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Review: West Side Story (Paramount Theatre)
A gritty and realistic take on a classic Though one of the best known and best loved musicals of the past half-century, West Side Story has taken its share o... Read more
The 21 March 2016 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Review: Mary Poppins (Nightblue Performing Arts Company)
Practically imperfect As a stage show, Mary Poppins has the same core issue as The Wizard of Oz: the original film version is so iconic that anything (and... Read more
The 06 March 2016 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Review: In A Little World Of Our Own (Irish Theatre of Chicago)
A tepid mess of a non-starter Nobody sets out to put on a gawdawful show, or so the old adage insists. But sometimes that just seems highly improbable. So it... Read more
The 07 March 2016 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Review: Beautiful Autistic (Chicago Dramatists)
Lead performance lets down promising premise Awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder is far more prevalent now than it was in the early 90s, when Beautiful... Read more
The 12 March 2016 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Review: Heathers – The Musical (Kokandy Productions)
It's just not happening In the pantheon of tales from teendom, "Heathers" is in a class of its own. You can have your Breakfast Clubs and your Cluelesses and... Read more
The 06 March 2016 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Review: Twelfth Night (Filter Theatre at Chicago Shakespeare)
About midway through Filter Theatre's wildly raucous take on Twelfth Night , more than half the audience snakes on stage in a conga line. The dance is... Read more
The 03 March 2016 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Review: Far From Heaven (Porchlight Music Theatre)
' producers spoke of seeing the original movie and realizing instantly that it had a musical soul. Turns out they were right, and the musical was an... Read more
The 08 March 2016 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Opera Review: Torching the Warehouse
Loft Opera goes to the mattresses with Tosca. by Paul J. Pelkonen Police brutality: Scarpia (Gustavo Fuelien) menaces Tosca (Eleni Calenos) in Act II ofPuccini'... Read more
The 11 March 2016 by Superconductor
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Review: 35MM – A Musical Exhibition (Circle Theatre)
Deeply felt and beautifully produced Circle Theatre is fast earning a reputation as the little company that could. Relatively new to the Chicago theater scene... Read more
The 29 March 2016 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Review: Where Did We Sit on the Bus? (Teatro Vista)
Every so often a movie, a book, or a play like this one comes along and is so timely and focused on the world, and particularly the United States, that it... Read more
The 25 March 2016 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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