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• Review: Superior Donuts (Metropolis Performing Arts Centre)

  

  Mary-Arrchie Theatre remounts its successful production in Arlington Heights' Metropolis Arts Centre, and the results are the same - a great production of... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Kokkola (Akvavit Theatre)

  

  *Kokkola* is truly a unique and hilarious production, and shows how blessed Chicago is to have a theater company that produces nothing but contemporary Nordic... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Little Shop of Horrors (Theatre at the Center)

  

  Theatre at the Center's *Little Shop of Horrors* is a fine show, with a couple of skeevy cultural choices mixed in. Side note: the theater's Audrey II is from... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: The Merchant of Venice (First Folio Theatre)

  

  First Folio gives an excellent production, and rather than playing down the vicious attacks on Shylock’s Jewish faith and ethnicity, the company illuminates... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Salt of the Earth (Ka-Tet Theatre)

  

  John Godber’s Salt of the Earth debuted 25 years ago during a transitional period for the United Kingdom, as then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was in the... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: A Scent of Flowers (Backstage Theatre)

  

  A Scent of Flowers Written by James Saunders Directed by Matthew Reeder at The Building Stage, 412 N. Carpenter (map) thru Aug 25 | tickets: $22-$25 | more... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Moment (Steep Theatre)

  

  Moment Written by Deirdre Kinahan Directed by Jonathan Berry at Steep Theatre, 1115 W. Berwyn (map) thru Aug 18 | tickets: $22-$25 | more info Check for... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: The 39 Steps (Drury Lane Theatre)

  

  The 39 Steps Adapted by Patrick Barlow from novel by John Buchan Directed by David New Drury Lane Theatre, Oakbrook Terrace (map) thru Aug 26 | tickets:... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Gruesome Playground Injuries (Rasaka Theatre)

  

  Gruesome Playground Injuries Written by Rajiv Joseph Directed by Lavina Jadhwani at Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division (map) thru Aug 5 | tickets: $15-$25 | more... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Three Sisters (Steppenwolf Theatre)

  

  Three Sisters Written by Anton Chekhov Adapted by Tracy Letts Directed by Anna D. Shapiro at Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted (map) thru Aug 26 | tickets:... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Oedipus El Rey (Victory Gardens Theater)

  

  Oedipus el Rey Written by Luis Alfaro Directed by Chay Yew VG Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln (map) thru July 29 | tickets: $20-$50 | more info Check for... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: A Steady Rain (Chicago Commercial Collective)

  

  A Steady Rain Written by Keith Huff Directed by Russ Tutterow at Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago (map) thru Sept 2 | tickets: $40 | more info Check for... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Common Hatred (Ruckus Theater)

  

  Common Hatred Written by Calamity West Directed by Karie Miller at Side Project Theatre, 1439 W. Jarvis (map) thru July 22 | tickets: $15 | more info Check for... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Crowns (Goodman Theatre)

  

  Crowns Written and Directed by Regina Taylor Adapted from book by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry at Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: As You Like It (Spectralia Theatre)

  

  As You Like It Written by William Shakespeare Directed and Adapted by Don Johnson at various Chicago Parks (schedule) thru Aug 5 | tickets: FREE | more info... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Chicago Shakespeare)

  

  Beauty and the Beast Alan Menken (music), Linda Woolverton (book), Tim Rice and Howard Ashman (lyrics), Directed, Choreographed by Rachel Rockwell at Chicago... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Electra (Mary-Arrchie Theatre)

  

  Electra Written by Euripides Adapted and Directed by Sonja Moser Angel Island Theatre, 735 W. Sheridan (map) thru July 29 | tickets: $20 | more info Check for... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Love Thy Neighbor…Till It Hurts (16th Street Theater)

  

  Love Thy Neighbor… Till It Hurts Written and Performed by Julie Ganey Directed by Megan Shuchman 16th Street Theater, Berwyn (map) thru July 14 | tickets: $18... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: Living Canvas Eureka! (National Pastime Theater)

  

  Living Canvas: Eureka! Created by The Living Canvas Directed by Pete Guither National Pastime Thtr, 941 W. Lawrence (map) thru Aug 11 | tickets: $20 | more... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Review: References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot (National Pastime Theater)

  

  References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot Written by José Rivera Directed by Keely Haddad-Null National Pastime Thtr, 941 W. Lawrence (map) thru August 11 |... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA