Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Secrets and Lies

February 19, 2015 Comments Off on Secrets and Lies

Other Desert Cities – Citadel Theatre

 

From the beginning, director Mark Lococo’s sparkling production of Jon Robin Baitz’s play sizzles with a premonition of the emotion that’s

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Manhattan Transfer

February 18, 2015 Comments Off on Manhattan Transfer

Ordinary Days – BoHo Theatre Company

 

Warren has come to New York City to begin life as an artist. He’s snared an easy job apartment- and cat-sitting for an artist, but he’s been

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Stephen’s in the House

February 16, 2015 Comments Off on Stephen’s in the House

Sondheim on Sondheim – Porchlight Music Theatre

 

For the musical theatre aficionado and devoted fan of Stephen Sondheim, America’s premier composer and lyricist, Nick Bowling’s

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A Full Frontal Satire of Society

February 16, 2015 Comments Off on A Full Frontal Satire of Society

The Importance of Being Earnest – Shaw Chicago Theatre Company

 

Can there be a more exquisite comedy in the English language? Populated by some of literature’s most delightfully self-absorbed

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Whimsy Inventively Presented

February 16, 2015 Comments Off on Whimsy Inventively Presented

James and the Giant Peach – Filament Theatre Company

 

In 1961, a young British author named Roald Dahl burst onto the literary scene with a children’s novel that set the standard for inventive

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Millennial Connections, with Music

February 15, 2015 Comments Off on Millennial Connections, with Music

First Date – Royal George Theatre

 

Just in time for Valentines Day, and poised to warm up those cold Chicago nights, this pocket-size, recycled sitcom-style musical is cute,

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Moving Toward the Darkness

February 10, 2015 Comments Off on Moving Toward the Darkness

The Addams Family – Mercury Theatre

 

The sizzling sound you hear is all the artistry that burns within Mercury Theater’s creative team. This includes director, L. Walter Stearns,

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Bring on the Girls

February 5, 2015 Comments Off on Bring on the Girls

La Cage aux Folles – Marriott Theatre

 

The glitz and glamor of St. Tropez, with all its sparkle and shine, stars in sequins and feather boas and talented chorines in drag, almost

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Everything’s Coming Up Mormon

February 4, 2015 Comments Off on Everything’s Coming Up Mormon

Book of Merman – Pride Films and Plays

 

With the phenomenal success of Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez’s cleverly written, irreverent and infectious musical comedy,

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Documented History as Theatre

February 4, 2015 Comments Off on Documented History as Theatre

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 – The Other Theatre Company

 

Following the unthinkably violent incidents that occurred in the aftermath of Rodney King’s sadistic beating in California, stage and

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