Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Loving When It’s Hard to Love

March 22, 2017 Comments Off on Loving When It’s Hard to Love

Falling – Interrobang Theatre 

 

It’s difficult to write objectively about a play, currently enjoying its stunning Chicago premiere, in a

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The Piano Man

March 21, 2017 Comments Off on The Piano Man

Upright Grand – Citadel Theatre 

 

Citadel Theatre has another hit on its hands. At its best with unique, new, small cast dramas, comedies

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Sibling Rivalry and Half-baked Moments

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Sycamore – Raven 

 

Budding new playwright Sarah Sander has written a drama that probes some of the problems that may

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Scenes of Confrontation

March 18, 2017 Comments Off on Scenes of Confrontation

truth and reconciliation – Sideshow Theatre Company 

 

This U.S. premiere of debbie tucker green’s 2011 epic play is a collective search for justice in the

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An Abbondanza of Artistry

March 16, 2017 Comments Off on An Abbondanza of Artistry

The Most Happy Fella – Theo Ubique 

 

It’s so romantic, and it begins when Tony, a single, middle-aged Italian-American immigrant, quietly

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Spoofing a Theatrical Icon

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Spamilton – Royal George Theatre 

 

Gerard Alessandrini has been writing his “Forbidden Broadway” and “Forbidden Hollywood” musical

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Ease On Down the Road

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The Wiz – Kokandy Productions 

 

Can it actually be more than 40 years since Dorothy and her friends first eased on down the yellow

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Recreating Comedy From the Fabulous 50’s!

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Moon Over Buffalo – BrightSide Theatre 

 

In the second offering of BrightSide Theatre’s sixth season, we return to the fabulous, more innocent

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A Touching, Tearful Story

March 9, 2017 Comments Off on A Touching, Tearful Story

Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Broadway in Chicago 

 

Be warned: This may not be the sort of entertainment that will appeal to every taste. Audiences who

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No Exit

March 9, 2017 Comments Off on No Exit

The Source – Route 66 Theatre Company 

 

John-Paul Sartre’s 1944 existentialist one-act, “No Exit,” locks three people in a room, which is

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