Colin Douglas | Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Cabaret – Citadel Theatre Company

Coincidentally, a day after New York’s Roundabout Theatre opened the third Broadway revival of this Kander & Ebb classic, Citadel raps up

Dorian – House Theatre

When it first hit bookstores in 1890, British critics were shocked by the decadence and hedonism described in playwright Oscar

Cicadas – Route 66

Amid the relentless, scorching summer heat and the continual maddening screech of cicadas, a young Mississippi boy tries to help

Les Miserables

It’s said that Alain Boublil became inspired to transfer Victor Hugo’s sweeping saga of injustice, forgiveness and survival to the

God’s Work

A light illuminates the door at the top of a long flight of stairs. A young woman, moaning and wailing, moves with difficulty toward the steps,

Our Class – Remy Bumppo

History, as they say, often repeats itself. We are meant to learn from the past. For example, the world recoiled in horror once it discovered the

Songs From an Unmade Bed – Pride Film and Plays

Set in a tiny subterranean performance space that’s about as big as a bedroom, two young men, ably accompanied by musical director Robert

Tristan & Yseult

As audiences arrive for this unexpectedly quirky, magically charged production they are given a balloon to inflate and release during the play’s