In The Lake Effect, Rajiv Joseph returns to his quirky/intimate style.
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A doctor recalls Lincoln’s final hours in An American Story for Actor and Orchestra
In An American Story for Actor and Orchestra, Hershey Felder fails to save the 16th president—or the script.
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How Long Will I Cry? puts a face on urban violence
Miles Harvey’s How Long Will I Cry? puts a face on urban violence.
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Are you going to the After Party?
The After Party performance series at Steppenwolf Theatre’s Garage space
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Garage Rep’s fourth rep
Steppenwolf Theatre’s annual showcase Garage Rep fills in the genre blanks.
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Wartime hijinks, presented with Improbable Frequency
Strawdog Theatre Company presents Improbable Frequency.
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Julius Caesar and Teddy Ferrara have tactical issues
Chicago Shakespeare stages Julius Caesar, Goodman Theatre mounts Teddy Ferrara.
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In Lookingglass Theatre’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, the big cat sleeps tonight
Lookingglass Theatre Company presents Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.
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There’s a disconnect in Disconnect
Victory Gardens Theater stages Anupama Chandrasekhar’s Disconnect, set in a Chennai, India, call center.
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Pinter’s The Birthday Party, now free of menace
Steppenwolf Theatre Company stages Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party.
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The Whipping Man goes south
Northlight Theatre presents Matthew Lopez’s Civil War-era play, The Whipping Man.
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A writer picks at the family scab in Other Desert Cities
Goodman Theatre stages Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities.
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Solo Jams: ten shows, individually wrapped
MPAACT’s Solo Jams offers ten late-night, one-person performances.
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The 2013 Rhinofest roundup
Reader critics review nine shows from Rhinofest 2013.
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Belarus Free Theater is back in Chicago
Belarus Free Theater performs Minsk, 2011 at Chicago Shakespeare.