Chicago Theatre Review
Look Down, Look Down
Les Miserables
It’s said that Alain Boublil became inspired to transfer Victor Hugo’s sweeping saga of injustice, forgiveness and survival to the
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God’s Work
A light illuminates the door at the top of a long flight of stairs. A young woman, moaning and wailing, moves with difficulty toward the steps,
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Our Class – Remy Bumppo
History, as they say, often repeats itself. We are meant to learn from the past. For example, the world recoiled in horror once it discovered the
Read MoreTurning Back the Covers
Songs From an Unmade Bed – Pride Film and Plays
Set in a tiny subterranean performance space that’s about as big as a bedroom, two young men, ably accompanied by musical director Robert
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Tristan & Yseult
As audiences arrive for this unexpectedly quirky, magically charged production they are given a balloon to inflate and release during the play’s
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The Wild
As the opening production of Steppenwolf’s fifth annual Garage Rep, this movement-based theatrical group presents a performance piece created entirely by its eight-member ensemble and directed by Thom Pasculli, inspired by the myth of Dionysus and featuring text by prolific playwright Charles L. Mee
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Lifeline Theatre – A Tale of Two Cities
Lifeline Theatre’s “A Tale of Two Cities” is a suspenseful and emotional journey to the past.
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Corpus Delicti – Madkap Productions
Sometimes a play reads well on the page, offering just the right amount of drama and social commentary. Then, when it’s on its feet in an actual, full-scale production, its shortcomings become evident and sometimes outweigh its positive qualities. Such is the case with the staging of David Alex’s latest script. The prolific playwright has written many successful plays and this new thriller does show promise.
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Chicago
For a show that’s been around for almost four decades, Kander & Ebb’s Vaudevillian satire of the justice system and, more specifically, criminals as celebrities shows no signs of running out of steam.
Goodman Theatre: Gentrified and Jumpy
Buzzer – Goodman Theatre
With a black president serving his second term in the White House, America may have grown up a bit with regard to its long history of racial problems and prejudice, but playwright Tracey Scott Wilson, in her latest play, argues that we still have a long, long way to go toward maturity. Racial acceptance is still more of a myth than a reality in America.
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