Ariana, Live from the Runway: Lace, Corsets & Courtesy

Staged at Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble in Andersonville — a neighborhood that knows a thing or two about drama — this embellished fashion-meets-theatre production asked one very important question:

Under the creative direction of Fashion Foundry and produced by Peach Palace, Carmilla promised dark romance and desire. And darling, it delivered — with a side of theatrical sighing and enough corsetry to make Pilates nervous.