Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Nobody Does It Better

June 7, 2015 Comments Off on Nobody Does It Better

A Marvin Hamlisch Songbook – Theo Ubique

 

A music box has been opened and beautiful songs are pouring from it within the No Exit Cafe. This absolute treasure

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A Timeless Ghost Story Blooming With Love

June 6, 2015 Comments Off on A Timeless Ghost Story Blooming With Love

The Secret Garden – Court Theatre

 

A classic of the musical theatre, like this, one that’s timeless. Not only did “The Secret Garden” prove to be a popular

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A Musical Valentine From the Heart

June 5, 2015 Comments Off on A Musical Valentine From the Heart

Once – Broadway in Chicago

 

It’s simple perfection. There’s nothing more to be said about this new touring version of 2012’s eight time Tony

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Technology is Confusing

June 3, 2015 Comments Off on Technology is Confusing

stop. reset – Goodman Theatre

 

At a Chicago publishing company who, for many years, has been dedicated to printing books aimed at African

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A Dish Best Served Cold

May 31, 2015 Comments Off on A Dish Best Served Cold

Les Liaisons Dangereuses – Ashton Rep

 

Christopher Hampton’s dramatic adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’ classic 18th century novel is set in France

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Some Secrets Run Deep

May 28, 2015 Comments Off on Some Secrets Run Deep

Scotland Road – BoHo Theatre

 

The crew of a modern-day Scandinavian fishing boat discovers a beautiful young woman clinging to an iceberg in the

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In the Night Kitchen

May 26, 2015 Comments Off on In the Night Kitchen

Our New Girl  –  Profiles Theatre

 

In the middle of the night, a little boy quietly enters through the shadows of a darkened, designer kitchen. He

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A Scientist and an Artist Walk Into a Bar…

May 26, 2015 Comments Off on A Scientist and an Artist Walk Into a Bar…

Picasso at the Lapin Agile – Organic Theater Company

 

One evening in 1904 a young Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso and a mysterious Visitor from the Future meet by chance

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Haunted by a Nightmare

May 23, 2015 Comments Off on Haunted by a Nightmare

The December Man – Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co

 

In 1989 a psychopath named Marc Lepine wandered into Canada’s Ecole Polytechnique and, without reason and in

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That Deaf, Blind Drag Queen

May 21, 2015 Comments Off on That Deaf, Blind Drag Queen

Miracle! – Hell in a Handbag

 

Back in 1957 William Gibson adapted Helen Keller’s inspiring autobiography, The Story of My Life, into a Tony

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