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- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 10, 2020
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What the Constitution Means to Me means a lot for all of us
Heidi Schreck weaves together civics, feminism, and personal history in this vital production.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 17, 2020
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Summer: The Donna Summer Musical offers plenty of hot stuff
Three actors portray different aspects of the iconic disco queen in this touring musical.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jan 23, 2020
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Once on This Island proves it takes a village
The central romance feels overly familiar, but this touring production's ensemble creates a magical environment.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Sep 11, 2019
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The Band's Visit is a road trip worth making
The Broadway hit lands for a brief but lovely touring interlude.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Aug 7, 2019
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Take a Gander at Come From Away
A touring musical about the town that hosted the world after 9/11 brings the love.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jul 17, 2019
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Les Misérables storms the barricades again.
Thirty-four years later, the blockbuster musical still packs a potent political message with the melodrama.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jun 4, 2019
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After AIDS, love endures—and so does Falsettos
The glorious Broadway revival makes a quick stop in Chicago.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review May 22, 2019
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Four Chords and a Gun reduces the Ramones from punks to adolescent brats
Hey! Ho! Don't go!
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Apr 10, 2019
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There are worse 90s nostalgia trips than Cruel Intentions
The cast elevates the production beyond karaoke night.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Apr 3, 2019
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Anastasia recreates the animated feature with fewer animals and more Bolsheviks
It's as pretty as a pastry.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 20, 2019
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A Bronx Tale covers up moral quandaries with feel-good doo-wop
But the performances in this touring production are fresh and assured.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 20, 2019
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Dear Evan Hansen portrays its teen hero with wit and pathos
Hey, white boys have feelings too!
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 20, 2019
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Friends! The Musical Parody? More like a musical parasite, amirite?
This cruise-ship-ready cash grab is 90s nostalgia run amok.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 24, 2018
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Fiddler on the Roof meets everybody’s yeidel-deidel needs
It even manages to work onstage wonders within the constraints of tradition.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Dec 13, 2018
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In Stomp, power comes not from being the loudest but from sharing what you have
And just about anything can be an instrument—even the kitchen sink.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 12, 2018
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A lot goes right in The Play That Goes Wrong
But it's the set that steals the show.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Nov 28, 2018
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Book of Mormon is still crass and juvenile—and completely delightful
The musical's commentary on faith is also somehow appropriate for the holiday season.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Nov 21, 2018
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Miss Saigon is back, bombast, orientalist clichés, and all
The revival's staging feels old-school, and not in a good way.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Oct 10, 2018
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Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is scrumdiddlyumptious and satisfyingly gross
There's also something weirdly liberating about the sight of Oompa Loompas toting knives.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Oct 2, 2018
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Tootsie remains charming, even in the #MeToo era
"Being a woman is no job for a man" still rings true.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jul 25, 2018
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Adrianna Hicks’s Celie owns the musical adaptation of The Color Purple
This Broadway in Chicago production fills the Auditorium Theatre with intimacy, authenticity, and power.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jul 3, 2018
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Cher's got her own bio-musical!
Or how the diva triumphed over talent, with some help from Bob Mackie.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 29, 2017
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How Chicago shaped Hugh Hefner and his Playboy empire, and other news
Also, Governor Rauner signs a bill expanding abortion coverage.
- Blogs, Bleader May 15, 2017
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Cullerton in open letter to Rauner: ‘It’s time for action’ on the budget, and other Chicago news
Also, Schaumburg wants to compete with the Chicago theater scene.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 3, 2017
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Kim Foxx working to release nonviolent offenders who can't afford bond, and other Chicago news
Also, Chance the Rapper and Governor Rauner rescheduled their meeting for Friday.
