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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,
Read MoreAs History Repeats, Still We Stumble
Third Eye Ensemble – With Blood, With Ink
Third Eye Ensemble continues to highlight the spiritual journey of women with its current production of David Crozier’s operatic dramatization of the life of Juana Inés de la Cruz, a nun, scholar, poet, and champion of women’s rights well before our time, when women dare to hope, often hopelessly, that their humanity will be “protected.”
Read MoreGo 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
Read MoreA 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 MoreYou’re in the Band
A JOB WELL DONE
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
Read MoreSomething 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
Read MoreSeize 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
Read MoreVoodoo 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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