Chicago Theatre Review
Lesbian Lit Meets Pulpy Potboiler
The Secretaries – About Face Theatre
It’s the early 1990’s and a new dream job calls Patty Johnson to Big Bone, Oregon at the Cooney Lumber Mill. Armed
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Death and Harry Houdini – House Theatre
Erik Weisz was an Hungarian-born Jewish boy from Appleton, Wisconsin, who eventually evolved into the world
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Nice Work If You Can Get It – Theatre at the Center
In 2001 Joe DiPietro wrote a script that incorporated several songs by George and Ira Gershwin into his story. He
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Little Shop of Horrors – American Blues Theatre
Welcome back, Audrey, Seymour, Mr. Mushnik, Orin and all the other crazy characters in this 1982 comic book
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Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody – Writers Theatre
It’s been said that applause begets applause and laughter begets laughter. There not a more apt description of the
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Once in a Lifetime – Strawdog Theatre
Brilliantly talented American playwright Moss Hart began working with George S. Kaufman in 1929 writing this,
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Don’t Make Me Over – Black Ensemble Theatre
Jackie Taylor is Chicago’s undisputed master of the biographical musical revue. She knows how to weave the theatrical
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The King and I – Lyric Opera of Chicago
Throughout this bewitching musical classic, based upon Margaret Landon’s historically-based 1944 novel, Anna and
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The House of Blue Leaves – Raven Theatre
In 1971 a quirky new comedy, tinged with dark overtones, opened Off Broadway to much acclaim. John Guare’s
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A Splintered Soul – Chicago Commercial Collective
In the years that followed the end of WWII and the rescue of so many Jewish men, women and children held
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