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Month: February 2022

February 27, 2022February 27, 2022Chicago Reviews

Lynn Nottage’s “Ruined” exposes the ugliness of humanity

Invictus Theatre doesn’t mess around. While many other companies returned from the pandemic shutdown with lighter fair, that absolutely cannot be said […]

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022Chicago Reviews

If you are a person in the world right now, you should go see Come From Away

Two things stood out as I made my way to Row G: the audience seemed really–I mean, really–happy and there was way […]

February 24, 2022February 24, 2022Chicago Reviews

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci: a Renaissance painter’s words bring enlightenment

If I told you that an 85-minute show told in the words of a centuries-dead painter, as he illuminates his central philosophies […]

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022Chicago Reviews

PrideArts premieres a beautiful but flawed play about RBG

The title of Sally Deering’s new play at PrideArts, When There Are Nine, refers to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s response when asked […]

February 14, 2022February 22, 2022Chicago Reviews

This Is Only a Test earns a C at best as it takes on the ubiquity of active shooter drills in schools

I taught high school for almost forty years and retired in 2015. In all that time, we never had such a thing […]

February 12, 2022February 12, 2022Chicago Reviews

A father and his gay son dodge bears and weird lighting in Queen of the Night.

From the moment you walk into the Richard Christiansen Theatre, you are absolutely immersed in Sydney Lynne’s stunning deep-in-the-forest set. With its […]

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022Chicago Reviews

Windy City Playhouse takes us back to the pre-Hays Code era in compelling Sons of Hollywood

Windy City Playhouse has returned to its flagship theatre on Irving Park Rd. with a shining new production of a play with […]

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022Chicago Reviews

Breaking the Cycle: Groundhog Day the Musical shows us how

I had never been to the Paramount Theater in Aurora, so I had no idea what to expect when I arrived on […]

February 5, 2022February 5, 2022Chicago Reviews

Drury Lane’s “Evita” shines along with its star

To experience Drury Lane’s new production of Evita is to immerse yourself in exhilarating dancing, brilliant acting, and the deceptive politics of […]

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