Articles filed under Theater
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Impressive 'La Boheme' debut for Mimi understudyNov 01, 2021 12:35 pm - Lyric Opera of Chicago's Saturday-Monday opening "weekend" is history, and now, "La traviata" and "La Boheme" will be with us exclusively for the rest of this month and ...
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Theater season heats up with two new showsNov 01, 2021 10:55 am - After a relatively quiet August, the Chicago area theater season has begun in earnest. Below are reviews of two recent openings. "Suddenly, Last Summer" The first thing ...
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Critic's notebook: Current playsNov 01, 2021 10:59 am - Here is a look at currently running plays recently reviewed by the Daily Herald. "Between Barack and a Hard Place," Second City Theatre, 1616 N. Wells St., Chicago. Seco...
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Steppenwolf's 'Crucible' a drama of its time and all timeNov 01, 2021 10:49 am - Anyone familiar with "The Crucible" knows Arthur Miller's allegory -- a thinly veiled attack on McCarthyism set during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 -- as a cautionary ...
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'The Sparrow' shows that it has legs with new revivalNov 01, 2021 10:51 am - Some shows open, get respectable reviews (or not) and then close. And that's it. But only once in a blue moon a show comes along that is so popular it has a life beyond ...
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Worth the tripNov 01, 2021 10:50 am - Haunting tales First Folio Shakespeare Festival reprises its Jeff Award-nominated "The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story," an inventive, expertly staged homa...
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Time well-spentNov 01, 2021 10:51 am - When does 3#189; hours not feel like 3#189; hours? When one spends them immersed in Goodman Theatre's remarkable production of Sarah Ruhl's "Passio...
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Out & About: Our picksNov 01, 2021 10:40 am - "Fall Color Festival," 7 a.m. to sunset starting Saturday at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Route 53, Lisle. Admission $9, $6 children; additional fees apply for some festiv...
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'Woman in Black' comes to Glen EllynNov 01, 2021 10:05 am - "The Woman in Black" 3 stars (out of four) A knowing smile flickered across the face of a fellow critic when I told her I was seeing "The...
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Score soarsNov 01, 2021 9:59 am - With all due respect to Porchlight Music Theatre, its fine cast, resourceful design team and able directors, the real star of the company's revival of "Phantom" is the t...