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• Review: Deer and the Lovers (First Floor Theater)

  

  Despite excellent set and violence design, world-premiere farce not quite there Review by Lauren Whalen Farce is hard to do well: it's a strange balance of... Read more

  The 16 November 2016 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Christmas Theaters Offer up Stocking-full of Holiday Shows in 2016!

  

  The Chicago theater community will again produce a wide array of Christmas and holiday plays, musicals, ballets and comedies in 2016, all designed to put you... Read more

  The 24 November 2016 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Concert Review: The Dutchman Takes the Helm

  

  Jaap van Zweden leads the New York Philharmonic. by Paul J. Pelkonen Jaap van Zweden takes aim. Photo by Chris Lee © 2016 The New York Philharmonic. Read more

  The 21 November 2016 by   Superconductor
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• O, Nun Waren Wir Nacht-Geweihte! Tristan Und Isolde at the Met

  

  Staging a perfect Tristan is one of opera's most notorious impossibilities. The Met has, to my mingled astonishment and gratitude, succeeded in staging one... Read more

  The 02 November 2016 by   Singingscholar
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• ‘V’ is for Verdi: The Met Opera’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ and ‘Otello’ — How the...

  

  Arrigo Boito Verdi (Photo: Achille Ferrario, Gazzetta di Parma, 1892)A Poet’s Work is Never DoneArrigo Boito would never have been Verdi’s choice for a... Read more

  The 12 November 2016 by   Josmar16
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• Review: I Am My Own Wife (About Face Theatre)

  

  Enthralling docudrama will fill you with heartbreak, awe and joy Review by Catey Sullivan Even shrouded in uncertainties, there's no denying that the life... Read more

  The 13 November 2016 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Review: Rutherford’s Travels (Pegasus Theatre Chicago)

  

  World premiere adaptation takes on a harrowing, historic saga Rutherford's Travels resembles an action movie filled with fights, shipwrecks, mutiny and... Read more

  The 18 November 2016 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Review: End of the Rainbow (Porchlight Music Theatre)

  

  Sparkling, transformative and deeply human Review by Lauren Whalen Judy Garland never stood a chance: a performer since childhood, she was literally drugged... Read more

  The 10 November 2016 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• A Stockingful of Holiday Shows in Chicago for 2016!

  

  The Chicago theater community will again produce a wide array of Christmas and holiday plays, musicals, ballets and comedies in 2016, all designed to put you... Read more

  The 30 November 2016 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Concert Review: In Their Darkest Hour

  

  Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. by Paul J. Pelkonen The redoubtable Sir Simon Rattle brought the Berlin Philharmonic back to New... Read more

  The 11 November 2016 by   Superconductor
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