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Another Shipload of Love

December 4, 2014 Comments Off on Another Shipload of Love

The Christmas Schooner – Mercury Theatre

 

Traditions, those legends, customs and beliefs handed down from generation to generation, provide the foundation for this beautifully written historical musical that has

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Practically Perfect in Every Way

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Mary Poppins – Paramount Arts Center

 

In 1934 P. L. Travers’ first literary success, which eventually spawned a series of sequels, soon became a favorite among both children and their parents. Thirty years later

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Haunted by Life

December 3, 2014 Comments Off on Haunted by Life

Shining City – Irish Theatre of Chicago

 

Three men and a young woman slowly come to understand that they’re each being haunted by their own private ghosts in Conor McPherson’s 2004 Tony nominated play.

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An Angel Gets His Wings

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It’s a Wonderful Life: a Live Radio Play – Brightside Theatre

The name George Bailey has become synonymous with Christmas, ever since Frank Capra’s holiday classic first began airing nonstop on TV during the 1980’s. Based upon

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The Grandaddy of Them All!

November 28, 2014 Comments Off on The Grandaddy of Them All!

A Christmas Carol – Goodman Theatre

 

This show is it.

This is what Christmas is all about in Chicago. The Grandaddy of all holiday productions, and the show that every other

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Curiouser and Curiouser

November 27, 2014 Comments Off on Curiouser and Curiouser

Lookingglass Alice – Lookingglass Theatre

 

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, is famous for authoring two children’s classics, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Dodgson was many things: a writer, a mathematician, a deacon in the Anglican Church, a

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Side Project

November 27, 2014 Comments Off on Side Project

Jet Black Chevrolet and We Three – Side Project

Or: Hammer Horror

I find is oddly fitting that the same haunted Lay-Z-Boy recliner should appear in both The Side Projects attempts at psychological horror in the

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Classic Stories for the Holidays

November 26, 2014 Comments Off on Classic Stories for the Holidays

From the Heart – Citadel Theatre

 

Short stories by great writers are timeless and, especially around the holidays, can provide a welcome change from the usual fare about Rudolph, Scrooge, George Bailey

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Following the Yellow Brick Road

November 26, 2014 Comments Off on Following the Yellow Brick Road

The Wizard of Oz – Marriott Theatre

 

Since this classic movie first delighted children and grownups on the silver screen back in 1939, L. Frank Baum’s glorious fantasy has been a

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You Belong to Me

November 24, 2014 Comments Off on You Belong to Me

Always…Patsy Cline – Theo Ubique

 

To paraphrase Jane Austen, it’s a truth universally acknowledged that any production directed by Fred Anzevino, the very talented Artistic

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