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Come For the Pinter, Stay for the Palimpsest

September 3, 2015 Comments Off on Come For the Pinter, Stay for the Palimpsest

Ashes to Ashes – Citizens Relief  and Palimpsest Exhibition at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

By Lazlo Collins

Sometimes the search for a great two-for-one may be a struggle. Well search no more! Currently at The Intuit: The

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No Spare Change

September 3, 2015 Comments Off on No Spare Change

 

After Miss Julie – Strawdog Theatre Company

By Lazlo Collins

Change affects us all in different ways. Sometimes our response to change can be unpredictable. We look for

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Moving On…So What?

September 3, 2015 Comments Off on Moving On…So What?

Glory Days – Refuge Theatre Project

 

Four best friends from high school reunite on an empty football field a year after they’ve gone on to the colleges of

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Memories Explode in Manhattan

August 31, 2015 Comments Off on Memories Explode in Manhattan

The Price – Timeline Theatre

 

Sometimes a theatergoer attends a play, produced by a topnotch company, confident that he’ll be impressed by what

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Into the Darkness

August 29, 2015 Comments Off on Into the Darkness

The Jacksonian – Profiles Theatre

 

Nothing can really prepare audiences for the bizarrely fascinating, twisted, darkly humorous story that’s unfolding at

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These Rocket Boys Soar

August 29, 2015 Comments Off on These Rocket Boys Soar

October Sky 


Following the success of their 2012 musical, “Hero,” which also had its world premiere at the Marriott Lincolnshire

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The Classic Story On Stage

August 21, 2015 Comments Off on The Classic Story On Stage

Dirty Dancing – Broadway in Chicago

 

Back for another visit to Chicago, this time starring Hubbard Street’s own Christopher Tierney as hunky dancer

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Worthy of the Journey

August 19, 2015 Comments Off on Worthy of the Journey

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – No Stakes Theatre Project

 

It’s always exciting when a brand new company braves the odds and bursts forth onto an already-crowded Chicago

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An Enchanted Evening Awaits in Evanston

August 17, 2015 Comments Off on An Enchanted Evening Awaits in Evanston

South Pacific – Light Opera Works

 

For fans of Musical Theatre’s Golden Age, a rare opportunity has arrived this summer to experience an exquisite

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Old Town School of Folk Music – Musical Theatre Ensemble

August 16, 2015 Comments Off on Old Town School of Folk Music – Musical Theatre Ensemble

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I have a confession. I have always wanted to learn to play the guitar. And somehow I found my way to the Old Town School of Folk Music. One of the coolest places on earth.

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