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Victory Gardens’ Hand to God A Profane Puppet Parable

Hand to God, after multiple awards, two off-Broadway productions, and a production on Broadway to rave reviews, has become one of the nation’s most produced plays this theater season. Robert Askin’s […]

  • Brent Eickhoff
  • October 3, 2016
    • Comedy , Theater

    Step Back into the ’80s with Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding

    Have you ever been to a truly tacky wedding? Members of the wedding party had several disruptive arguments. A lot of allusions were made to the bride and groom’s sex […]

  • Emma Terhaar
  • October 3, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    Timeline’s The Last Wife Modernizes History in Spicy Drama

    Henry VIII’s sixth and last wife is probably the one you don’t remember. She was Katherine Parr, Henry’s third Catherine, and a feminist before her time. Timeline Theatre’s new production […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • September 30, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    Wildly Talented Ensemble Shines in Wonderful Town at Goodman Theatre

    Goodman Theatre’s vibrant production of Leonard Bernstein’s Wonderful Town recounts a tale as old as time: two sisters migrate from the countryside to the big city in the hopes of becoming […]

  • Andrea Palm
  • September 28, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    Superb Acting and Staging Make Court’s Man in the Ring a Knockout

    “I killed a man and the world forgives me. I loved a man and the world wants to kill me.” Emile Griffith’s summation of his life also sums up Michael […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • September 26, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    Lookingglass Theatre’s Production of Life Sucks Proves that It Really Doesn’t

    Do you think life sucks? And that the world is totally fucked up? You’ll give that some thought and may get to voice your opinion during Lookingglass Theatre’s delightful production […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • September 20, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    Shattered Globe’s True West Almost Grabs the Sam Shepard Dynamite

    Anyone who had rowdy brothers or raised a pair of sons will feel a chill of recognition at some point during Shattered Globe Theatre’s production of True West, Sam Shepard’s […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • September 15, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    E.D.G.E. Theatre Celebrates Election Year With Rousing Production of 1776

      A new and intimate production of 1776 succeeds in reminding us that the founding fathers were real people with human problems who managed to make the close decisions that […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • September 9, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    Kinky Boots A Fun Take on Timely Issues

    Kinky Boots, which began its journey to Broadway in Chicago several years ago and is based on the 2005 film of the same name, has returned for a limited-engagement at […]

  • Brent Eickhoff
  • September 5, 2016
    • Food , Live Lit , Stages , Theater

    Food For Thought–A Kill Your Darlings 3CR Night of Improv & Live Lit

    Last Wednesday night was the second Kill Your Darling evening, a time for laughs, improv, free pizza (thanks to the theme of food night and Giordano’s) and a big helping […]

  • Kim Campbell
  • August 16, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    Einstein’s Gift: Compelling Story of Two Scientists’ Approach to War and Life

    Einstein’s Gift, the compelling new production being staged by Genesis Theatricals, is that most satisfying kind of play. It’s rich with historical detail and scandal and ripe with questions for […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • August 8, 2016
    • Stages , Theater , Theater Festival

    CST Hosts Shakespeare’s Globe, Jonathan Pryce in Sumptuous Merchant of Venice

    Shylock’s daughter, Jessica (Phoebe Pryce) and Shylock (her real-life father Jonathan Pryce) in Shakespeare’s Globe’s The Merchant of Venice at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (photo by Manuel Harlan). Director Jonathan Munby infuses the humor he brought […]

  • Karin McKie
  • August 6, 2016
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