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Mary Poppins – NightBlue

From P.L. Travers’ imaginative series of books, to Walt Disney’s 1964 classic Oscar-winning film, to producer Cameron

New Country – Fair Trade Productions

A homecoming is being celebrated in Fair Trade Productions’ Chicago debut. Mark Roberts returns to his native

The Compass – Steppenwolf Theatre for Young Adults

Wouldn’t it be fun or maybe simply a relief to have an app on our phones that could make every decision for us? That’s

Not Now, Darling – Brightside Theatre

Set in a posh, high-end fur shop, owner Gilbert Bodley and his nervous partner in pelts, the highly hysterical Arnold

Schoolhouse Rock Live! – Apollo Theatre

As kids and parents during the 70’s can attest, televised bite-size lessons in math, science, grammar and social studies,

If/Then – Broadway in Chicago

If a person had the chance to go back in his life and relive a significant moment all over again, things would

Othello – Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Jealousy, revenge, ambition and bigotry are the motifs found in Shakespeare’s early 17th century tragedy subtitled,

A Loss of Roses – Raven Theatre

William Inge’s haunting and heartbreaking drama, set outside Kansas City during the Great Depression, didn’t fare

Doo Wop Shoo Bop – Black Ensemble

For those who lived through the 2nd millennium, the 1950’s was a decade remembered historically as the end of

Those Sensational Soulful 60’s – Black Ensemble

During the decade often referred to as the Swinging Sixties there was a degree of relaxation of sexism and racism. It