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First Date – Royal George Theatre

Just in time for Valentines Day, and poised to warm up those cold Chicago nights, this pocket-size, recycled sitcom-style musical is cute,

The Addams Family – Mercury Theatre

The sizzling sound you hear is all the artistry that burns within Mercury Theater’s creative team. This includes director, L. Walter Stearns,

La Cage aux Folles – Marriott Theatre

The glitz and glamor of St. Tropez, with all its sparkle and shine, stars in sequins and feather boas and talented chorines in drag, almost

Book of Merman – Pride Films and Plays

With the phenomenal success of Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez’s cleverly written, irreverent and infectious musical comedy,

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 – The Other Theatre Company

Following the unthinkably violent incidents that occurred in the aftermath of Rodney King’s sadistic beating in California, stage and

White Guy on the Bus – Northlight Theatre

Each Saturday Ray, an affluent, caucasian business man, shares a public bus with a single, African American mother named Shatique, in

Rapture, Blister, Burn – Goodman Theatre

At some point in life, often in one’s middle age years, a person begins considering the road not taken, the life one could’ve chosen…but

The Apple Family Plays: – Timeline Theatre

That Hopey Changey Thing

It’s November 2 in Rhinebeck, New York. The polls are about to close for the 2010 mid-term elections. Gathering around the dinner table

The Apple Family Plays: – Timeline Theatre

Sorry

Two years have now passed since audiences visited the Apple family in “That Hopey Changey Thing” (reviewed separately). It’s very early

Accidentally Like a Martyr – A Red Orchid Theatre

A gang of regulars, including a few middle-aged queens and a handful of slightly younger gay patrons, meet regularly at this “forgotten gay