Colin Douglas | Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Artificial Jungle – Hell in a Handbag

Continuing Hell in a Handbag Productions’ tradition of presenting parodies of B-film classics and old, time-honored television

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit – Interrobang Theatre Project

The premise of this performance piece (there’s a hesitation in calling this bare bones production an actual “play”) is that it truly

Tootsie – Broadway in Chicago

In 1982, Sydney Pollack directed what would become the second-highest-grossing film of that year in America. It was nominated for ten

Nell Gwynn – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

A Cockney fruit seller, “pretty, witty Nell Gwynn,” as she was called by Samuel Pepys, sold oranges, sweets and her favors, up and down

Indecent – Victory Gardens

After seven years, forty drafts, a number of workshops and an Off Broadway run, Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright Paul Vogel’s historically-

Caroline, or Change – Firebrand Theatre and Timeline

The title of this smart, unusual, mostly sung-through musical uses the word “change” in the sense

We’re Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time – Goodman Theatre

Everyone has a story to tell. But rarely do theatergoers have the opportunity to relive the difficult

Frankenstein – Lifeline Theatre

Wisely eliminating the framing narrative from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s original 1818 novel, Lifeline ensemble member Robert

The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? – Interrobang Theatre

Martin is a very successful, highly respected middle-aged architect living in New York City with his wife, Stevie, and his teenage

Borealis – House Theatre

Bennett Fisher’s world premiere season opener for The House Theatre of Chicago is an Alice in Wonderland-like quest story. It