Chicago Theatre Review
Take Me to Heaven
Sister Act – Marriott Theatre
From the moment audiences walk into the theatre, creatively and beautifully transformed into a Catholic cathedral
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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
Read MoreVinyl, Mixed Tapes and Love
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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