Wednesday, April 5, 2023
The Book of Mormon is back in Chicago, slightly rewritten since it last played here in 2018 but still the same wildly irreverent take on that most quintessential of homegrown white American …
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Heading into opening night of Dying for It at Artistic Home, I wasn’t sure what to expect from Moira Buffini’s adaptation of The Suicide, a 1928 satire by Soviet playwright Nikolai Erdma…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:03PMThe play is much more than a crime drama, it sheds light on the history of segregation and racism in the U.S. Army and broader American society.
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The play raises important questions but is less successful in its attempt to capture the human cost of striving for utopia.
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Naomi Rodgers and Zurin Villanueva lead the North American tour of the biographical jukebox musical, arriving at the Nederlander Theatre in March.
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Simon Stephens’s play Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle is set up as a classic story of culture clash: a quirky, talkative woman from New Jersey strikes up a conversation with a reserv…
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“The Kelly Girls,” in its world premiere at The Factory Theater, is a politically charged family drama that takes place during the early years of the Troubles.
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“Alaiyo” is billed as a choreopoem, a loosely defined genre often incorporates elements of poetry, dance and music.
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“What I would like to be remembered for is for bringing joy to our patrons and to our actors and directors and designers,” said executive director David Rice.
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Chicago's big, ongoing festival presents an excellent opportunity to sample a vast range of artistry from around the world. Not just for kids.
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I’ve now seen the North American tour of Dear Evan Hansen twice in Chicago, and both times I’ve come up short trying to feel the emotional connection that so many fans have with this sho…
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In Larry Yando's hands, it's Scrooge’s transformation from hardhearted miser into “as good a friend … and as good a man, as the good old city knew” that makes makes this a classic.
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On paper, the 2003 holiday movie comedy starring Will Ferrell seems like a great candidate for a screen-to-stage adaptation.
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It is a universal truth that mothers must meddle in their children’s love lives, and the Syrian American family in Omer Abbas Salem’s new play is no different.
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Michael Curry designed part of the look of the original Broadway production with Julie Taymor. The touring show is in Chicago for the fifth time.
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Accompanied by a live band, the cast performs with such charisma that many audience members were clapping along — and some were dancing.
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Teenagers tend to be reckless, sure, but few would gather in a spooky tree house to summon the spirit of Colombian drug cartel leader Pablo Escobar. But then, most aren’t […]
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This story about human connection across differences provides a hopeful, aspirational glimpse at our better selves.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Two couples settle into side-by-side suites, only for one half of each pair to discover that their ex-spouse is staying next door.
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Eventually, it becomes clear that the source of their conflict is that both mother and daughter are trying to protect one another.
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What if the person you love—the one you want to spend the rest of your life with—were to confess a secret so bizarre, so disturbing, that it makes you question […]
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The multimedia production blends puppetry, cinematic techniques and original music to tell this sweet, quirky story.
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Larry Yando has been a prominent presence on stages in Chicago and beyond for many years, including as Ebenezer Scrooge in the Goodman’s annual production of A Christmas Carol (this […]
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:04PMMonday, September 12, 2022
Both actors playing Elphaba and Glinda fell in love with “Wicked” at a young age and long have hoped to play these roles.
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Katie McLean Hainsworth is quite good as Miss Holmes — suitably cerebral and stiff, with understated physical tics that suggest a constantly active mind.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Actors and audience members take a three-mile journey through the streets of North Lawndale in Theatre Y’s “Laughing Song: A Walking Dream.”
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Nerds of many stripes will feel at home entering the magical portal that is Otherworld Theatre, a Wrigleyville-based theater company that specializes in science fiction and fantasy. Fancy a …
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The nostalgic period drama by Ken Ludwig is based on the real-life romance of his parents, who wrote to each other for three years during World War II before meeting in person.
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At the play’s heart are a flawed patriarch straining against an inequitable society and resilient family members fighting generational trauma.
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