Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Sibling Self-Sacrifice

March 10, 2018 Comments Off on 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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Cracked Southern Belles

March 7, 2018 Comments Off on Cracked Southern Belles

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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A Musical Morality Tale

March 6, 2018 Comments Off on A Musical Morality Tale

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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But They’re Cousins

March 5, 2018 Comments Off on But They’re Cousins

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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Reelin’ and Rockin’

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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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A Brother’s Touching Tribute

February 26, 2018 Comments Off on A Brother’s Touching Tribute

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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Sex and Sock Puppets

February 26, 2018 Comments Off on Sex and Sock Puppets

Musical Therapy – Underscore Theatre Company 

 

Theresa, a couples therapist in Chicago, with her own personal problems in maintaining

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A Shot in the Dark

February 24, 2018 Comments Off on A Shot in the Dark

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

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Girl Power at Its Finest

February 22, 2018 Comments Off on Girl 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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A Welcome Return to the World of Wodehouse 

February 22, 2018 Comments Off on A Welcome Return to the World of Wodehouse 

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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