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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

A Long Marriage: Jeff Perry on Steppenwolf Theatre’s Fiftieth Anniversary and His Return for “The Dance of Death” by Charles Kenney

“The Dance of Death” serves as a middle point of the fiftieth-anniversary season and is “a strain of work Steppenwolf has always been drawn to”—turn-of-the-century dramas which “…

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

The Conspirators Stage Marx Brothers Classic “Duck Soup” at the New Stars and Garters Theater by Charles Kenney

The talented cast works in a neo-commedia mode of performance called "The Style," delivering a fast-paced, riotous production.

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Friday, August 29, 2025

Rehearsed Laughter: A Review of “The Chaos Theory of Everything” at The Second City by Charles Kenney

The Second City’s forty-ninth e.t.c. revue is difficult to predict, circuitous, self-referential and, at times, disorienting. It nevertheless provides reliable laughter even on nights when…

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Friday, June 6, 2025

Fraternal Twins: A Review of “Six Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin” at A Red Orchid Theatre by Charles Kenney

“Six Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin” is a play concerned with what its title suggests: men bearing resemblance to one another and to a third, absent figure.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Love on Demand: A Review of Lazy Susan Theatre Company’s “Not Bitter Nor Sweet” at Greenhouse Theater Center by Charles Kenney

From what little I have seen of them, the Lazy Susan Theatre Company is an ambitious, young group that has all the talent requisite for great theater. And, for a play that was written by sev…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off