Real audience secrets fuel the comedy in The Second City's "Reality Detox." Plenty of laughs and a few misses.
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In "Music City," a scrappy, Nashville-inspired Off-Broadway jukebox musical oversells its opening, then Lauren "LOLO" Pritchard arrives.
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Billy Porter and Wayne Brady anchor 'La Cage aux Folles' at Encores!. But the direction and design drift far from…
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Pearl Cleage's comedy at Geffen Playhouse explores fame, legacy, and artistic succession with humor and heart.
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Drew & Lea Lachey's 'Label-less' has a script that stumbles, but vocals too good to miss.
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Gary Cole plays an Italian mother and her son in Steppenwolf's "Catch as Catch Can"—a gripping Chicago premiere that's funny,…
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Lookingglass Theatre's world premiere is a sharp, funny vampire play with a near-perfect cast and one ill-timed tonal detour.
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Free Shakespeare in the Park's 'Romeo & Juliet' has a bold vision and a cast to match, but its border-town…
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Cornelius Kittrell shines in Cleveland Play House's world premiere, but this ambitious new musical hasn't yet decided who it's playing…
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'Brokeback Mountain' lands at Chicago Shakespeare—intimate, gorgeous, and nearly capturing Ennis and Jack's love.
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