Victory Garden's Roz and Ray, by Karen Hartman, is both sobering and upsetting. It is also commands your attention. Hartman has captured a world of Big Pharma injustice in the two-person dra…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:24PM[SHARE]With Northlight Theatre's Miss Bennet-Christmas at Pemberley, playwrights Margot Melcon and Lauren Gunderson craft a sparkling, witty, feel-good world premiere rom-com that is also a sharp, …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:12PM[SHARE]As clever and gorgeous as King Charles III is to behold, Mike Bartlett's tale about what would happen if Prince Charles took the throne falters in the storytelling. The Royal family never se…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 03:42PM[SHARE]As musicals go, Marriott Theatre's Singin' in the Rain is entertaining. The songs are marvelous, the dancing is terrific, the cast is likable. But pull back the covers on this nearly 65-yea…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:24PM[SHARE]Directed by Andrew Volkoff for About Face Theatre, I Am My Own Wife is a rich, enthralling docudrama that shines a klieg light on the very worst and the very best aspects of humankind. Highl…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:18AM[SHARE]Directed and choreographed by Matt Crowle, the charms of Drury Lane's Crazy for You aren't limited to a single Gershwin song. The entire show is a hoot, with a huge heart, killer dancing, an…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:42PM[SHARE]The Magic Play, Andrew Hinderaker's world premiere at Goodman Theatre, is embedded with stunning magic and aerial stunts. It's also full of distracting side stories and underdeveloped chara…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:02PM[SHARE]"Fun Home" is a moving musical that's delivered through sheer, enthralling storytelling. Based on Alison Bechdel's autobiographical graphic novel, it has more emotion-per-measure than most l…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:48PM[SHARE]With Gift Theatre's world premiere of Melissa Ross' *A Life Less Extraordinary* we get an amazingly strong director in John Gawlik and his mighty seven-person cast that cohesively elevate th…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:24PM[SHARE]Ferris Bueller and Proteus of Verona. They have more in common than you might think. For her production of "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," opening in previews July 23 at Oak Park Festival The…
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