Author: Colin Douglas
Sibling Self-Sacrifice
You For Me For You – Sideshow Theatre Company
Two starving North Korean sisters share a ceremonial meal of tea and rice, each unselfishly trying to persuade the other to
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Plantation! – Lookingglass Theatre
Miss Lillian, the genteel, widowed Texan matriarch, has three lovely, but spoiled daughters. She’s gathered them together
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The Emperor’s New Clothes
The Marriott, up in Lincolnshire, has a history of producing some of the finest theatre in the Chicago area, and that goes
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Mary Stuart – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Mary Stuart spent a large portion of her life imprisoned by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, a woman she never actually met in
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Hail, Hail Chuck: A Tribute to Chuck Berry – Black Ensemble Theatre
Jackie Taylor’s incomparable Black Ensemble Theater, one of this city’s finest and most reliable venues for consistently entertaining
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Steel Magnolias – Theatre at the Center
Robert Harling skipped his bar exam, upon completion of a law degree from Tulane University. He,
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Musical Therapy – Underscore Theatre Company
Theresa, a couples therapist in Chicago, with her own personal problems in maintaining
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Six Corners – American Blues Theatre
On a bitterly cold December night, a tragic, real-life event occurred that inspired this play. Playwright Keith Huff heard a gunshot fired in the dark at the Western Avenue Brown Line
Read MoreGirl Power at Its Finest
The Wolves – Goodman Theatre
The lights blaze revealing the nine adolescent members of a Saturday suburban indoor girls soccer team. As they warm up with synchronized, almost choreographed exercises, the
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Jeeves in Bloom – Shaw Chicago
The Oxford English Dictionary defines “Jeeves” as a generic term for any useful and reliable person. That understated entry is derived from the name of the leading character from
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