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December 5, 2017December 5, 2017Chicago Reviews

“Altar Boyz” is Heavenly Fun

Theo Ubique is one of Chicago’s small treasures. Hidden away in the small, easy-to-miss No Exit Cafe in Rogers Park where they […]

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December 5, 2017Chicago Reviews

“Twelfth Night” Is Shakespeare for Everyone

Review by Bradley Laas Midsummer Flight’s holiday production managed to be even more enticing and wondrous than the ‘theater’ it was performed […]

December 4, 2017December 6, 2017Chicago Reviews

Griffin Theatre’s “Violet” a Beautiful Piece of Theatre

Every once in a while there is a play that reaches down and touches your soul and forces you to re-examine what […]

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December 2, 2017December 3, 2017Chicago Reviews

Hellcab is Unusual but Entertaining Holiday Fare

The Agency Theatre Collective is back once again with its unusual holiday offering, Hellcab, Will Kern’s tale of a particularly crazy night in […]

November 29, 2017November 29, 2017Chicago Reviews

“Barney the Elf” a campy, gay Christmas musical change of pace

If your Christmas has been over-Caroled and your Nuts have all been Cracked and you’re just searching for something totally different from your holiday […]

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November 27, 2017November 29, 2017Chicago Reviews

Paramount’s “Elf” Is Simply Sparklejollytwinklejingley

The magic onstage at the Paramount Theatre’s Broadway-quality production of Elf the Musical doesn’t even wait for the show to begin. Parents with […]

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November 23, 2017November 26, 2017Chicago Reviews

Northlight’s “Book of Will” a Hilarious and Poignant Look at History

  Any lit major, actor, director or English teacher—and I’m four for four in that count—will tell you without a moment’s hesitation […]

November 19, 2017November 19, 2017Chicago Reviews

Redtwist’s “Saw My Neighbor” a Hilarious Study of Dysfunction

The Bunkers. The Ewings. The Bluths. The Lannisters. The Sopranos. America is fascinated by dysfunctional families; our television screens are full of […]

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November 13, 2017Chicago Reviews

Three Cheers For Brilliant “Lysistrata Jones”

When Aristophanes wrote Lysistrata, one character in Refuge Theatre Project’s Chicago premiere production of the musical Lysistrata Jones asks, do you think he imagined […]

November 11, 2017November 22, 2017Chicago Reviews

An Exuberant, Magical “Nutcracker” from The House Theatre

I had no idea what I was getting into when I went to see The House Theatre’s non-dancing version of The Nutcracker: the […]

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