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Vengeance Walks the Streets of Salem
The Crucible – Steppenwolf’s Theatre for Young Audiences
Arthur Miller’s 1953 Tony Award-winner is, on the surface, an emotionally charged dramatization of the 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials. But Miller’s
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Predators Who Eat Their Young
Becky Shaw – Windy City Playhouse
Originating at the prestigious Humana Festival, and later transferring to Off-Broadway, Gina Gionfriddo’s scathing look at five pretty unpleasant
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A Cosmic Allegory
The Skin of Our Teeth – Remy Bumppo
Written back in 1942, Thornton Wilder called his new play a “cosmic allegory.” This unusual comical drama transcends time and space as Wilder
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Girl Power at its Finest
Taming of the Shrew – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
In Artistic Director Barbara Gaines’ exquisitely reimagined new production, audiences, both new to the Bard and old friends of his witty works, will be in
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They Don’t Make ‘Em Like This Any More
Light Up the Sky – Citadel Theatre
Playwright and director Moss Hart is best known today for his legendary comedic collaborations with George S. Kaufman. Their hit plays include “You
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A Haunting True Story of Compassion and Grace
United Flight 232 – The House Theatre Company of Chicago at the Chopin Theatre
Attending this 2016 Joseph Jefferson award-winning show for Best Production of a Play, I knew this
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The Songs Deep Inside
A New Brain – Theo Ubique
Theatergoers may think some subjects are taboo for a musical. But then we recall there’s a popular
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Waitin’ For the Light to Shine
Big River – Theatre at the Center
Based upon Mark Twain’s classic novel, found on practically every high school student’s summer
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A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On!
Million Dollar Quartet – Paramount Theatre
A slice of actual rock and roll history has been preserved, fictionalized and brought to life in
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Irish Myth and Theatrical Tragedy
Deirdre of the Sorrows – City Lit
Famed Irish poet, playwright and folklore enthusiast John Millington Synge was the author of such
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