Chicago Theatre Review
Killing Softly With Its Song
Murder Ballad – Bailiwick
Tales of murder and passion have always fascinated the public. Songs of revenge have been around for ages. Centuries ago the murder
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Travesties – Remy Bumppo
In a surreal mixture of Monty Pythonesque characters, Oscar Wilde wordplay and Marx Brothers’ situations, Tom Stoppard’s Tony Award-
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Title and Deed – Lookingglass Theatre
Will Eno, runner-up for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play “Thom Paine (based on nothing),” has written a new one-man show
Read MoreOpposites Attract
Our Bad Magnet – Mary-Arrchie Theatre
Take an unsolved local mystery, combine it with a dark, rural tale of lost innocence and lace it with bursts of unexpected black humor and
Read MoreJunkies and Pushers and Hookers, Oh My!
Balm in Gilead = Griffin Theatre
Lanford Wilson’s first full-length play, written back in 1965 when the young playwright was living in New York City, became his signature
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Outside Mullingar – Northlight Theatre
John Patrick Shanley (the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Moonstruck” and the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-
Read MoreA Great Love Begins with a Great Story
The Illusion -Right Brain Project
This theatre company kicks off their 10th season with a play that literally plunges its audience into darkness, much like its main character.
Read MoreA Whale of a Tale
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Strawdog Theatre
Jules Verne’s 1870 sci-fi classic, was subtitled “An Underwater Tour of the World.” More scientifically accurate than his Journey to the Center of the Earth and more exciting than his Around the World in 80 Days, this book remains one of Verne’s most popular novels, even to this day. Originally serialized in a popular French magazine, it tells the adventurous story of French Professor Arronax, his devoted young servant and assistant, Conseil and Ned Land, a Canadian whaler, all of whom are rescued at sea and held captive aboard Captain Nemo’s extraordinary submarine, the Nautilus. Their adventures take them around the world beneath the surface of the seven seas.
Read MoreMagic to Do, Just for You!
The Illusionists—Witness the Impossible – Broadway in Chicago
The word “amazing” is so overused these days that it hardly holds any meaning. But for a show that’s, as the dictionary defines the word,
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The Full Monty – Kokandy Productions
The sad state of the economy and how unemployment impacts the life of the average Joe provides the conflict in many recent stories.
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