Colin Douglas | Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Nice Work If You Can Get It – Theatre at the Center

In 2001 Joe DiPietro wrote a script that incorporated several songs by George and Ira Gershwin into his story. He

Little Shop of Horrors – American Blues Theatre

Welcome back, Audrey, Seymour, Mr. Mushnik, Orin and all the other crazy characters in this 1982 comic book

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody – Writers Theatre

It’s been said that applause begets applause and laughter begets laughter. There not a more apt description of the

Once in a Lifetime – Strawdog Theatre

Brilliantly talented American playwright Moss Hart began working with George S. Kaufman in 1929 writing this,

Don’t Make Me Over – Black Ensemble Theatre

Jackie Taylor is Chicago’s undisputed master of the biographical musical revue. She knows how to weave the theatrical

The King and I – Lyric Opera of Chicago

Throughout this bewitching musical classic, based upon Margaret Landon’s historically-based 1944 novel, Anna and

The House of Blue Leaves – Raven Theatre

In 1971 a quirky new comedy, tinged with dark overtones, opened Off Broadway to much acclaim. John Guare’s

A Splintered Soul – Chicago Commercial Collective

In the years that followed the end of WWII and the rescue of so many Jewish men, women and children held

Taste – Red Theatre Company

In what may be the creepiest, most repellent and nauseating story ever depicted on a stage, we also find, at its heart, an

Evita – Marriott Theatre

“Any opera that begins with a funeral can’t be all bad.” That was Harold Prince’s initial response when he was