Chicago Theatre Review

Monthly Archives: January 2018

Feudin’ and Fightin’

January 30, 2018 Comments Off on Feudin’ and Fightin’

Hatfield & McCoy – House Theatre

 

The bullets fly, the blood freely flows and the feudin’ and fightin’ begins in The House Theatre’s newly-revised story from 19th century America. It’s a violent

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When Things Start Falling Apart

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We the People: The Anti-Trump Musical – Flying Elephant Productions

 

Sean Chandler’s original new musical revue is basically a form of choral catharsis. It’s a song cycle, with music and lyrics by Leo Schwartz, that, for better or worse,

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Any Dream Will Do

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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Drury Lane Oakbrook

 

It appears that Drury Lane Oakbrook has turned into Chicago’s venue of reinvention. Beginning with

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Loving a Man in Uniform

January 22, 2018 1 Comment

Yank: A WWII Love Story – Pride Films and Plays 

 

It’s 1943 and WWII is raging in Europe. Stu is one of many scared Midwestern draftees to be called to serve.

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A Career-Defining Performance

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Boy – Timeline Theatre Company

 

The story may be told with simplicity, but the subject matter is involved, complicated and filled with pain and heartbreak. Based upon a real case, Anna Ziegler’s play about a young

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Rogues and Roleplaying in Pennsylvania

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The Antelope Party – Theatre Wit

 

There are an infinite number of secret clubs and congregations around America. They appeal to just

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Camelot’s Queen Mother

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Rose – Greenhouse Theatre Center 

 

Talented, multi-Jeff Award-winning Chicago actress Linda Reiter earned her latest, well-deserved

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Watching a Slice of Life

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Five Mile Lake – Shattered Globe Theatre 

 

The small lake town near Scranton, Pennsylvania is the kind of place where young people grow up

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Up, Up and Away

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Montauciel Takes Flight – Lifeline Theatre

 

Early in the summer of 1783 two brothers performed an exciting experiment to prove to themselves, and the citizens of Annonay, France, that they had invented a means for flight.

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Whistleblowing in the Northern Suburbs

January 15, 2018 1 Comment

Traitor – A Red Orchid

 

In 1882 Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen wrote a scathing drama entitled “An Enemy of the People,” partially in response to the outrage over his previous play, “Ghosts.” That

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