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Monthly Archives: October 2018

A Bravura Performance by a True Star

October 6, 2018 Comments Off on A Bravura Performance by a True Star

Judy Garland: Come Rain or Come Shine – Music Theatre Works

 

Angela Ingersoll is a bright-shining star. There’s no denying this fact and the Chicagoland actress has brought her bravura, one-woman

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A Low-Calorie Confection

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Broadway in Chicago

 

Sometimes a book, or even a film, just doesn’t translate easily to the stage. After the extravagantly fanciful and imaginative interpretation

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Pet Shop Boys…and Girls

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Artificial Jungle – Hell in a Handbag

 

Continuing Hell in a Handbag Productions’ tradition of presenting parodies of B-film classics and old, time-honored television

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Not Everyone’s Piece of Cake

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White Rabbit, Red Rabbit –  Interrobang Theatre Project 

 

The premise of this performance piece (there’s a hesitation in calling this bare bones production an actual “play”) is that it truly

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A Bonafide Broadway Hit

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Tootsie – Broadway in Chicago

 

In 1982, Sydney Pollack directed what would become the second-highest-grossing film of that year in America. It was nominated for ten

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Striking a Blow for Women’s Rights

October 2, 2018 Comments Off on Striking a Blow for Women’s Rights

Nell Gwynn – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

 

A Cockney fruit seller, “pretty, witty Nell Gwynn,” as she was called by Samuel Pepys, sold oranges, sweets and her favors, up and down

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