Author: Colin Douglas
A Story, A Story
Big Fish – Theatre at the Center
With a book by John August and a score by Andrew Lippa, this musical about telling tales and spinning yarns is
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Jersey Boys – Broadway in Chicago
Jukebox musicals get a bad rap. The genre has been around since the 1970’s, but the new millennium has witnessed
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The Little Foxes – Goodman Theatre
The Hubbards are a coldblooded, money-hungry, aristocratic clan who live near each other in a small Southern town
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Side Man – American Blues Theater
A Pulitzer Prize nominee and Broadway’s 1999 Tony Award-winner for Best Play is currently being given a towering production at the
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Don’t Dress for Dinner – Citadel Theatre
Running footsteps, doors slamming, horny men and hot women popping up in compromising costumes, positions and situations—this is
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Sense and Sensibility – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Jane Austen’s novel about Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, two devoted friends who also just happen to be sisters, is a story that
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Major Barbara – ShawChicago
During one of his most fertile periods of writing, George Bernard Shaw created this theatrical philosophical argument, disguised as a
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Three Sisters – The Hypocrites
Anton Chekov’s classic turn-of-the-century pastoral comedy tells about a trio of sisters and their brother Andrei, now sharing the family
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Worthy – Adventure Stage
Everyone these days either sits or walks around with their heads bent in supplication. They’re praying to their iPhones, iPads and iMacs.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Porchlight Music Theatre
It’s hard to believe that this hysterical musical comedy has been around since 1962. The show features a book cowritten by Burt Shevelove
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