Monthly Archives: October 2018
A Bravura Performance by a True Star
Judy Garland: Come Rain or Come Shine – Music Theatre Works
Angela Ingersoll is a bright-shining star. There’s no denying this fact and the Chicagoland actress has brought her bravura, one-woman
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Broadway in Chicago
Sometimes a book, or even a film, just doesn’t translate easily to the stage. After the extravagantly fanciful and imaginative interpretation
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Artificial Jungle – Hell in a Handbag
Continuing Hell in a Handbag Productions’ tradition of presenting parodies of B-film classics and old, time-honored television
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White Rabbit, Red Rabbit – Interrobang Theatre Project
The premise of this performance piece (there’s a hesitation in calling this bare bones production an actual “play”) is that it truly
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Tootsie – Broadway in Chicago
In 1982, Sydney Pollack directed what would become the second-highest-grossing film of that year in America. It was nominated for ten
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Nell Gwynn – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
A Cockney fruit seller, “pretty, witty Nell Gwynn,” as she was called by Samuel Pepys, sold oranges, sweets and her favors, up and down
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