Monday, April 7, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: "Our Class" by Remy Bumppo Theatre Company at the Greenhouse Theater ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Our Class" by Remy Bumppo Theatre Company at the Greenhous…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:49PMThe Goodman Theatre said Monday that it will stage the first Chicago production of Christopher Durang's Broadway comedy "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" during its 2014-15 subscription …
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"How will Noah survive the flood?" asks the voice-over on the USA Today video, in that serious-but-still-enthusiastic timbre familiar to fans of those faux breaking-news segments on "Enterta…
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BROADWAY REVIEW: "A Raisin in the Sun"
BROADWAY REVIEW: "A Raisin in the Sun" ... Denzel Washington doubtless will bring in many people who have never seen Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 masterp…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:39PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Peter and the Starcatcher" at the Bank of America Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Peter and the Starcatcher" at the Bank of America Theatre ★★&…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Tristan & Yseult" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Tristan & Yseult" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★½ ... On Se…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:54PMThe American Theater Company will stage the world premiere of "The Humans" by Stephen Karem this fall, well in advance of its planned New York premiere at the Roundabout Theatre, the Chicago…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:34PMThe hit Broadway show "The Book of Mormon" has officially announced the dates of its return Chicago engagement.
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THEATER REVIEW: "Thinner Than Water" at Gift Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Thinner Than Water" at Gift Theatre ★★★½ ... Nothing roils a fractured famil…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:28PM"All Our Tragic," Sean Graney's attempt to turn the 32 surviving tragedies from Ancient Greece into one single, epic narrative, will form the centerpiece of the fall season of The Hypocrites…
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BROADWAY REVIEW: 'If/Then' at the Richard Rodgers Theatre
BROADWAY REVIEW: 'If/Then' at the Richard Rodgers Theatre ... "I don't want to be a new kind of married," howls one of the self-do…
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REVIEW: "Depraved New World" at the Second City ★★★
REVIEW: "Depraved New World" at the Second City ★★★ ... When the cast of Mick Napier's latest Second …
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What became of the parents who lost their children to AIDS 20 or 25 years ago? Most of those parents are, after all, still alive.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:26PMNEW YORK — Rick Elice and Roger Rees are a quintessential New York couple. So much so, in fact, that their apartment, located on Central Park West on Manhattan's Upper West Side, serve…
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BROADWAY REVIEW: A quarter century ago during the AIDS crisis, as some Americans fought for the right just to die young with dignity, angry mothers could be seen at the funerals of their son…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Road Show" at Chicago Shakespeare Upstairs Theater ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Road Show" at Chicago Shakespeare's Upstairs Theater ★★★&…
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BROADWAY REVIEW: Disney's "Aladdin"
BROADWAY REVIEW: Disney's "Aladdin" ... Early in "Aladdin," Disney's new Broadway-musical version of the beloved 1992 animated feature, the chipper stree…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:55PMWhen Kevin Spacey showed up at the Oscars as a presenter earlier this month, he came prepared with a very shrewd bit, adopting the persona of Frank Underwood, his character on "House of Card…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:03PMThe most common question from readers? Is (title of show) suitable for my (age)-year-old? I got one just today about "Rent." It was one of several this week.
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THEATER REVIEW: "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at Cadillac Palace T…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:23PMChris Lemmon, the son of the late Hollywood actor Jack Lemmon, is headed to the Royal George Theatre mainstage with a new play with music about his relationship with his legendary, Academy A…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Venus in Fur" at the Goodman Theatre ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Venus in Fur" at the Goodman Theatre ★★½ ... The term "masochism" — the practice, …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:59PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England" at Theater Wit ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England" at Theater Wit ★★&…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Rent" by Paramount Theatre in Aurora ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Rent" by Paramount Theatre in Aurora ★★★½ ... I have reviewed "Rent" at lea…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:02PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Water by the Spoonful" at Court Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Water by the Spoonful" at Court Theatre ★★★ ... Some writers, especially th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:34PMThe depth of the Chicago winter next year is to be enlivened by the coming of puppets from far and wide.
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THEATER REVIEW: "Chapatti" by Northlight Theatre in Skokie ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Chapatti" by Northlight Theatre in Skokie ★★★½ ... When Dan, the traum…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:18PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Arguendo" by Elevator Repair Service at MCA Chicago
THEATER REVIEW: "Arguendo" by Elevator Repair Service at MCA Chicago ... In the case of Barnes v. Glen Theatre Inc., the…
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THEATER REVIEW: "American Myth" by American Blues Theater ★½
THEATER REVIEW: "American Myth" by American Blues Theater ★½ ... For a play supposedly concerned with the veracity…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:22PMIt takes time to create a television documentary, and filmmakers Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin have said they spent much of a year amassing 1,000 hours of video to make their CNN true-crime d…
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NEW YORK — Broadway's mostly doomed attempts at capturing the boundless American enthusiasm for professional sports, and the billions of associated dollars, have been handicapped by on…
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