Chicago Theatre Review

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A Comedy That’s For the Birds

May 2, 2018 Reviews Comments Off on A Comedy That’s For the Birds

Birds of a Feather – Greenhouse Theatre

 

Finding your soul mate is never a simple matter, whether you’re a heterosexual male and female, two men or a couple of women. But just

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A Lesson Learned About Kindness

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Last Stop on Market Street – Chicago Childrens Theatre

 

A little boy named CJ travels to one of Chicago’s inner city neighborhoods to spend a week with his grandmother. Nana is a force of

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A Spiritual Experience

May 1, 2018 Reviews 1 Comment

Once – Paramount Theatre

 

It’s simple perfection. There’s nothing more to be said about Paramount Theatre’s current version of 2012’s eight time Tony Award-

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Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling

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The Explorers Club – Citadel Theatre

 

Poking fun at the exclusive gentleman’s club, that curiously insular, 19th century English institution, Nell Benjamin’s hilarious Victorian

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Hock-a-doo!

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Memphis – Porchlight Music Theatre

 

The Ruth Page Center for the Arts will be rockin’ and shakin’ for the next couple of months with the

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And the Band Played On

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33 to Nothing – A Red Orchid Theatre

 

Grant James Varjas’, whose “Accidentally, Like a Martyr” was produced by A Red Orchid Theater three years ago, has penned an

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A Comedy That Bites Back

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The Doppelganger (An International Farce) – Steppenwolf Theatre

 

When questioned as to how this particular play evolved, Chicago and New York playwright Matthew-Lee Erlbach replied that it

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Starting Over

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Lettie – Victory Gardens Theatre 

 

Boo Killebrew’s dramatic story about a young woman surviving the odds, and earnestly trying to

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One Enchanted Evening in Oakbrook

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South Pacific – Drury Lane Oakbrook 

 

For fans of Musical Theatre’s Golden Age, a rare opportunity has arrived this spring. Head out to

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Laughter is the Best Medicine

April 19, 2018 Reviews Comments Off on Laughter is the Best Medicine

Hay Fever – ShawChicago

 

Best described as a marriage of high farce and a comedy of manners, Noel Coward’s 1925 play was

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