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Monthly Archives: July 2017

In the Wake – The Comrades

In 2010, three years before her Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic

Brave Like Them – Anout Face Theatre

Bikini Kill. Bratmobile. Sleater-Kinney. Heavens to Betsy. Excuse 17. Skinned Teen. If you’ve never

An American in Paris – Broadway in Chicago

Two years ago this highly-anticipated stage version of the 1951 Gene Kelly/Leslie Caron musical film

Lela & Co. – Steep Theatre

What happens when the truth and the story are not the same?

They’re Playing Our Song – Brown Paper Box Company

Amidst two busy professional lives and careers, overflowing with hundreds of hit songs and

Madagascar—A Musical Adventure Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

After taking last summer off, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre is back, with all canons firing, with another

Triassic Parq The Musical – Circle Theatre

It had been a while since I willingly surrendered to a show I found suspect before I even arrived. Not

Little Fish – Kokandy Productions

“I never knew what I was like until I stopped smoking,” admits Charlotte, a young woman who has

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Watch out interview with Mr. Moonie

Something Rotten – Broadway in Chicago

Several years ago, brothers Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick, had a clever idea for a musical comedy.