Chicago Theatre and Concert Reviews

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Prelude to a Kiss – The Comrades

Prolific playwright and screenwriter Craig Lucas has, to his credit, composed such hit plays as “Missing Persons,”

Men on Boats – American Theatre Company

Prepare to be bowled over with the brilliance of a production filled with firsts. This superb presentation, the

The Hunter and the Bear – Writers Theatre

Six men and a little boy travel to a forest in the Pacific Northwest planning to chop down trees for their lumber

Mr. and Mrs. Pennyworth – Lookingglass Theatre

Heroes and villains are everywhere, not simply in novels, stories and mythology. Every single person has the capacity

Honky Tonk Angels – Theo Ubique

Theo Ubique is doing what this company does best: a beautifully directed and performed musical revue. But this

The Other Cinderella – Black Ensemble Theatre

Born in the projects, an ill-treated young woman, nicknamed Cinderella by her selfish, cantankerous Stepmama and

The Christians – Steppenwolf

What happens when the minister of an enormous and financially solvent megachurch (think Joel Osteen),

The Rip Nelson Holiday Spectacular – Hell in a Handbag

Anyone of a certain age will fondly remember family gatherings around the television, in order to enjoy the many

The Christmas Schooner – Mercury Theatre

Even if you’ve sailed on the Molly Doone before, and certainly this joyous, heartwarming show has become as much

Jeeves Intervenes – Shaw Chicago

Featherbrained British upperclass playboy, Bertie Wooster, and his droll, faithful manservant, Jeeves, became the