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Monthly Archives: June 2018

Some Kind of Paradise

June 28, 2018 Comments Off on Some Kind of Paradise

The View Upstairs – Circle Theatre 

 

In 1973, on the fourth anniversary of the Stonewall riots, during the final day of the Big Easy’s Pride

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Another Helping of Cheesecake

June 28, 2018 Comments Off on Another Helping of Cheesecake

The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes, Vol. 2 – Hell in a Handbag 

 

 They say that everything old is new again, and that adage couldn’t be more apropos up at Mary’s

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A Look at a More Closeted Era

June 24, 2018 Comments Off on A Look at a More Closeted Era

The Green Bay Tree – Pride Films and Plays

 

In 1933, the same year that saw such American classics as “Tobacco Road” and “Ah, Wilderness!” take to the stage, lesser-

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Chicago’s Violent History Come Alive

June 24, 2018 Comments Off on Chicago’s Violent History Come Alive

Haymarket – Den Theatre

 

Back in early May of 1886, set in the now upscale West Loop Chicago neighborhood known as Haymarket Square, a bloody riot

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The Death of Art and Beauty

June 18, 2018 Comments Off on The Death of Art and Beauty

Guards at the Taj – Steppenwolf Theatre

 

Two young men in the service of India’s Shah Jahan, the Mughal Emperor who commissioned the design and construction of

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Welcome to the 60’s

June 9, 2018 Comments Off on Welcome to the 60’s

Hairspray – BrightSide Theatre 

 

“The Nicest Kids in Town” are teasing their hair, singing and dancing up a storm while striking a blow for equal rights in BrightSide Theatre’s latest production, a bang-up, non-stop 

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A Glimmer of an Idea

June 7, 2018 Comments Off on A Glimmer of an Idea

Burnham’s Dream: The White City – Lost and Found Productions 

 

In 1893, Chicago was awarded the much sought-after contract to present the World’s Columbian

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Desert Storm

June 5, 2018 Comments Off on Desert Storm

The Opportunities of Extinction – Broken Nose Theatre

 

While not a particularly unique mission statement for a theatre, Broken Nose strives to “create work that is accessible and engages the

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Falling Between the Cracks

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Neverwhere – Lifeline Theatre

 

One night Richard Mayhew, a young Scottish office worker, discovers Door, an injured young woman lying alone on the street, covered in

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A Classic Comes to Life

June 4, 2018 Comments Off on A Classic Comes to Life

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Lookingglass Theatre 

 

Concluding their 30th Anniversary season with a big splash, Lookingglass Theatre brings to life one

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