"Dead Girl's Quinceañera" brings Miami girlhood to the Goodman, where a vanished teen turns her besties into amateur detectives.
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In ‘Kowalski,’ Johnny Galecki’s Tennessee Williams plays hard to get
Johnny Galecki returns to the stage in 'Kowalski,' turning Marlon Brando's audition for Tennessee Williams into can't-miss theater.
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If music be the food of love, ‘Play On!’ serves the full Harlem buffet
"Play On!" trades Illyria for Harlem, and Chicago Shakespeare's 40th season opener dares you not to dance. Our five-star review.
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Kokandy makes its point with an intimate ‘Sunday in the Park with George’
Kokandy's 'Sunday in the Park with George' puts audiences inside the painting. Here's what the Chicago storefront production gets right.
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‘Hair’ can still spark a revolution, and this Chicago revival proves it
'Hair' hasn't lost its bite. Discover why Kokandy Productions' Chicago revival earns a full five stars.
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‘Iceboy!’ at the Goodman: two Emmy winners and one very cold script
Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman headline 'Iceboy!' at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, but the show around them never quite thaws.
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In ‘Reality Detox,’ The Second City turns audience confessions into comedy gold
Real audience secrets fuel the comedy in The Second City's "Reality Detox." Plenty of laughs and a few misses.
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Gary Cole plays both mother and son in ‘Catch as Catch Can.’ And that’s just the beginning
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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‘Untitled Vampire Play’: the romcom Chicago didn’t know it was dying for
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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Music brings ‘Brokeback Mountain’ to life in Chicago Shakespeare’s North American premiere
'Brokeback Mountain' lands at Chicago Shakespeare—intimate, gorgeous, and nearly capturing Ennis and Jack's love.
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