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A Sesame Street for Adults
Avenue Q – Mercury Theatre
Calling this 2004 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Book and Score edgy is like saying that pornography is spicy. But it’s so much more
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Never Forget
A Shayna Maidel – Timeline Theatre
Barbara Lebow’s wrenching and uplifting drama about two sisters, reunited after years of separation, tells just one of the many stories
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Hopscotching Through the Years
Vietgone – Writers Theatre
A huge success last year as part of Writers Theatre’s new play reading series, Qui Nguyen’s autobiographical, two-act comic drama opens
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Black Humor and Genuine Chills
Nightmares and Nightcaps: The Stories of John Collier – Black Button Eyes Productions-
British-born author John Collier, best-known for his highly polished, but bitterly flippant fantasies, was regularly featured in The New Yorker, from the 1930’s through the 1950’s. His dark style might even be viewed as a precursor to contemporary authors Neil Gaiman, Roald Dahl or even Ray Bradbury. Collier’s sophisticated, edgy stories and novels, filled with poetic descriptions, sharp, caustic wit, frightening characters and bizarre plot twists, have been anthologized here in theatrical form.
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You’re the Top
Anything Goes – Music Theatre Works
Can there be a better way to escape from the Chicago heat than with a bright, bubbly, laughed-filled, carefree Broadway
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Decimated by Global Warming
Treefall – Exit 63 Theatre
When the audience enters the intimate theatre space on W. Cortland, they may be surprised to discover three young boys
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Love is Love is Love
Hurricane Damage – Pride Films and Plays
Kevin Brofsky, a playwright with over 50 one-acts to his credit, makes his Chicago PF&P debut with
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A Tragic Love Story from Down Under
Holding the Man – Pride Films and Plays
After playing for several years at Sydney’s Griffin Theatre Company in Australia, and eventually having its American premiere in
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Missionaries Gathering Souls
The Harvest – Griffin Theatre
When the lights rise on a mildewed, small-town Idaho church basement, created with detail by scenic designer Sotirios
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No False Promises with this Gun
Leave Me Alone! – Story Theatre
In 1887 Anton Chekov wrote a play called “Ivanov,” a tragic tale of a man at the end of his rope. When the playwright initially
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