Catholics among the production team, if you're coming for sexy talks and sexy walks, there's plenty for the gawking. And sometimes more: the highlight of opening weekend was the brave and beautiful poetry of transgender performance artist Bea Cordelia speaking her mind."

Windy City Times - Recommended

"...Despite the arena-style configuration of the stage, Fly Honey's two-and-a-half-hour running time cannot avoid a few low-steam moments before Williamson and Brennan join forces to belt forth a penultimate "My Way" ( both the Sinatra and the Sid Vicious versions ). For an immersive revel with a cast almost as big as its audience, though, no one can deny the abundance of good, clean, naughty and nonjudgmental fun delivered by The Inconvenience."

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

"...Backed by a nine-piece live band, Kilmurray’s production highlights women, trans, non-binary, and lgbtqia individuals and allies with premiere performance acts from standups and storytelling—featuring one night only of Cherry Darling opening night—to Chicago’s first all-female mariachi band, the Mariachi Sirenas. The evening boasts a modern and interactive burlesque experience in which the performers have more ownership of their individual personas and the stories they want to tell. The collective “Hive” essentially flips audience member’s minds upside down, but in a way where they inevitably feel better and more empowered than when they initially enter the theater."

Picture This Post - Recommended

"...Most of good cheer will likely want to join in this celebration at least once. For those whose lives might be dominated by craving sexual acceptance and finding ways to express their drives it’s quite clear why The Fly Honey Show might become somewhat addictive. Judging by the crowd, there is no shortage of returnees."

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...Sickened by the current state of affairs? Don’t despair, little birdie, The Fly Honey Show can treat what ails you. Erin Kilmurray’s fishnet-clad, fem- and queer-fueled cabaret-variety show, now in its tenth season, is a raucous, raunchy, righteous balm for the soul wearied by Epstein and friends, Trumps, white nationalists and the decidedly un-fly patriarchy peskily at play. And with things this bleak, it’s gonna take a big dose of honey, little bee: three hours, starting around 10pm, or whenever feverish patrons are fully ushered around the Den Theater’s first floor thrust (get it?) stage, packed into standing room and ready to make noise."