Reality Detox: The Improv Experience still finding its footing at The Second City e.t.c.
Improv is a legit art form. It was, in fact, one of the main reasons I moved to Chicago way back...
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A Little Night Music delivers sophisticated, sexy fun at Marriott Theatre
Spiritual heir to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Best...
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Writers Theatre delivers an unmissable production of Tom Stoppard’s epic Leopoldstadt
The Midwest premiere of Tom Stoppard’s final masterwork, Leopoldstadt, directed at Writers...
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Brokeback Mountain scales the heights of forbidden love at Chicago Shakes
During Thursday’s opening of the North American premiere of Brokeback Mountain at Chicago...
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Spamalot is alive and kicking at Broadway in Chicago’s CIBC Theatre
I had the pleasure of introducing my youngest son to the delights of Monty Python via the National...
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Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue enlists the whole family in a fun, interactive quest
If you have a young Minecraft fanatic in your life, the immersive Minecraft Experience: Villager...
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The Movement You Need: An Evening with Brendan Hunt is a fab score at Steppenwolf
You know the Beatles song “A Day in the Life”? The Movement You Need: An Evening with...
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Fault has some nasty fun at Chicago Shakes before going off the tonal rails
Fault, a world-premiere comedy directed by Jason Alexander now onstage at Chicago Shakes, is quite...
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The Great Gatsby can’t quite escape its source material at the Cadillac Palace
The first national tour of The Great Gatsby, now onstage at Broadway in Chicago’s Cadillac...
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Windfall unleashes a poetic gale of political protest at Steppenwolf
An old man is talking to his young adult son. They clearly love each other but they are arguing....
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Elvis musical Heartbreak Hotel swivels into the hits at Marriott Theatre
As an official bio-musical, Heartbreak Hotel, now onstage at the Marriott Theatre, doesn’t...
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Merry Wives of Windsor leaves ’em knotted in laughter at Chicago Shakes
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare’s bawdy bedroom farce reprising Sir John Falstaff...
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