Chicago Theatre Review
In Praise of Women
A Little Night Music – Boho Theatre
Following the success of his concept musicals, “Company” and “Follies,” Stephen Sondheim went to work on his ninth show, adapting
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Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies – Velvet Fox Productions
Regarded by many as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, Bette Davis was known as
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Cry It Out – Northlight Theatre
Molly Smith Metzler, a mother herself, wrote this cathartic, somewhat autobiographical play based on her own personal
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Buried Child – Writers Theatre
The rain falls steadily, nonstop, relentlessly on the gray roof of an old, dilapidated house on a failed plot of farmland in
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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years -Goodman Theatre
The Delany sisters, two charming, lovable African American spinster ladies (who preferred being called “colored” or “Negro”),
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Flies! The Musical – Pride Films and Plays
Only a pair of twisted, yet very creative minds could’ve conceived of a musical version of William Golding’s young adult
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A New Attitude: In Tribute to Patti LaBelle – Black Ensemble Theatre
Continuing with a second exciting offering in their 2018 season, entitled “Movers and Shakers,” Black Ensemble Theater, that
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Suddenly Last Summer – Raven Theatre
Raven Theatre continues their homage to Tennessee Williams and his writing with a sterling production of one of the
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Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story – American Blues Theatre
When looking at the history of rock ’n’ roll music, one of the earliest pioneers of that distinctive
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Grace
Like a Prayer
Shocking the audience by opening his play with three murders and a suicide, and then reversing the events like a tape being rewound, Craig Wright’s taut one-act is a mystery, of sorts.
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