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We the People: The Anti-Trump Musical – Flying Elephant Productions
Sean Chandler’s original new musical revue is basically a form of choral catharsis. It’s a song cycle, with music and lyrics by Leo Schwartz, that, for better or worse,
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Yank: A WWII Love Story – Pride Films and Plays
It’s 1943 and WWII is raging in Europe. Stu is one of many scared Midwestern draftees to be called to serve.
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Boy – Timeline Theatre Company
The story may be told with simplicity, but the subject matter is involved, complicated and filled with pain and heartbreak. Based upon a real case, Anna Ziegler’s play about a young
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The Antelope Party – Theatre Wit
There are an infinite number of secret clubs and congregations around America. They appeal to just
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Rose – Greenhouse Theatre Center
Talented, multi-Jeff Award-winning Chicago actress Linda Reiter earned her latest, well-deserved
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Five Mile Lake – Shattered Globe Theatre
The small lake town near Scranton, Pennsylvania is the kind of place where young people grow up
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Montauciel Takes Flight – Lifeline Theatre
Early in the summer of 1783 two brothers performed an exciting experiment to prove to themselves, and the citizens of Annonay, France, that they had invented a means for flight.
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Traitor – A Red Orchid
In 1882 Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen wrote a scathing drama entitled “An Enemy of the People,” partially in response to the outrage over his previous play, “Ghosts.” That
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Nevermore – Black Button Eyes Production
If a theatergoer thinks his life is disappointing or less than ideal, he needs to visit the new production at the Edge Theater. Written and composed by Jonathan Christenson, this
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For the Loyal – Interrobang
Mia is seven months pregnant when Toby, her young husband, college football coach-in-training,
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