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Into the Woods

May 4, 2017 Comments Off on Into the Woods

My Name is Annie King – Underscore Theatre Company 

 

A young medical student named Lucas, who just lost his dad, opens this musical play singing a

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Beware Hootie Pie!

May 4, 2017 Comments Off on Beware Hootie Pie!

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike – Citadel Theatre 

 

Christopher Durang, known for his hilarious absurdist comedies (“Beyond Therapy,” “An Actor’s

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As Loverly as It Gets

May 1, 2017 Comments Off on As Loverly as It Gets

My Fair Lady – Lyric Opera 

 

Any production of Lerner and Loewe’s classic is always a treat. It’s a textbook example of the perfect

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The Razzle Dazzle of Criminals as Celebrities

April 29, 2017 Comments Off on The Razzle Dazzle of Criminals as Celebrities

Chicago – Drury Lane Oakbrook

 

For a show that’s been around for over four decades, Kander & Ebb’s Vaudevillian satire of the Windy City’s judicial

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It Takes Two

April 28, 2017 Comments Off on It Takes Two

Marry Me a Little – Porchlight Theatre

 

Two single young adults, a man, whose world sings with music, and a woman, for whom photography

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A Glimpse of an Up-and-coming Genius

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Not About Nightingales-  Raven Theatre 

 

Written by Tennessee Williams in 1938, six years before his autobiographical classic, “The Glass

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Elizabethan Passion

April 27, 2017 Comments Off on Elizabethan Passion

Shakespeare in Love – Shakespeare Theatre 

 

Imagine if scholars suddenly discovered that the Bard had a muse who not only inspired him to write

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A Second Act Shocker

April 27, 2017 Comments Off on A Second Act Shocker

Threesome – The Other Theatre Company

 

What begins with a frank, but very funny first act, evolves into a riveting, dramatic second act that flips

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Heaven on Their Minds

April 26, 2017 Comments Off on Heaven on Their Minds

Jesus Christ Superstar – Paramount Theatre

 

British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber teamed up with lyricist Tim Rice back in 1970 to create a rock

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A Story Told Through Sound and Silence

April 25, 2017 Comments Off on A Story Told Through Sound and Silence

Pinocchio – Chicago Children’s Theatre 

 

Back in 1883, before children’s literature had become popular, Italian writer Carlo Collodi wrote a

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