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Here She Is, Boys! Here She Is, World!

October 20, 2018 Comments Off on Here She Is, Boys! Here She Is, World!

Gypsy – Porchlight Music Theatre

 

Ever since Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim teamed up back in 1959 to create this “Musical Fable” that would forever

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Love or Loneliness

October 20, 2018 Comments Off on Love or Loneliness

Les Innocents/The Innocents –  (Re)Discover Theatre

 

Ironically, the dozen or so audience members climb the stairs or take the rickety elevator up to the fourth floor of a building, only to

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Uncovering a Moment in History

October 18, 2018 Comments Off on Uncovering a Moment in History

Harry Truman and the Birth of Israel – Forum Productions and the Greenhouse Theater Center

 

In this world premiere, written by playwright, William Spatz (aka David Cohen), who’s an avid student of history, a Chicago

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The Creature Walks Among Us

October 18, 2018 Comments Off on The Creature Walks Among Us

Frankenstein – Remy Bumppo Theatre 

 

In this, the second recent Chicago production of a theatrical adaptation of Mary Shelley’s famous novel, we have a gorgeously

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Life in a Fishbowl

October 17, 2018 Comments Off on Life in a Fishbowl

Zurich – Steep Theatre

 

Five short stories play out in a sleek, sterile-looking hotel room on the 40th floor of a Swiss hotel. Like most contemporary

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WaistWatchers the Musical

October 15, 2018 Comments Off on WaistWatchers the Musical

WaistWatchers the Musical – Royal George Theatre

 

WaistWatchers is about a group of friends at a women’s gym, all of whom are trying to navigate their complicated lives while

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Magic to Do

October 15, 2018 Comments Off on Magic to Do

Pippin – Mercury Theatre

 

There is a quiet moment near the beginning of Stephen Schwartz’s loosely-based historical musical during which Charlemagne

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Those Who Eat the Earth

October 14, 2018 Comments Off on Those Who Eat the Earth

The Little Foxes – Citadel Theatre

 

The Hubbards are a coldblooded, money-hungry, aristocratic clan who live near each other in a small, Southern town at the

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A Forgotten Chapter in History

October 12, 2018 Comments Off on A Forgotten Chapter in History

Flyin’ West – American Blues Theatre

 

The Homestead Act of the mid-1800’s offered thousands of African Americans a glimmer of hope, following the aftermath of

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The Devil Has Met His Match

October 10, 2018 Comments Off on The Devil Has Met His Match

Witch – Writers Theatre

 

The townspeople are all convinced that Elizabeth Sawyer is a witch. She’s become the scapegoat for every bad thing that

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