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The King and I – Broadway in Chicago

After a bitter cold winter and a soggy wet springtime, Chicago’s summer bursts forth like

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Pass Over – Steppenwolf Theatre

Award-winning American playwright Antoinette Nwandu debuts her most recent drama, a

Beds – Pride Films and Plays

As part of their overstuffed and eventful, month-long celebration of Gay Pride, David Zak’s cutting

Naked Boys Singing – Eclectic Full Body Theatre

One of the oldest, most original forms of live American entertainment is the Vaudeville-style musical

Guys and Dolls – BrightSide Theatre

This joyous visit back to the world of Broadway gamblers, showgirls and the Save-a-Soul Mission

Pilgrims – Gift Theatre

Following a pre-show soundtrack of golden oldies, interspersed with the loud rumbling of jet engines,

Her Majesty’s Will – Lifeline Theatre

Teaching at an unpromising academy for boys in rural Lancaster, the schoolmaster is soon discovered

Gideon’s Knot – Eclectic Full Body Theatre

There’s far too many mysterious, disturbing pieces dangling in this play to relate too much of the plot.

Ragtime – Griffin Theatre Company

Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens’ epic musical, with a well-adapted book by Terrence McNally, is