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Monthly Archives: February 2017

Brilliant Bloody Revenge

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Sweeney Todd – Paramount Theatre

 

The show opens with a morbidly melancholy organ fugue, played with precision by Michael Keefe. Suddenly a

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A Miscarriage of Justice

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The Scottsboro Boys – Porchlight Music Theatre

 

In what would be a final collaboration, famed, award-winning Broadway composer John Kander and his lyricist

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Paw Patrol

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Where Your Business is Everyone’s Business

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Deep in the Heart of Tuna – American Folk Theatre

 

In what might be considered “the best of” from the previous four sketch comedies, this new Tuna installment,

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Every Day Lasts a Year

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The Book of Joseph – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

 

With increasing frequency, our wonderful Tony Award-winning regional theatre, the jewel of Chicago’s Navy Pier,

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Wolf continues Ike Holter and Teatro Vista’s remarkable winning streak

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The Wolf at the End of the Block – Teatro Vista

 

Red Orchid’s 2016 production of “Sender” by local playwright Ike Holter was one of the most

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Heading Down the Educational Path

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The History Boys – Eclectic Full Contact Theatre

 

As Irwin, the newly-hired young history teacher attempts to teach his tricks for acing examinations to eight energetic

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The ABC’s of Sisterhood

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elemeno pea – Citadel Theatre

 

Artistic Director Scott Phelps made a delightful discovery while attending a weekend of new plays, presented at the

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Everybody Love A High Note

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Lyric Opera – Chicago Voices

 

We’ve all heard the expression, “Anyone who was anyone was there!” Well last night at Lyric Opera of Chicago,

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A Comic Treat with a Bite

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BootyCandy – Windy City Playhouse

 

Written by African American playwright and director Robert O’Hara, this series of interconnected vignettes, each of

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