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Honky Tonk Angels – Theo Ubique

Theo Ubique is doing what this company does best: a beautifully directed and performed musical revue. But this

Twist Your Dickens – Second City @ Goodman Theatre

Returning for another year of irreverent Dickens-inspired fun, Second City’s creative, slightly bawdy interactive

The Other Cinderella – Black Ensemble Theatre

Born in the projects, an ill-treated young woman, nicknamed Cinderella by her selfish, cantankerous Stepmama and

The Christians – Steppenwolf

What happens when the minister of an enormous and financially solvent megachurch (think Joel Osteen),

The Rip Nelson Holiday Spectacular – Hell in a Handbag

Anyone of a certain age will fondly remember family gatherings around the television, in order to enjoy the many

The Christmas Schooner – Mercury Theatre

Even if you’ve sailed on the Molly Doone before, and certainly this joyous, heartwarming show has become as much

Joseph’s Gift Opera – St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church

Jesus’ surrogate father gets short shrift in the stories surrounding Jesus’ birth, right up to the crucifixion. The

A Christmas Carol – Goodman Theatre

This is what Christmas is all about in Chicago. The Grandaddy of all holiday productions, and the show that every

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Broadway in Chicago

A young boy with special needs is shocked and deeply saddened to find Wellington, his neighbor’s dog, lying in the

Jeeves Intervenes – Shaw Chicago

Featherbrained British upperclass playboy, Bertie Wooster, and his droll, faithful manservant, Jeeves, became the