Colin Douglas | Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Birdland – Steep Theatre

Receiving its world premiere four years ago at London’s Royal Court Theatre, Simon Stephens’ over

The Gentleman Caller – Raven Theatre

Cody Estle, the newly appointed Artistic Director of Raven Theatre, begins his tenure by directing the first play this theatre

Smart People – Writers Theatre

A physician, an actress, a psychologist and a neurobiologist walk into a bar…well, not exactly, but it does sound like the

Women Laughing Alone With Salad – Theatre Wit

This unabashed comedy by Sheila Callaghan is raw, ruthless and revolutionary. It aims its pointed wit at all sorts of targets:

The Spitfire Grill – Refuge Theatre Project

Refuge Theatre Project’s latest offering, which deserves a second helping, doesn’t just touch your heart; it enfolds your soul

As You Like It – Eclectic Full Contact Theatre

Shakespeare’s sweet, pastoral comedy, thought to have been written around 1599, is one of his more frequently performed

Pretty Woman: The Musical – Broadway in Chicago

Vivian Ward, a pretty, spunky, small-town girl from rural Georgia, is making a living as a prostitute along Los Angeles’ seedy

Four by Tenn – Aston Rep Theatre Company

Commemorating the 106th birthday of Thomas Lanier Williams, better known to the world as playwright and poet

A Taste of Things to Come – Broadway in Chicago

Welcome to the 50’s! And then on to the 60’s! The curtain rises on Joan’s 1957 Midwestern kitchen in Winnetka, Illinois.

The Beauty Queen of Leenane – Northlight Theatre

Maureen Folan is a 40-year-old spinster whose life has been wasted away in the servitude of her ailing, controlling old