Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

A Ship of Fools

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Heartbreak House – Shaw Chicago 

 

In the final production of the company’s 23rd season, ShawChicago, under the director of Robert Scogin, presents George Bernard Shaw’s only full-length play written during the war years. Published

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A Child’s Journal Springs To Life

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The Year I Didn’t Go to School – Chicago Children’s Theatre

 

Back in 2002, children’s author/illustrator Giselle Potter composed a much-loved picture book that’s

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They Like to Move It, Move It!

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Madagascar—A Musical Adventure – Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences 

 

Following a typical day of crowd-pleasing performances at the Central Park Zoo, Marty the zebra is

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Boy Meets (Bad) Girl

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The Scene – Writers Theatre 

 

The prolific writer Theresa Rebeck has penned novels and nonfiction stories, as well as scripts for film, TV and the stage. She’s known in the theatre world for her many one-act and full-length

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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night…

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A Wrinkle in Time – Lifeline Theatre 

 

Specializing in presenting exciting dramatic adaptations of notable literature for all ages, or “Big

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Something Unspoken

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The Columnist – American Blues Theatre

 

This Spring, the talent of Chicago-born playwright and screenwriter David Auburn, a Tony and

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Love, Laughter and Language in the Forest

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Love’s Labor’s Lost – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

 

Whisked away to the self-indulgent eighteenth century from the late sixteenth century, when it’s

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No Joy in Life, But Wait…

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Uncle Vanya – Goodman Theatre

 

 Everyone in Anton Chekhov’s classic dramatic comedy is completely dissatisfied with how his life has

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Triple Threat Siblings

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My Brother’s Keeper – Black Ensemble Theatre 

 

Fayard and Harold, two triple threat siblings whose lives spanned the entire 20th century, were known

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Try to Remember…

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The Fantasticks- Quest Theatre 

 

Deceptively simple, yet beautiful and deeply moving, this little musical jewel holds the distinction of

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