Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Hissing Cousins

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Bad Jews – Theatre Wit

 

At war, two cousins.The lines are drawn, the battleground is readied. Shortly after the lights rise on a promisingly

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The Music of Johnny Cash

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Ring of Fire – Mercury Theatre

 

Even if you’re not a fan of this legendary singer, or of Country- Western music, this jukebox musical that traces the

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They’ll Never Kill Our Spirits

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Shining Lives – Northlight Theatre

 

The War’s finally over and once again the economy’s booming. It’s the 1920’s and women are thrilled to join th

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Love, Loss and Art

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Inana – Timeline Theatre

 

Because, as the United States was about to invade Iraq in 2003, our government neglected to develop a plan for

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To Begin Again in Australia

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Belfast Girls – Artemisia

 

In the early nineteenth century colonial authorities wanted new blood for Australia. In order to attract female

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A Story, A Story

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Big Fish – Theatre at the Center

 

With a book by John August and a score by Andrew Lippa, this musical about telling tales and spinning yarns is

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Oh, What a Night!

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Jersey Boys – Broadway in Chicago

 

Jukebox musicals get a bad rap. The genre has been around since the 1970’s, but the new millennium has witnessed

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Those Who Eat the Earth

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The Little Foxes – Goodman Theatre

 

The Hubbards are a coldblooded, money-hungry, aristocratic clan who live near each other in a small Southern town

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He’s a Cornet Man

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Side Man – American Blues Theater

 

A Pulitzer Prize nominee and Broadway’s 1999 Tony Award-winner for Best Play is currently being given a towering production at the

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The Hooker With a Cooker

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Don’t Dress for Dinner – Citadel Theatre

 

Running footsteps, doors slamming, horny men and hot women popping up in compromising costumes, positions and situations—this is

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