Author: Colin Douglas
Music to Raise the Roof
Those Sensational Soulful 60’s – Black Ensemble
During the decade often referred to as the Swinging Sixties there was a degree of relaxation of sexism and racism. It
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Educating Rita – Citadel Theatre
Besides Cinderella, is there any other story in all of antiquity that’s served more as a source for novels, movies, plays
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Cocked – Victory Gardens
Taylor, a Chicago attorney, and her girlfriend Izzy share their lives together in an upscale Andersonville
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2666 – Goodman Theatre
At what point is too much too much? Roberto Bolano’s epic, almost 900 page novel, published posthumously in
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In a Word – Strawdog Theatre
Filled with anguished pain and unexpected humor, while toying with time, space and the use of words, Lauren Yee’s
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Sister Act – Marriott Theatre
From the moment audiences walk into the theatre, creatively and beautifully transformed into a Catholic cathedral
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The Awake – First Floor Theatre
Amidst a churning eddy of traumatic scenes, frantically and desperately narrated by various dreamers, three
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Fugitive Songs – Boho Theatre
Sometimes life takes us to places we never intended to be and into situations that eventually turn stale. We find
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The Flick – Steppenwolf Theatre
Nothing theatrical happens in this production, but it remains one of the finest, most thought-provoking productions
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Far From Heaven – Porchlight Music Theatre
A young housewife and mother from an affluent suburb seems to have the ideal life in 1957 Connecticut. As Autumn
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