Chicago Theater – Best of 2008 (TimeOut Chicago)

Scotty Zacher | January 3, 2009 | 0 Comments

TimeOut Chicago‘s Christopher Platt and Kris Vire present their top 10 Chicago theater picks of 2008:

1.	*Caroline or Change* (Court Theatre) by Tony Kushner Standouts: Charles Newell (director), Doug Peck (musical director); actors: Kate Fry, E.Faye Butler

2.	*Our Town* (The Hypocrites) by Thornton Wilder Standouts: David Cromer (director), actors: Jennifer Grace (as Emily), David Cromer (narrator)

3.	*Speech and Debate* (American Theatre Company) by Stephen Karam Standouts: PJ Paparelli (ATC Artistic Director); performances: Patrick Andrews, Jared McGuire, Sadieh Rifai

4.	*Uncle Vanya* (TUTA TheatreChicago) by Anton Chekhov Standouts: Zeljko Djukic (director), Yasen Peyankov and Peter Christensen (translators), Martin Andrew (designer)

5.	*Miss Julie* (The Hypocrites) by August Strindberg Standouts: Sean Graney (director); performances: Stacy Stoltz, Greg Hardigan

6.	*Titus Andronicus* (Court Theatre) by William Shakespeare Standouts: Charles Newell (director), ; performances: Timothy Edward Kane, Hollis Resnik

7.	*Fake Lake* (The Neo-Futurists) by Sharon Greene Standouts: Halena Kays (director), Welles Park pool, Mikhail Fiksel

8.	*Breathing Corpses* (Steep Theatre) by Laura Wade Standouts: Robin Witt (director), Marcus Stephen (set designer)

9.	*Million Dollar Quartet* (Goodman, Apollo Theater) Standouts: Levi Kreis (as Jerry Lee Lewis), Lance Guest (Johnny Cash), Rob Lyon (Carl Perkins), Eddie Clendening (Elvis Presley)

10.	*As Told by the Vivian Girls* (Dog & Pony Theatre) by Devin de Mayo Standouts: Devin de Mayo (director)