Colin Douglas | Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

My Fair Lady – Light Opera Works

Any production of Lerner and Loewe’s classic is always a treat. It’s a textbook example of the perfect book musical,

Constellations – Steppenwolf Theatre

English playwright Nick Payne’s 2012 drama is an impressive, poetic two-hander that came to prominence when it

Spamalot – Brightside Theatre

Pulling out all the stops, artistic director Jeffrey Cass, his cast and his creative team have mounted a

The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window – Goodman Theatre

Lorraine Hansberry, a native Chicagoan, and the first black playwright to have one of her plays produced on Broadway,

Tug of War: Foreign Fire – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Artistic director Barbara Gaines deserves so much respect and admiration for this, her ambitious, creative and carefully

One Man, Two Guvnors – Court Theatre

Perched on the edge of Brighton Pier, down along the southern coast of England, a dozen bizarre characters unite for a

The Boys Upstairs – Pride Films and Plays

Josh and Seth are best friends and roommates, living in one of Midtown Manhattan’s trendy brownstones. They’re

Chewing on Beckett – Artemisia

Somewhere in a Dystopian wasteland, that reminds us of the settings from Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame” and

Chimerica – Timeline Theatre

A haunting image witnessed during the final moments of this stunning production will remain with audiences long

The Secretaries – About Face Theatre

It’s the early 1990’s and a new dream job calls Patty Johnson to Big Bone, Oregon at the Cooney Lumber Mill. Armed