Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Memories Are Made of These

February 24, 2016 Comments Off on Memories Are Made of These

Doo Wop Shoo Bop – Black Ensemble

 

For those who lived through the 2nd millennium, the 1950’s was a decade remembered historically as the end of

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Music to Raise the Roof

February 24, 2016 Comments Off on Music to Raise the Roof

Those Sensational Soulful 60’s – Black Ensemble

 

During the decade often referred to as the Swinging Sixties there was a degree of relaxation of sexism and racism. It

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By Your Pupils You’ll Be Taught

February 24, 2016 Comments Off on By Your Pupils You’ll Be Taught

Educating Rita – Citadel Theatre

 

Besides Cinderella, is there any other story in all of antiquity that’s served more as a source for novels, movies, plays

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Finger on the Trigger

February 21, 2016 Comments Off on Finger on the Trigger

Cocked – Victory Gardens

 

Taylor, a Chicago attorney, and her girlfriend Izzy share their lives together in an upscale Andersonville

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A Long Day’s Journey Into Late Night

February 21, 2016 Comments Off on A Long Day’s Journey Into Late Night

2666 – Goodman Theatre

 

At what point is too much too much? Roberto Bolano’s epic, almost 900 page novel, published posthumously in

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A Woman on the Verge

February 19, 2016 Comments Off on A Woman on the Verge

In a Word – Strawdog Theatre

 

Filled with anguished pain and unexpected humor, while toying with time, space and the use of words, Lauren Yee’s

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Take Me to Heaven

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Sister Act – Marriott Theatre

 

From the moment audiences walk into the theatre, creatively and beautifully transformed into a Catholic cathedral

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Life is a Dream

February 19, 2016 Comments Off on Life is a Dream

The Awake – First Floor Theatre

 

Amidst a churning eddy of traumatic scenes, frantically and desperately narrated by various dreamers, three

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Millennials on the Move

February 16, 2016 Comments Off on Millennials on the Move

Fugitive Songs – Boho Theatre

 

Sometimes life takes us to places we never intended to be and into situations that eventually turn stale. We find

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Now Playing at a Theatre Near You

February 15, 2016 Comments Off on Now Playing at a Theatre Near You

The Flick – Steppenwolf Theatre

 

Nothing theatrical happens in this production, but it remains one of the finest, most thought-provoking productions

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