The new fall theater season in Chicago features plenty of Broadway blockbusters such as "War Horse" and "The Book of Mormon," and even a few star actors like Diane Lane. But Chicago is, above all, known as a tryout town, an experimental city, a boundary crosser. It's world-premiere central, a Midwestern citadel of new and daring works of live performance.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune at 01:57PM on August 30, 2012