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Pet Shop Boys…and Girls

October 4, 2018 Comments Off on Pet Shop Boys…and Girls

Artificial Jungle – Hell in a Handbag

 

Continuing Hell in a Handbag Productions’ tradition of presenting parodies of B-film classics and old, time-honored television

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Not Everyone’s Piece of Cake

October 3, 2018 Comments Off on Not Everyone’s Piece of Cake

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit –  Interrobang Theatre Project 

 

The premise of this performance piece (there’s a hesitation in calling this bare bones production an actual “play”) is that it truly

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A Bonafide Broadway Hit

October 2, 2018 Comments Off on A Bonafide Broadway Hit

 

Tootsie – Broadway in Chicago

 

In 1982, Sydney Pollack directed what would become the second-highest-grossing film of that year in America. It was nominated for ten

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Striking a Blow for Women’s Rights

October 2, 2018 Comments Off on Striking a Blow for Women’s Rights

Nell Gwynn – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

 

A Cockney fruit seller, “pretty, witty Nell Gwynn,” as she was called by Samuel Pepys, sold oranges, sweets and her favors, up and down

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Through a Blink of Time

September 30, 2018 Comments Off on Through a Blink of Time

Indecent – Victory Gardens

 

After seven years, forty drafts, a number of workshops and an Off Broadway run, Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright Paul Vogel’s historically-

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Eclectic Full Contact Theatre’s “Dear Brutus” Bursting with Frantic Whimsy

September 30, 2018 Comments Off on Eclectic Full Contact Theatre’s “Dear Brutus” Bursting with Frantic Whimsy

Dear Brutus – Eclectic Theatre

 

Each and every day, we are confronted by the totality of choice. Some decisions are small: do I want steak for dinner or do I want chicken? Some choices are irrevocable: do I maintain my cozy office desk job or move across the country to pursue my passions with reckless abandon? The haunting spectre of the hypothetical — of choices made and not made — is a common trigger for sleepless nights. Thanks to Eclectic Full Contact Theatre, this anxiety-inducing quandary is no longer limited to late-night self-interrogations. Loosely based upon A Midsummer Night’s Dream, JM Barrie’s Dear Brutus confronts the inherent fallacy (and value) contained in longing for that which one cannot have: a second chance.

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Little Boy Lost

September 27, 2018 Comments Off on Little Boy Lost

Caroline, or Change – Firebrand Theatre and Timeline

 

The title of this smart, unusual, mostly sung-through musical uses the word “change” in the sense

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Opening His Heart

September 27, 2018 Comments Off on Opening His Heart

We’re Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time – Goodman Theatre

 

Everyone has a story to tell. But rarely do theatergoers have the opportunity to relive the difficult

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Foolishly Playing God

September 26, 2018 Comments Off on Foolishly Playing God

Frankenstein – Lifeline Theatre

 

Wisely eliminating the framing narrative from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s original 1818 novel, Lifeline ensemble member Robert

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What is Normal?

September 25, 2018 Comments Off on What is Normal?

The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? – Interrobang Theatre

 

Martin is a very successful, highly respected middle-aged architect living in New York City with his wife, Stevie, and his teenage

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