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Time Heals Everything

July 13, 2016 Comments Off on Time Heals Everything

Tomorrow Morning – Kokandy Productions

 

A span of nine years separates the stories and characters in British author/composer Laurence Mark Wythe’s

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In Love and War

July 13, 2016 Comments Off on In Love and War

Eroica – Azusa Productions

 

It’s 1966 and the Viet Nam War, which began four years earlier, is still raging in Southeast Asia. But in this country

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Ripped From Today’s Headlines

July 12, 2016 Comments Off on Ripped From Today’s Headlines

Between Riverside and Crazy – Steppenwolf Theatre Company

 

A father figure to many in his life, Walter Washington is a retired New York City policeman, affectionately called Pops.

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A Puck-ing Queer Cabaret

July 12, 2016 Comments Off on A Puck-ing Queer Cabaret

Bite – Pride Films and Plays

 

There’s a stimulating, sensual and strikingly entertaining piece of immersive theatre happening upstairs at Mary’s Attic

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Style, Not Sincerity, is the Thing

July 4, 2016 Comments Off on Style, Not Sincerity, is the Thing

The Importance of Being Earnest – Dead Writers Collective

 

Oscar Wilde subtitled this, his last play, as “a trivial comedy for serious people.” In 1895, with what would become

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To Reach the Unreachable Star

June 30, 2016 Comments Off on To Reach the Unreachable Star

Man of La Mancha – Marriott Theatre

 

Chicago theatre has always prided itself on its daring, new interpretations of classic plays and musicals. The results

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What’s Goin On?

June 25, 2016 Comments Off on What’s Goin On?

The Marvin Gaye Story – Black Ensemble Theatre

(Don’t Talk About My Father Because God is My Friend)

 

Jackie Taylor continues Black Ensemble Theater’s 40th anniversary year, celebrating their success with remounts of

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A Quest to Regain Dignity

June 25, 2016 Comments Off on A Quest to Regain Dignity

The Grapes of Wrath – Gift Theatre

 

There’s no other novel that paints such an honest, unflinching portrait of the hopelessness of a people, particularly

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Matrimony in Manhattan

June 23, 2016 Comments Off on Matrimony in Manhattan

Company – Writers Theatre

 

Updated to 2016 with cell phones, contemporary fashions and fewer characters smoking, this exciting new

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Brash and Bright – Limbo Makes You Uncomfortable

June 23, 2016 Comments Off on Brash and Bright – Limbo Makes You Uncomfortable

 

Savage in Limbo – The Poor Theatre

Imagine yourself at 32 years old.

Everyone in the audience who participates in the shared experience of Savage in Limbo will think this. Some who

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