Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

What a Fruit It Bears

November 9, 2018 Comments Off on What a Fruit It Bears

This Bitter Earth – About Face

 

This bitter earth

Well, what a fruit it bears

What good is love

That no one shares?

And if my life is like the dust

That hides the glow of a rose

What good am I?

Heaven only knows

So wails vocal artist Dinah Washington on a melancholy, bluesy recording which one of the characters is listening to. He’s trying find

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A Two-Actor Extravaganza

November 8, 2018 Comments Off on A Two-Actor Extravaganza

Peter Pan – Mercury Theatre

 

It sometimes seems that there are as many versions of this beloved story, about the boy who never grew up, as there are stars in the sky.

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A Peter Pan for Today

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Neverland – Prop Theatre

 

Devised, inspired, guided and shaped by the company’s new Artistic Director, Olivia Lilley, the twelve member ensemble for this

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Simple Little Things

November 6, 2018 Comments Off on Simple Little Things

110 in the Shade – BoHo Theatre

 

If you’re going to adapt a popular, romantic comedy into a musical, who better to write the book than the playwright who penned the

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A North Pole Adventure

November 6, 2018 Comments Off on A North Pole Adventure

’Twas the Night Before Christmas – Emerald City Theatre

 

From our childhood, we’re all familiar with the beloved holiday poem, “A Visit From St. Nicholas.” It was written in the early 19th century

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Alone With Her Memories

November 1, 2018 Comments Off on Alone With Her Memories

Lady in Denmark – Goodman Theatre

 

Dael Orlandersmith’s new, one-woman play, now enjoying its world premiere, is under the gentle direction of Victory Garden’s Artistic

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A Howling Halloween Edition

October 31, 2018 Comments Off on A Howling Halloween Edition

The Golden Girls: Bea Afraid! – Hell in a Handbag

 

David Cerda’s creativity is a never-ending pool of pop parodies and perverse playfulness. This multi-gifted actor, playwright and

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Recording His Final Songs

October 30, 2018 Comments Off on Recording His Final Songs

The Last Session –  Refuge Theatre Project

 

Gideon, a famous fictional Los Angeles composer, singer and recording artist, decides to invite three of his former band members to join

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Raising the Rafters in Song

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Women of Soul (With a Tribute to the Queen) – Black Ensemble

 

It’s a woman’s world—at least for the next few months, dazzling audiences onstage at the Black Ensemble Theater. In Jackie Taylor’s

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Six Characters in Search of Themselves

October 29, 2018 Comments Off on Six Characters in Search of Themselves

Small Mouth Sounds – Red Orchid

 

Six diverse urbanites have signed on for a weeklong retreat, near a lake in the woods. The secluded hideaway offers simplicity for it’s

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