October, 2015 | Chicago Theatre Review

Monthly Archives: October 2015

Treasure Island – Lookingglass Theatre

Shiver me timbers and avast, me hearties! Lend your ear to an adventurous tale of hornswaggling on the high seas.

HMS Pinafore – The Savoyaires

Ever wonder how a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta should look and sound? The Savoyaires have a textbook answer to

Good for Otto – Gift Theatre

David Rabe is a prolific American Tony Award-winning playwright, screenwriter and author, known for, among

Ride the Cyclone – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

A roller coaster called The Cyclone at a Canadian amusement park malfunctions and six high school students are

The (Curious Case of the)Watson Intelligence – Theatre Wit

Madeleine George wears many hats. A wise, sharply intelligent writer of books for young readers, she’s the author o

Marvin’s Room – Shattered Globe Theatre

They say these things always come in threes, don’t they? Bessie, who for the past several years has been a caretaker

The Seagull – Eclectic Full Contact Theatre

Possibly the most famous two lines of any Chekov play opens this production, translated by prolific British

The Black White Love Play – Black Ensemble Theatre

Roger Ebert is a legendary film critic and the story of his love for, courtship of, marriage to and life with Chaz

Side Show – Porchlight Music Theatre

The poignant and affecting story of conjoined twin sisters, Daisy and Violet Hilton, is based upon the real lives of two

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Broadway in Chicago

The magnificent production that earned the Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League and the Outer Critics Circle Awards