Thursday, November 7, 2013
The landscape of suburban musical theater in Chicagoland is changing. Drastically. The arrival of self-produced musicals at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, hitherto mostly the province of l…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:52PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Port Authority" at Writers Theatre in Glencoe ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Port Authority" at Writers Theatre in Glencoe ★★★ ... Fight or go wit…
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John Grisham's "A Time to Kill," the first foray of the hugely popular fiction writer into the tricky realm of Broadway, is to close Nov. 17, less than a month after its opening night. …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:43PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Once Upon a Dream Starring the Rascals" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Once Upon a Dream Starring the Rascals" at the Cadillac Palace…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 5, 2013
The Steppenwolf production of David Lindsay-Abaire's drama "Good People," and its lead actress, Mariann Mayberry, emerged triumphant at the Joseph Jefferson Awards in Oakbrook Terrace on Mon…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Miss Saigon" at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Miss Saigon" at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora ★★★★ …
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BROADWAY REVIEW: "After Midnight" at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre
BROADWAY REVIEW: "After Midnight" at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre ... At the Cotton Club, the famed nighterie on the corner o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:48PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "The Normal Heart" by Timeline Theatre at Stage 773 ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Normal Heart" by Timeline Theatre at Stage 773 ★★★½ .…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:46PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Wicked" at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Wicked" at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago ★★★½ ... We all have o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:52PM[SHARE]Glen Berger really loves Julie Taymor, his authorial collaborator on the famously fraught Broadway musical, “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” a show that filled Broadway gossip co…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AM[SHARE]Friday, November 1, 2013
The Brothers Q brand of rapping the classics has another manifestation: a Christmas show entitled "A Q Brothers' Christmas Carol."
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When the Greenhouse Theater Center looks run-down — and, over the past year or two, the notorious carpet in the joint has seemed on the edge of total disintegration — a certain s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:12PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Mary Poppins" at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Mary Poppins" at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire ★★ ... If Mary Poppins walke…
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BROADWAY REVIEW: "Betrayal" at the Barrymore Theatre
BROADWAY REVIEW: "Betrayal" at the Barrymore Theatre ... Despite the play's reputation as an exquisite fusion of simmering menace and in…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Hello, Dolly!" at Drury Lane Theatre ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Hello, Dolly!" at Drury Lane Theatre ★★½ ... The heroine of the 1964 musical is one …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:16PM[SHARE]What Mike Nussbaum does in the Goodman's 'Smokefall' is amazing, for any actor
If an actor is doing extraordinary work for an 89-year-old — and I don't use that adjective lightly &md…
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THEATER REVIEW: "We Will Rock You" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★
I needed a drink after "We Will Rock You," the Queen musical that was incoherent when I first saw it in Lond…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:02PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "We Will Rock You" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "We Will Rock You" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★ ... I needed a drink after …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:02PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Missouri's down-home tourism magnet might just surprise you
BRANSON, Mo. — At Charlie's Steak, Ribs & Ale, just off the famous 76 Country Boulevard in Branson, a prime cut of New York…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:11PM[SHARE]Show is an amped-up version of riveting book about bullying
William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" was required reading for every 12-year-old in the 1960s and 1970s, especially in the United…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:28PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Lord of the Flies" by Steppenwolf for Young Adults ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Lord of the Flies" by Steppenwolf for Young Adults ★★ ... William Golding's "…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Trevor" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Trevor" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★ ... If you called central casting and screamed …
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THEATER REVIEW: 'Smokefall' at Goodman Theatre ★★★★
"Smokefall," the fragile, haunting, not-to-be-missed new family drama at the Goodman Theatre is one of those rare…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:51PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: 'Smokefall' at the Goodman Theatre ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: 'Smokefall' at the Goodman Theatre ★★★★ ... Noah Haidle, the overachi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:51PM[SHARE]"Motown the Musical" is still weeks away from coming to Chicago, but the Harris Theater for Music and Dance has booked some real Motown artists for the upcoming holiday season. &n…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:24PM[SHARE]Friday, October 18, 2013
Steven Van Zandt — the 62-year-old guitarist for the E Street Band, a political activist who famously took action in the 1980s against the Sun City resort in South Africa and a late-in…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:26AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 17, 2013
The Harris Theatre for Music and Dance is to officially announce a major fundraising campaign Friday night. Dubbed “Imagine: The Campaign for Harris Theatre,” the campaign aims t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:21PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "The Table" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Table" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★★ ... The physi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:45AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 16, 2013
The Chicago-based actor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Tracy Letts is headed back to Broadway this spring, it was announced on Wednesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:14PM[SHARE]Monday, October 14, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: "Master Class" at Theo Ubique Theatre ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Master Class" at Theo Ubique Theatre ★★½ ... "Master Class," the Terrence McNally pl…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Motortown" at Steep Theatre ★★★½
Detroit might be America's Motor City, but the "Motortown" of Simon Stephens' bleak, searing, deeply disturbing play o…
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