Category: GENRE

Review: Bard Fiction (Commedia Beauregard)

Bard Fiction, Commedia Beauregard, Chicago Greenhouse Theater, Pulp Bard Wiki       
      
Bard Fiction 

Written by Ben Tallen, Aaron Greer,
     Brian Watson Jones, Pulp Bard Wiki
Directed by Christopher O. Kidder
Greenhouse Theater Ctr, 2257 N. Lincoln (map)
thru April 15  |  tickets: $25   |  more info
       
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March 24, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Review: Best Musical! A Completely Improvised Musical Comedy (Porchlight Music Theatre)

Erica Elam, Matthew Van Colton, Brandon Dahlquist, Lauren Dowden and Tim Sniffin       
     
Best Musical! A Completely
   Improvised Musical Comedy

Conceived by Matthew Loren Cohen
Directed by Amanda Blake Davis
at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont (map)
thru Date  |  tickets: $15   |  more info
       
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March 17, 2012 | 1 Comment More

Review: Come Alive (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago)

5/18/11 4:31:59 PM -- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's Jesse Bechard and Kellie Epperheimer perform Alonzo King's "Following the Subtle Current Upstream."  © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2011       
      
Come Alive 

Choreographed by Alejandro Cerrudo,
    Sharon Eyal and Alonzo King 
at Harris Theater, 250 E. Randolph (map)
thru March 18  |  tickets: $25-$94   |  more info
       
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March 16, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Review: The Light in the Piazza (Theo Ubique Theatre)

Kelli Harrington as Margaret, Rachel Klippel as Clara - Light in the Piazza       
      
The Light in the Piazza 

Written by Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas
Directed by Fred Anzevino and Brenda Didier 
at No Exit Café, 6970 N. Glenwood (map)
thru April 29  |  tickets: $29-$34   |  more info
       
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March 13, 2012 | 1 Comment More

Review: Bring It On (Broadway in Chicago)

The cast of Broadway in Chicago's "Bring It On The Musical", directed by Andy Blandenbuehler. (photo credit: Michael Lamont)       
      
Bring It On 

Written by Tom Kitt, Amanda Green,
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeff Whitty 
Directed by Andy Blankenbuehler
at Cadillac Palace, 151 W. Randolph (map)
thru March 25  |  tickets: $18-$85   |  more info
       
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March 10, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Marriott Theatre)

Brian Bohr as Joseph, Susan Moniz as The Narrator in JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, currently running through May 12 at Marriott Theatre’s Theatre for Young Audiences. (photo credit: Peter Coombs)       
      
Joseph and the Amazing
     Technicolor Dreamcoat
  

By Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice 
Directed and Choreographed by Matt Raftery
at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire (map)
thru May 12  |  tickets: $15   |  more info
       
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March 6, 2012 | 1 Comment More

Review: Rinaldo (Lyric Opera of Chicago)

05. Elza van den Heever, RINALDO, DBR_8915 c. Dan Rest       
      
Rinaldo

Music by George Frideric Handel
Libretto by Giacomo Rossi 
with H. Bicket, conductor; F. Negrin, director
Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Dr. (map)
thru March 24  |  tickets: $34-$234   |  more info
       
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March 1, 2012 | 5 Comments More

Review: My Kinda Town (Nothing Special Productions)

"Misery finds Company" - a scene from Nothing Special Productions' world premiere of "My Kinda Town" by Brian Blankenship.       
      
My Kinda Town 

Written by Brian Blankenship
Directed by Mikey Laird
at The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee (map)
thru March 10  |  tickets: $15   |  more info
       
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February 29, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Review: The Magic Parlour at Palmer House Hilton (House Theatre of Chicago)

Dennis Watkins in Magic Parlous, House Theatre of Chicago Palmer House      
     
The Magic Parlour 

Created and Performed by Dennis Watkins 
Palmer House HIlton, 17 E. Monroe (map)
thru July 27  |  tickets: $75   |  more info 
       
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February 28, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Review: Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew (Chicago Shakes)

Hortensio (Matthew Sherbach) fails in his attempt to teach music to the wildly spirited Katharina in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew, adapted and directed by Rachel Rockwell       
      
Short Shakespeare! 
   The Taming of the Shrew
 

Written by William Shakespeare 
Adapted and Staged by Rachel Rockwell
Chicago Shakespeare, Navy Pier (map)
thru April 7  |  tickets: $16-$20   |  more info
       
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February 27, 2012 | 3 Comments More

Review: Hunger (Lifeline Theatre)

John Henry Roberts as Ilya in HUNGER - Lifeline Theatre Chicago       
      
Hunger 

Adapted by Chris Hainsworth
From the novel by Elise Blackwell    
Directed by Robert Kauzlaric  
at Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood (map)
thru March 25  |  tickets: $20-$35   |  more info
       
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February 24, 2012 | 0 Comments More