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Monthly Archives: May 2018

A Little Night Music – Boho Theatre

Following the success of his concept musicals, “Company” and “Follies,” Stephen Sondheim went to work on his ninth show, adapting

Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies – Velvet Fox Productions

Regarded by many as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, Bette Davis was known as

Waiting for Godot – Chicago Shakespeare World Theatre

When the audience enters the Courtyard Theater auditorium, they find the heavily raked stage has been shortened, a few new rows of

Cry It Out – Northlight Theatre

Molly Smith Metzler, a mother herself, wrote this cathartic, somewhat autobiographical play based on her own personal

Buried Child – Writers Theatre

The rain falls steadily, nonstop, relentlessly on the gray roof of an old, dilapidated house on a failed plot of farmland in

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years -Goodman Theatre

The Delany sisters, two charming, lovable African American spinster ladies (who preferred being called “colored” or “Negro”),

Flies! The Musical – Pride Films and Plays

Only a pair of twisted, yet very creative minds could’ve conceived of a musical version of William Golding’s young adult

A New Attitude: In Tribute to Patti LaBelle – Black Ensemble Theatre

Continuing with a second exciting offering in their 2018 season, entitled “Movers and Shakers,” Black Ensemble Theater, that

Suddenly Last Summer – Raven Theatre

Raven Theatre continues their homage to Tennessee Williams and his writing with a sterling production of one of the

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story – American Blues Theatre

When looking at the history of rock ’n’ roll music, one of the earliest pioneers of that distinctive