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Thursday, September 30, 2021

Revisiting a Post-Apocalyptic Play in the Pandemic by Rachel Shteir

Anne Washburn’s phantasmagoric “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play” is getting a timely new run at Theater Wit in Chicago.

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Tuesday, May 7, 2019

A New Adventure for ‘Augie March’: A Chicago Stage by Rachel Shteir

The first theatrical adaptation of a Saul Bellow novel is about to open in the city, and campus, that helped shape his sensibility.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36AM

Friday, March 9, 2018

Ibsen Wrote ‘An Enemy of the People’ in 1882. Trump Has Made It Popular Again. by Rachel Shteir

The play, about a divisive antihero and whistle-blower, has no good guys, and a town tragically divided by politics.

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Interpreting ‘The Maids’ Through a Shifting Societal Lens by Rachel Shteir

Productions of Genet’s play “The Maids” have variously zeroed in on class, gender, race and, now, an obsession with celebrity.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:12PM

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Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre

Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater

Aug 12, 2024: Once Upon a Mattress - Hudson Theatre

Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre

Sep 29, 2024: The Hills of California - Broadhurst Theatre

Sep 30, 2024: McNeal - Vivian Beaumont Theater

Oct 01, 2024: Yellow Face - Todd Haimes Theatre

Oct 10, 2024: Our Town - Ethel Barrymore Theatre

Oct 20, 2024: Sunset Boulevard - St. James Theatre

Oct 23, 2024: Left On Tenth - James Earl Jones Theatre

Oct 24, 2024: Romeo + Juliet - Circle In The Square

Nov 11, 2024: A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical - Studio 54

Nov 12, 2024: Maybe Happy Ending - Belasco Theatre

Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre

Nov 19, 2024: Swept Away - Longacre Theatre

Nov 21, 2024: Death Becomes Her - Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater

Dec 16, 2024: Eureka Day - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre

Jan 23, 2025: English - Todd Haimes Theatre

Feb 13, 2025: Redwood - Nederlander Theatre

Mar 01, 2025: The Picture of Dorian Gray - Music Box Theatre

Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater

Mar 19, 2025: Buena Vista Social Club - Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

Mar 20, 2025: Operation Mincemeat - John Golden Theatre

Mar 23, 2025: Othello - Ethel Barrymore Theatre

Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross

Apr 03, 2025: Good Night, and Good Luck - Winter Garden Theatre

Apr 05, 2025: BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical - Broadhurst Theatre

Apr 06, 2025: The Last Five Years - Hudson Theatre

Apr 08, 2025: Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre

Apr 14, 2025: John Proctor Is the Villain - Booth Theatre

Apr 21, 2025: Floyd Collins - Vivian Beaumont Theater

Apr 22, 2025: Stranger Things: The First Shadow - Marquis Theatre

Apr 24, 2025: The Pirates of Penzance - Todd Haimes Theatre

Apr 27, 2025: Real Women Have Curves: The Musical - James Earl Jones Theatre

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