Colin Douglas | Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Linda Vista – Steppenwolf Theatre

As Todd Rosenthal’s remarkably detailed and versatile turntable stage setting gradually reveals itself, Dick Wheeler,

Mary Poppins – Mercury Theatre

Postpone your sugar-free diet. Disney’s joyfully captivating, colorful and vibrant theatrical

Beyond Caring – Lookingglass Theatre

Three temps, prospective new employees, have been sent to this meat factory by their respective

The Great and Terrible Wizard of Oz – House Theatre

After the board of a prestigious private school turns down her application for admittance, recently

Born Yesterday – Remy Bumppo

Today, for many people in this country, ignorance is no longer scoffed at. Learning and the acquisition

In To America – Griffin Theatre Company

Playwright Bill Massolia spent a good deal of time meticulously researching and poetically assembling

By the Water – Northlight

The houselights dim and in the total darkness Lindsay Jones’ deafening, horrendous soundtrack of

Picnic – American Theatre Company

For many of the younger theatergoers packed into the opening night audience, this new, revisionist

Circus 1903—The Golden Age of Circus

At the turn of the previous century, entertainment was mostly limited to a person’s own inventiveness

Destiny of Desire – Goodman Theatre

This frivolous, frothy melodrama is playwright Karen Zacarias’ festive response to and a celebration of