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Fill In the Words

July 24, 2017 Comments Off on Fill In the Words

They’re Playing Our Song – Brown Paper Box Company 

 

Amidst two busy professional lives and careers, overflowing with hundreds of hit songs and

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They Like to Move It, Move It!

July 24, 2017 Comments Off on They Like to Move It, Move It!

Madagascar—A Musical Adventure Chicago Shakespeare Theatre 

 

After taking last summer off, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre is back, with all canons firing, with another

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Triassic Parq – Tourists Please Enjoy the Ride!

July 24, 2017 Comments Off on Triassic Parq – Tourists Please Enjoy the Ride!

Triassic Parq The Musical – Circle Theatre

It had been a while since I willingly surrendered to a show I found suspect before I even arrived. Not

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Swimming Upstream

July 17, 2017 Comments Off on Swimming Upstream

Little Fish – Kokandy Productions 

 

“I never knew what I was like until I stopped smoking,” admits Charlotte, a young woman who has

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Welcome to the Renaissance

July 13, 2017 Comments Off on Welcome to the Renaissance

Something Rotten – Broadway in Chicago 

 

Several years ago, brothers Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick, had a clever idea for a musical comedy.

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A Family and a Society in Transition

July 9, 2017 Comments Off on A Family and a Society in Transition

Hir

 

Get ready for a wildly theatrical depiction of what seems to be the new reality in today’s world. The

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Meet Me ‘Round the Corner in a Half an Hour

July 8, 2017 Comments Off on Meet Me ‘Round the Corner in a Half an Hour

The Nance – Pride Films and Plays

 

Ned is a good-looking, down on his luck young man sitting alone at a table in a Greenwich Village automat. The nicely-groomed middle age gentleman at the table

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Frampton Comes Alive Again, at Summerfest

July 6, 2017 Comments Off on Frampton Comes Alive Again, at Summerfest

Peter Frampton – Summerfest Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

On a beautiful Sunday evening along the lakefront of Milwaukee Wisconsin Peter Frampton at 67

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Prime Time Rhymes

July 4, 2017 Comments Off on Prime Time Rhymes

 

The School for Lies – The Artistic Home 

 

Prolific playwright David Ives is primarily known for his darkly erotic two-hander, “Venus in Fur,” a

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Chekhov for the Cellphone Set

July 2, 2017 Comments Off on Chekhov for the Cellphone Set

At the Table – Broken Nose Theatre 

 

“The terms of a conversation are controlled by who’s invited to the table.” So warns Chris, a sharp,

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