Colin Douglas | Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

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

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

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,

Handicap This! – Step Up Productions

Most people don’t realize that the largest group of minorities in the nation are those who fall under the category of being handicapped. It’s

The Rose Tattoo – Shattered Globe Theatre

When recalling the more than two dozen plays penned by Tennessee Williams, the term “humorous” doesn’t usually come to mind. Yet of

Scary Tales 2015 – Clock Productions

A 75-minute evening consisting of seven short stories, linked together by a title that indicates there will be shivers and chills galore, is a

Top Girls – Arc Theatre

If given the opportunity to ask any famous person from history to dinner, who would you invite? To celebrate her big promotion at the Top

The Who’s Tommy – Paramount Arts Center

Jim Corti has directed yet another winning production and a cause for celebration, Aurora’s magnificently beautiful Paramount Theatre.

A Map of Virtue – Cor Theatre

At once poetic and terrifying, enlightening and confusing, Erin Courtney’s perplexing Obie Award-winning play will be remembered as one

Spinning into Butter – Eclectic Theatre

When one thinks about the effects and repercussions of racism and bigotry rarely do the hallowed, ivy-covered walls of a university or