Chicago Theatre Review
Life is a Dream
The Awake – First Floor Theatre
Amidst a churning eddy of traumatic scenes, frantically and desperately narrated by various dreamers, three
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Fugitive Songs – Boho Theatre
Sometimes life takes us to places we never intended to be and into situations that eventually turn stale. We find
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The Flick – Steppenwolf Theatre
Nothing theatrical happens in this production, but it remains one of the finest, most thought-provoking productions
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Der Rosenkavalier – Lyric Opera of Chicago
A rare evening for any operagoer is Richard Strauss “Der Rosenkavalier,” a bubbling and soaring three-act
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Far From Heaven – Porchlight Music Theatre
A young housewife and mother from an affluent suburb seems to have the ideal life in 1957 Connecticut. As Autumn
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The Old Friends – Raven Theatre
Victorian author Samuel Butler once wrote that “Friendship, like money, is easier made than kept.” His simile is an
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The Shape of Things – Eclectic Full Contact Theatre
Like playwrights Tom Stoppard and David Mamet, Neil LaBute loves language. His plays contain dialogue that
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High Fidelity – Refuge Theatre Project
Rob Gordon is a pleasant, but aimless young man in his mid-thirties, floating along through his everyday existence
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London Wall – Griffin Theatre
How is it that John Van Druten’s 1931 office comedy never became a big hit? This smart, subtly sexy play, by the
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Pinocchio – Filament Theatre
Although there have been many versions and incarnations of Carlo Collodi’s 1883 children’s novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio, probably the most familiar is the groundbreaking 1940 animated version by the Walt Disney Studios. Because of this full-length cartoon, everyone remembers the story. They know about the lonely woodcarver named Geppetto who creates a little wooden puppet who eventually becomes a real boy. Audiences remember Jiminy Cricket, the cunning Fox and Cat, the evil puppeteer Stromboli, Lampwick, Pleasure Island and Monstro the whale. And, of course, they remember the beautiful Blue Fairy and how “When You Wish Upon a Star” made everything end happily ever after.
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