Author: Colin Douglas
Murder at Haversham Manor
The Play That Goes Wrong–at the Oriental Palace Theatre
Murder at Haversham Manor
Two warnings accompany this review. The first is to bring along an oxygen tank when you attend this show, because you’re going to laugh until you hyperventilate. This is, without any doubt, the funniest comedy, with more laughs per minute, than any other play, since “Noises Off.”
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Getting the Best of the Bogeyman
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins–at Strawdog Theatre
Getting the Best of the Bogeymen
Presented like a holiday vaudeville show aimed at younger audiences, this lively, laughter-provoking entertainment is actually a play-within-a-play.
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Learning to Be True to Yourself
Book of Merman–by Flying Elephant Productions
Learning to Be True to Yourself
With the phenomenal success of Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez’s cleverly written, irreverent and infectious musical comedy, “The Book of Mormon,” it was inevitable that someone would eventually write a parody of this mega popular Broadway show.
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The Grandaddy of Holiday Stories
A Christmas Carol–at the Goodman Theatre
The Grandaddy of Holiday Stories
And, as it has been for the past 40 years, this show is everything. It’s what Christmas is all about, and we are so lucky to have it back in Chicago for another holiday season.
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Twice as Nice
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat–by Citadel Theatre
Twice As Nice
If you think you already know this show from seeing the countless productions of it that have already played in the Chicago area, a terrific holiday offering from Citadel may just possibly surprise you.
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Go, Go, Go, Go!
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat–at BrightSide Theatre
Go, Go, Go, Go!
If you think you already know this much-produced family musical, the current production at BrightSide Theatre may just surprise you.
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Loving in Illyria
Twelfth Night–at Writers Theatre
Loving in Illyria
There’s a lot of loving going on in the exotic fictionalized, coastal Kingdom of Illyria.
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Jane Austen’s Novel Comes to Life
Mansfield Park–by Northlight Theatre
Jane Austen’s Novel Comes to Life
In Jane Austen’s third novel, following her more popular Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, a young girl from an impoverished family is sent to live with her wealthy aunt and uncle, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram. Fanny Price, who’s sweet, shy, sensitive and virtuous, must adapt to being the “poor relation” amidst the snotty aristocrats who live and visit the mansion.
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Absolutely Over the Rainbow
The Wizard of Oz–by Paramount Theatre
Absolutely Over the Rainbow
Paramount Theatre has done it again! Each new production seems to top their previous offering, and that’s saying a lot.
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A New Christmas Pantomime
The Steadfast Tin Soldier–Lookingglass Theatre
A New Christmas Pantomime
We know it’s the holiday season at Lookingglass Theatre from the moment we enter the theatre. The act curtain has been transformed into a gigantic Advent calendar.
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