Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

A Chilling Morality Tale for a Winter Night

February 4, 2015 Comments Off on A Chilling Morality Tale for a Winter Night

White Guy on the Bus – Northlight Theatre

 

Each Saturday Ray, an affluent, caucasian business man, shares a public bus with a single, African American mother named Shatique, in

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Ladies Not for Burning

February 4, 2015 Comments Off on Ladies Not for Burning

Rapture, Blister, Burn – Goodman Theatre

 

At some point in life, often in one’s middle age years, a person begins considering the road not taken, the life one could’ve chosen…but

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The Family That Votes Together…

February 2, 2015 Comments Off on The Family That Votes Together…

The Apple Family Plays: – Timeline Theatre

That Hopey Changey Thing

 

It’s November 2 in Rhinebeck, New York. The polls are about to close for the 2010 mid-term elections. Gathering around the dinner table

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You Don’t Choose Your Family

February 2, 2015 Comments Off on You Don’t Choose Your Family

The Apple Family Plays: – Timeline Theatre

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Two years have now passed since audiences visited the Apple family in “That Hopey Changey Thing” (reviewed separately). It’s very early

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Love On the Rocks

February 1, 2015 Comments Off on Love On the Rocks

Accidentally Like a Martyr – A Red Orchid Theatre

 

A gang of regulars, including a few middle-aged queens and a handful of slightly younger gay patrons, meet regularly at this “forgotten gay

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A Boy and His Drag Queen

February 1, 2015 Comments Off on A Boy and His Drag Queen

Princess Mary Demands Your Attention – Bailiwick Chicago

 

A young, gay African American named Amari realizes that his life is stagnating. Things begin to change, however, soon after he encounters

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Puppetry Goes Wilde

January 28, 2015 Comments Off on Puppetry Goes Wilde

The Selfish Giant – Chicago Childrens Theatre

 

Upon returning from a visit with relatives, a docile, loner of a Giant becomes annoyed when he finds children playing in his enormous

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Keeping It Fresh

January 26, 2015 Comments Off on Keeping It Fresh

Plastic Revolution – The New Colony

 

It’s 1950 and the Donna Reed/June Cleaver-inspired housewives are back and ready to burp those plastic food storage containers all over

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The Air is Humming…

January 26, 2015 Comments Off on The Air is Humming…

West Side Story – Drury Lane Oakbrook

 

It’s been a while since the Chicago area has enjoyed a local production of this American classic, a show that reinvented musical theatre

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We Tell the Stories

January 22, 2015 Comments Off on We Tell the Stories

Mr. Burns – Theatre Wit

 

If and when the world comes to an end, people will be left with little, except recollections and fond memories from popular culture,

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