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The Story of Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan

October 16, 2016 Comments Off on The Story of Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan

A Light in the Dark – Chicago Childrens Theatre

 

Most adults are familiar with the story of these two heroic women, whose lives forever light up the darkness. The

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Fine Feathered Fiends

October 15, 2016 Comments Off on Fine Feathered Fiends

The Birds – Citadel Theatre

 

Neither Alfred Hitchcock’s cinematic masterpiece of horror, nor the short story by Daphne du Maurier, playwright

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Church and Sexuality /Souls Bared

October 14, 2016 Comments Off on Church and Sexuality /Souls Bared

Bare: A Pop Opera – Refuge Theater Project at Epworth United Methodist Church

In the current rendition of this 2000 musical by Damon Instrabartolo and Jon Hartmere, its all about the found

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Heartfelt Understanding

October 2, 2016 Comments Off on Heartfelt Understanding

Visiting Edna – Steppenwolf Theatre Company

 

Family is everything. It’s that fuzzy, warm force that shapes and molds each of us. It’s the place you go when no one

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Just a Stones Throne from Brilliant

October 1, 2016 Comments Off on Just a Stones Throne from Brilliant

 

 

THRONES! A Musical Parody  –  Apollo Theater Chicago

A casual afternoon vibe of like-minded nerds recently assembled at the Apollo Theater to relish another send up of

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Zoinks!

October 1, 2016 Comments Off on Zoinks!

Skooby Don’t – Hell in a Handbag

 

The gang of amateur detectives collectively known as Mystery, Inc. are back again. Rising from the vaults of

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The War of the Families Partridge and Brady

September 29, 2016 Comments Off on The War of the Families Partridge and Brady

The Bardy Bunch – Mercury Theatre

 

The brainchild of playwright Stephen Garvey, this little cult musical parody originally debuted at New York’s 2011

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The Saga Continues

September 28, 2016 Comments Off on The Saga Continues

Tug of War: Civil Strife – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

 

Just four months ago, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, as part of its yearlong Shakespeare 400 Celebration, produced

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A Musical Fable About Fate

September 28, 2016 Comments Off on A Musical Fable About Fate

Fly By Night – Theo Ubique

 

This sweet little seven-handed show, so perfectly suited to an intimate venue like the No Exit Cafe, is a little known

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The Devil is in the Details

September 27, 2016 Comments Off on The Devil is in the Details

Hand to God – Victory Gardens Theatre

 

Perhaps the devil made him do it, but Robert Askins’ dark, irreverent, riveting comic drama is about honesty and

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