Author: Colin Douglas
Welcome to the 60’s
Hairspray – BrightSide Theatre
“The Nicest Kids in Town” are teasing their hair, singing and dancing up a storm while striking a blow for equal rights in BrightSide Theatre’s latest production, a bang-up, non-stop
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A Glimmer of an Idea
Burnham’s Dream: The White City – Lost and Found Productions
In 1893, Chicago was awarded the much sought-after contract to present the World’s Columbian
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Desert Storm
The Opportunities of Extinction – Broken Nose Theatre
While not a particularly unique mission statement for a theatre, Broken Nose strives to “create work that is accessible and engages the
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Falling Between the Cracks
Neverwhere – Lifeline Theatre
One night Richard Mayhew, a young Scottish office worker, discovers Door, an injured young woman lying alone on the street, covered in
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A Classic Comes to Life
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Lookingglass Theatre
Concluding their 30th Anniversary season with a big splash, Lookingglass Theatre brings to life one
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Swimming Against the Current
Bull in a China Shop – About Face Theatre
While traveling in China, Mary Woolley writes to her lover, Jeannette Marks, about being captivated
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In Praise of Women
A Little Night Music – Boho Theatre
Following the success of his concept musicals, “Company” and “Follies,” Stephen Sondheim went to work on his ninth show, adapting
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Fasten Your Seatbelts
Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies – Velvet Fox Productions
Regarded by many as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, Bette Davis was known as
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Passing the Time While Nothing Happens
Waiting for Godot – Chicago Shakespeare World Theatre
When the audience enters the Courtyard Theater auditorium, they find the heavily raked stage has been shortened, a few new rows of
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A Bundle of Joy
Cry It Out – Northlight Theatre
Molly Smith Metzler, a mother herself, wrote this cathartic, somewhat autobiographical play based on her own personal
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