Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

The Real World Meets the Reel World

June 29, 2015 Comments Off on The Real World Meets the Reel World

City of Angels – Marriott Theatre

 

Cy Coleman and David Zippel knew what they were doing when they composed the score for Larry Gelbart’s sassy

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A Whale of a Production

June 25, 2015 Comments Off on A Whale of a Production

Moby Dick – Lookingglass Theatre

 

What a monumental conclusion to a trilogy of excellent and uniquely different productions (including “Season on the

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The Novel That Explodes

June 25, 2015 Comments Off on The Novel That Explodes

The Who & the What – Victory Gardens Theatre

 

It’s difficult to imagine that in today’s world a book could become the catalyst behind so much drama. Among this

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Wrestling with an Angel

June 23, 2015 Comments Off on Wrestling with an Angel

Body and Blood – Gift Theatre

 

The co-founder of Gift Theatre, William Nedved’s latest play opens on one of those wooden back porches where

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The Rhythm is Gonna Get You!

June 19, 2015 Comments Off on The Rhythm is Gonna Get You!

On Your Feet – Broadway in Chicago

 

Gloria Estefan, the wonderfully talented Cuban American singer, songwriter and actress, became known to the worl

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Fine Feathered Fiends

June 18, 2015 Comments Off on Fine Feathered Fiends

The Birds – Griffin Theatre

 

Neither Alfred Hitchcock’s horror cinematic masterpiece nor the short story by Daphne du Maurier, Connor

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Nuns, Nazis and a Naval Captain’s Kids

June 15, 2015 Comments Off on Nuns, Nazis and a Naval Captain’s Kids

The Sound of Music – Brightside Theatre

 

BrightSide Theatre, the pride of Naperville as its only professional theatre company, wrings down the curtain of its

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Sex in a Stovepipe Hat

June 15, 2015 Comments Off on Sex in a Stovepipe Hat

Abraham Lincoln Was a Fggt – About Face Theatre

 

Cal is a teenager passionately pursuing his theory that our 16th President was, for many reasons, not only one of our

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Less is Much More

June 9, 2015 Comments Off on Less is Much More

The Fantasticks – Light Opera Works

 

As the opening production of their 35th season, a fantastic achievement of its own, one of Chicago’s most reliable

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Sex (and Violence) And the City

June 9, 2015 Comments Off on Sex (and Violence) And the City

Love and Human Remains – Cor Theatre

 

A serial killer is stalking young women. He slaughters them and dismembers their bodies, striking terror all over the

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