Author: Colin Douglas
Blow Out Your Candles
The Glass Menagerie – Jedlicka Performing Arts Center
Tennessee Williams’ self-entitled Memory Play launched his career as a respected playwright. It
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Art Imitating Life
Fade – Teatro Vista and Victory Gardens
Tanya Saracho, cofounder of Teatro Luna and a Victory Gardens ensemble playwright, maintains that her 2013 play isn’t about her own life. This, despite the fact
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You’ve Gotta Have Friends
Significant Other – About Face Theatre
Jordan is a young man, on the cusp of turning 30. As the play opens, he’s enjoying a mostly fulfilling social life as the Gay Best Friend of his three college pals, Kiki,
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Go Into Your Dance!
42nd Street – Drury Lane Oakbrook
There’s an old saying proclaiming that “everything old is new again.” Generally it implies that, if you wait long enough, yesterday’s ideas will come back into fashion again. But that’s
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A Tree Without Roots
Yasmina’s Necklace
Abdul Samee, or Sam, as he prefers to be called so as to be more accepted, is a product of several different cultures. Ali, his father, is an Iraqi immigrant; Sara, his extremely
Read More49th Annual Jeff Awards
Paramount Theatre and Court Theatre Take Top Honors
at the 49th Annual Jeff Awards
The Drury Lane Theatre, Oakbrook Terrace hosted a star-studded evening November 6, 2017. The mega event was the 49th Annual Equity Jeff Awards. It celebrated a splendid
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Football and Phantoms
Welcome to Jesus – American Theatre Company
Sound, shadows and sudden shocks of light spin a tension-filled tale that combines ghosts and
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Something From a Dream
The Bridges of Madison County – Brightside Theatre
When life feels so confining that it’s like being in a prison cell, and suddenly an opportunity presents
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Seize the Day
Newsies – Marriott Lincolnshire
Disney’s 2012 stage adaptation of their 1992 cult movie musical unexpectedly took Broadway by storm. The musical earned Tony and Drama Desk Awards for its
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Voodoo and Medea Combine
Marie Christine – Boho Theatre
BoHo Theatre is fast becoming one of the finest, most respected companies in Chicago. With every
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