Colin Douglas | Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Salome – Ravinia

Recently, Chicago’s intimate storefront theatre, the Right Brain Project, offered a provocative, very creative production of Oscar Wilde’

Hank Williams: Lost Highway – American Blues Theatre

After sold-out houses, last year’s critically successful bio-musical, which tells the story of one of music’s most influential, groundbreaking

The Beverly Hillbillies, The Musical

It’s been a long time since this rollicking TV sitcom reigned supreme on CBS. The comedy featured over 200 episodes during its seven years

Othello – The Gift Theatre

Jealousy, revenge, ambition and bigotry all play a big part in Shakespeare’s early 17th century tragedy subtitled, “The Moor of Venice.” This

The Qualms – Steppenwolf Theatre

Invited by Gary and Teri, newcomers Chris and Kristy are the first to arrive for the party at their hosts’ luxurious, high tech apartment within

Charlotte’s Web – Emerald City Theatre

Long before Harry Potter took over kids’ bookshelves as one of their favorite novels, E. B. White penned this charming story about what it

The Shepherd’s Daughter – Paradeigma Collective

Four women drift onto the tiny stage as a kind of Greek chorus, singing a mournful rendition of “Alouette,” the French children’s song about

Seussical – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Hot town: summer in the city, and Chicagoans are so lucky. This exciting metropolis is certainly no Second City when it comes to first-rate

Brigadoon – Goodman Theatre

Guaranteed to produce a lump in the throat of any self-respecting Scot, the shrill, wailing skirl of bagpipes that opens this newly refreshed

This is Our Youth – Steppenwolf

The problems that kids experience seem to stem from either poor parenting and guidance or they involve whatever the young people have