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Amazing Grace – Broadway in Chicago

Chicago’s become the go-to town for preBroadway tryouts. In this new, much-hyped Broadway bound world premier, with music and lyrics by

Animal Farm – Steppenwolf for Young Audiences

In this scintillating, impossible to forget world premier by Althos Low (the pen name for Chicago’s adaptation development group, Shangai Low

Parade – Boho Theatre Company

Leo Frank was, according to historical records and as judged by his portrayal in this 1999 Tony-winning musical, the innocent and tragic object

Frederick – Chicago Childrens Theatre

The prolific artist and children’s author/illustrator Leo Lionni was a four-time Caldecott Award winner for, among others, his beautiful picture

The Submission – Pride Film and Plays

Growing up in the projects becomes the subject of a hot, new play written by a lower middle-class, young black writer who has experienced all

The Wild Party – Bailiwick

Confirming every dark, stereotypical myth born out of Prohibition Era New York City, the Roaring Twenties must have been a den of evil

Both Your Houses – Remy Bumppo

More timely than a Tea Party rally, Maxwell Anderson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama that takes a hard look at how Congress really works is

Sweeney Todd – Porchlight Theatre

It’s this production’s visual impact that first strikes the audience. Jeffrey D. Kmiec’s enormous, atmospheric, all-encompassing set wraps

Take Me Out – Eclectic Theatre

In recent years, especially with new laws in place guaranteeing equality for the LGBT community, including the right to marry, celebrities from

Smokefall – Goodman Theatre

Sometimes a play speaks to an audience in a special, almost personal way. It can, under a good production with an excellent cast, transcend