Thursday, June 8, 2023
As was typical with Mortensen when playing characters facing trauma, emotions remained veiled at first, only to spill out with intensity.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:43PM[SHARE]Monday, June 5, 2023
"Lucy and Charlie's Honeymoon" is a caper story where both protagonists are Asian Americans who desire not to fall into the "model minority" stereotype.
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Thursday, June 1, 2023
The show, now directed with his typical craft and creativity by Joe Mantello, first titillates its audience with loud, scary music and a theater that immediately plunges into darkness.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 31, 2023
The comedy operation, wherein an actor drinks copious qualities of alcohol for comedic purposes, is facing a unionization demand.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:27PM[SHARE]The entire Goodman Theatre cast is going with the show, including Mary Beth Fisher as a widow dealing with grief and bereavement.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:55AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 25, 2023
Itamar Moses' new play at Theater Wit is an entry in the long-standing genre of playwrights writing about selling their souls for a Hollywood dime.
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Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Here's the appeal of "MotherFreakingHood!," a better-than-you-probably-think show: It's simple. It says, and sings, that you are not alone.
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Court has put up something with an expansive vision and a directorial approach that respects the material but gently improves upon it.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:46PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 18, 2023
Heidi Schreck's deeply personal work explored how the U.S. Constitution had profoundly influenced the life of an American woman in her mid-40s.
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Monday, May 15, 2023
Ernest Shackleton was an adventurer, polar explorer and a man who survived in the Antarctic by drifting on ice floes while eating penguins and dogs.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:12PM[SHARE]Friday, May 12, 2023
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Monday, May 8, 2023
The theater returns to large-scale producing on Navy Pier next season with a new work based on the 2005 concept album "Illinois."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:30PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 4, 2023
In the mid-1980s, Broadway tasked country artist Roger Miller with writing the music for a new adaptation of Mark Twain's 1884 novel.
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Monday, May 1, 2023
"The Porch on Windy Hill" should dial back the lecturing and sloganeering and focus on how music can heal and bring people together.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:20PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 30, 2023
Herein, you'll find some of Sondheim's greatest songs. I'm going through a bit of an empty-nest crisis, so "Stay With Me" has me at "Don't you know what's out there in the world?"
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:37PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 27, 2023
This hugely enjoyable show is filled with talented kids and helmed by the big-hearted Nick Druzbanski in the role made famous by Jack Black.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 26, 2023
The show based on the Martin Scorsese film has five lyricists and writers, and it feels like all of the writers got to do their own thing.
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