Colin Douglas | Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Shockheaded Peter – Black Button Eyes Production

In 1997 a bizarre, original 65-minute musical entertainment first found its light in Jolly old England.

Hair – Mercury Theatre

Wow! Has it been 50 years since that first summer of love? Well, once again the moon’s in the seventh

Last Dancer Standing (More Than Hip Hop) – Black Ensemble

Ten of the finest, most talented, accomplished dancers in the nation are competing on a televised

In the Wake – The Comrades

In 2010, three years before her Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic

Brave Like Them – Anout Face Theatre

Bikini Kill. Bratmobile. Sleater-Kinney. Heavens to Betsy. Excuse 17. Skinned Teen. If you’ve never

An American in Paris – Broadway in Chicago

Two years ago this highly-anticipated stage version of the 1951 Gene Kelly/Leslie Caron musical film

They’re Playing Our Song – Brown Paper Box Company

Amidst two busy professional lives and careers, overflowing with hundreds of hit songs and

Madagascar—A Musical Adventure Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

After taking last summer off, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre is back, with all canons firing, with another

Little Fish – Kokandy Productions

“I never knew what I was like until I stopped smoking,” admits Charlotte, a young woman who has

Something Rotten – Broadway in Chicago

Several years ago, brothers Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick, had a clever idea for a musical comedy.