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Money Can’t Buy Me Love

April 7, 2018 Comments Off on Money Can’t Buy Me Love

Birdland – Steep Theatre 

 

Receiving its world premiere four years ago at London’s Royal Court Theatre, Simon Stephens’ over

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An Imagined Meeting of the Minds

April 4, 2018 Comments Off on An Imagined Meeting of the Minds

The Gentleman Caller – Raven Theatre

 

Cody Estle, the newly appointed Artistic Director of Raven Theatre, begins his tenure by directing the first play this theatre

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A Comic Drama of Manners…and Racism

April 3, 2018 Comments Off on A Comic Drama of Manners…and Racism

Smart People – Writers Theatre

 

A physician, an actress, a psychologist and a neurobiologist walk into a bar…well, not exactly, but it does sound like the

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Body Shaming and Self Image

April 2, 2018 Comments Off on Body Shaming and Self Image

Women Laughing Alone With Salad – Theatre Wit

 

This unabashed comedy by Sheila Callaghan is raw, ruthless and revolutionary. It aims its pointed wit at all sorts of targets:

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A Production That Shines

April 2, 2018 Comments Off on A Production That Shines

The Spitfire Grill – Refuge Theatre Project

 

Refuge Theatre Project’s latest offering, which deserves a second helping, doesn’t just touch your heart; it enfolds your soul

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Into the Woods

April 1, 2018 Comments Off on Into the Woods

As You Like It –  Eclectic Full Contact Theatre

Shakespeare’s sweet, pastoral comedy, thought to have been written around 1599, is one of his more frequently performed

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Cinderella on Hollywood Boulevard

March 29, 2018 Comments Off on Cinderella on Hollywood Boulevard

Pretty Woman: The Musical – Broadway in Chicago

 

Vivian Ward, a pretty, spunky, small-town girl from rural Georgia, is making a living as a prostitute along Los Angeles’ seedy

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For Thomas, on His 106th Birthday

March 28, 2018 Comments Off on For Thomas, on His 106th Birthday

Four by Tenn – Aston Rep Theatre Company

 

Commemorating the 106th birthday of Thomas Lanier Williams, better known to the world as playwright and poet

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Supreme Unstoppable Girl Power

March 27, 2018 Comments Off on Supreme Unstoppable Girl Power

A Taste of Things to Come – Broadway in Chicago

 

Welcome to the 50’s! And then on to the 60’s! The curtain rises on Joan’s 1957 Midwestern kitchen in Winnetka, Illinois.

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A Mother and Daughter Showdown

March 26, 2018 Comments Off on A Mother and Daughter Showdown

The Beauty Queen of Leenane – Northlight Theatre

 

Maureen Folan is a 40-year-old spinster whose life has been wasted away in the servitude of her ailing, controlling old

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