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Heading Down the Educational Path

February 9, 2017 Comments Off on Heading Down the Educational Path

The History Boys – Eclectic Full Contact Theatre

 

As Irwin, the newly-hired young history teacher attempts to teach his tricks for acing examinations to eight energetic

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The ABC’s of Sisterhood

February 9, 2017 Comments Off on The ABC’s of Sisterhood

elemeno pea – Citadel Theatre

 

Artistic Director Scott Phelps made a delightful discovery while attending a weekend of new plays, presented at the

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Everybody Love A High Note

February 5, 2017 Comments Off on Everybody Love A High Note

Lyric Opera – Chicago Voices

 

We’ve all heard the expression, “Anyone who was anyone was there!” Well last night at Lyric Opera of Chicago,

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A Comic Treat with a Bite

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BootyCandy – Windy City Playhouse

 

Written by African American playwright and director Robert O’Hara, this series of interconnected vignettes, each of

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A Whitney Houston Songbook

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The Bodyguard – Broadway in Chicago 

 

A 1992 mega hit film, starring the incomparable singer, Whitney Houston, in her acting debut, and a stoic Kevin

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A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett

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I Left My Heart – Mercury Theatre 

 

Ageless American musical icon Tony Bennett, born Anthony Dominick

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Iris in Wonderland

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The Nether – A Red Orchid Theatre 

 

January theatre seems to be off to a gloomy, depressing start. There are a number of productions currently playing

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Persian Mythology Made Epic

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Feathers of Fire – Puppet Theatre Festival

 

Hamid Rahmanian, the great Iranian-American filmmaker and graphic artist, whose contributions at Walt Disney

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Dancing Into Our Memory

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The Baltimore Waltz – Brown Paper Box Company

 

This close brother and sister had always planned on enjoying a whirlwind European vacation together, however it

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The End of the World Has Arrived

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Earthquakes in London – Steep Theatre

 

There couldn’t be a more timely play than this somewhat bizarre drama by Mike Bartlett, the prolific British

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