On Chicago stages, where are the comedies? by Chris Jones

Chuckling merrily at Natalie West's sardonic turn as a washed-up flight attendant in Marisa Wegrzyn's hilarious "Mud Blue Sky" at A Red Orchid Theatre on Monday night, I found myself wonderi…

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American Theater Company announces new partnership with The Araca Group, New York producers by Chris Jones

Chicago's American Theater Company said Wednesday that it has inked a new partnership designed to create an enhanced Chicago-to-New York pipeline of new American works with commercial pot…

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Cicadas buzz amid a Southern gothic ghost story by Chris Jones

THEATER REVIEW: "Cicada" by the Route 66 Theatre Company ★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Cicada" by the Route 66 Theatre Company ★★½ ... We know cicadas in Chicagoland, w…

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'Soul Train' is headed to Broadway by Chris Jones

"Soul Train" is on track for Broadway, it was announced Wednesday.

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In this dance-club 'Dorian,' it's hard to feel the consequences by Chris Jones

THEATER REVIEW: 'Dorian' by House Theatre of Chicago ★★ THEATER REVIEW: 'Dorian' by House Theatre of Chicago ★★ ... Tommy Rapley's "Dorian," a striking, laudably amb…

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Bruce Norris to become newest Steppenwolf ensemble member by Chris Jones

The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Bruce Norris is to join the ensemble of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

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Scenes from an unglamorous, hilarious layover by Chris Jones

THEATER REVIEW: "Mud Blue Sky" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Mud Blue Sky" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★½ ... Marisa Wegrzyn's modest…

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'The Flick' wins Pulitzer Prize in drama by Chris Jones

Annie Baker's "The Flick," a play about ushers in a movie theatre has won the Pulitzer Prize in drama, announced Monday in New York.

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'Way West' needs a dramatic compass by Chris Jones

THEATER REVIEW: "The Way West" at Steppenwolf Theatre ★★ THEATER REVIEW: "The Way West" at Steppenwolf Theatre ★★ ... In the best scene of Mona Monsour's otherwise r…

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'Bullets over Broadway': Musical of mobsters and old standards by Chris Jones

BROADWAY REVIEW: "Bullets Over Broadway" at the St. James Theatre NEW YORK — In the hands — and most certainly the wheelhouse — of the director-choreographer Susan Stroman…

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Seeing Mickey Rooney in Chicago, through Christiansen's eyes by Chris Jones

Critics have their obsessions, especially in Chicago. Claudia Cassidy had Tennessee Williams. Gene Siskel had "Saturday Night Fever." Richard Christiansen had Mickey Rooney.

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With 'Our Class,' Remy Bumppo embraces the Chicago way by Chris Jones

Chicago's weirdly named Remy Bumppo Theatre Company has been a reliable place to see a stylish show since its founding 17 years ago. An Anglophile Equity company with a formidably experience…

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Unhappily ever after in unsparing 'Dance of Death' by Chris Jones

THEATER REVIEW: "The Dance of Death" by Writers Theatre at Books on Vernon ★★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "The Dance of Death" by Writers Theatre at Books on Vernon ★★…

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Your first time or your 14th, gather around the barricades at Drury Lane by Chris Jones

THEATER REVIEW: "Les Miserables" at the Drury Lane Theatre ★★★ THEATER REVIEW: "Les Miserables" at the Drury Lane Theatre ★★★ ... Once inseparable from i…

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Play about intimacy has its moments of distance by Chris Jones

THEATER REVIEW: "The Great God Pan" at Next Theatre ★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "The Great God Pan" at Next Theatre ★★½ ... In the Amy Herzog play that opened Monday n…

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Too troubling a work, even for Albany Park Theatre Project by Chris Jones

THEATER REVIEW: "God's Work" by Albany Park Theatre Project at the Goodman Theatre THEATER REVIEW: "God's Work" by Albany Park Theatre Project at the Goodman Theatre ... The Albany Park The…

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Michael Cera in 'This is Our Youth' at Steppenwolf Theatre by Chris Jones

"This Is Our Youth," the 1996 play by Kenneth Lonergan about affluent but disaffected college-age Manhattanites, will get a new, Chicago-to-Broadway production this summer at Steppenwolf The…

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Powerful, Chicago-style story told of Jewish massacre by Chris Jones

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…

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'Vanya and Sonia' coming to Goodman in spring 2015 by Chris Jones

The 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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'Noah' is controversial? Whatever floats your boat by Chris Jones

"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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Denzel doesn't fit Younger role in 'Raisin in the Sun' by Chris Jones

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…

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Here's the Hook: Touring 'Starcatcher' seems at home by Chris Jones

THEATER 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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By the end of the night, Cornwall will be your favorite place by Chris Jones

THEATER REVIEW: "Tristan & Yseult" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Tristan & Yseult" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★½ ... O…

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American Theater Company snags major world premiere by Chris Jones

The 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…

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'The Book of Mormon' announce dates of return Chicago mission by Chris Jones

The hit Broadway show "The Book of Mormon" has officially announced the dates of its return Chicago engagement.    

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