Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

To Reach the Unreachable Star

June 30, 2016 Comments Off on To Reach the Unreachable Star

Man of La Mancha – Marriott Theatre

 

Chicago theatre has always prided itself on its daring, new interpretations of classic plays and musicals. The results

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What’s Goin On?

June 25, 2016 Comments Off on What’s Goin On?

The Marvin Gaye Story – Black Ensemble Theatre

(Don’t Talk About My Father Because God is My Friend)

 

Jackie Taylor continues Black Ensemble Theater’s 40th anniversary year, celebrating their success with remounts of

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A Quest to Regain Dignity

June 25, 2016 Comments Off on A Quest to Regain Dignity

The Grapes of Wrath – Gift Theatre

 

There’s no other novel that paints such an honest, unflinching portrait of the hopelessness of a people, particularly

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Matrimony in Manhattan

June 23, 2016 Comments Off on Matrimony in Manhattan

Company – Writers Theatre

 

Updated to 2016 with cell phones, contemporary fashions and fewer characters smoking, this exciting new

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Super Sea Savior

June 22, 2016 Comments Off on Super Sea Savior

The SpongeBob Musical – Broadway in Chicago

 

Big, bright, boisterous, colorful, creative and crammed full of humor and joy, this giddy, glorious family musical

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Lurking in the Foggy Shadows

June 21, 2016 Comments Off on Lurking in the Foggy Shadows

The Unfortunates – SoLo Chicago

 

On a misty, cold November night, a 25-year-old British woman named Mary Jane Kelly slips into Whitechapel’s Ten

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An Evening of Moving Melodies

June 18, 2016 Comments Off on An Evening of Moving Melodies

Make Me a Song – Eclectic Theatre Company

 

“Make Me a Song” is one of several revues or song suites by composer and lyricist William Finn. It features an array

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Feeling Good

June 15, 2016 Comments Off on Feeling Good

An Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse Songbook – Theo Ubique

 

The 1960’s is generally acknowledged as the last decade of the Golden Age of Musical Theatre. During this period,

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A Satire of Horror

June 15, 2016 Comments Off on A Satire of Horror

Bat Boy: The Musical – Griffin Theatre

 

Scott Weinstein’s magnificent, heart-pounding production of this 2001 Lucille Lortel Award-winning Off-Broadway

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All There in Black and White

June 13, 2016 Comments Off on All There in Black and White

Thaddeus and Slocum: A Vaudeville Adventure – Lookingglass Theatre

 

It’s 1908. Presidential candidate William Howard Taft defeated William Jennings Bryan, the Garfield Park

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