Covering theater in Chicago is sometimes about writing valedictions for companies that have decided it’s time to fold up the tent. In the past couple of weeks, two such announcements came through. Underscore Theatre announced in late September that they were closing permanently. (During the pandemic, the company gave up their storefront rental space at […]
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Lynn Nottage makes it work
If you’re up for journeys to the suburbs this weekend, it’s possible to see two plays by Lynn Nottage; Sweat, which earned Nottage her second Pulitzer Prize in 2017, is closing Sunday in Aurora at Paramount Theatre’s new Copley black-box space. (Reader contributor Catey Sullivan called the production, directed by Andrea J. Dymond, “gripping” and […]
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Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them is Christopher Durang at his darkest
Eclipse Theatre’s all-Durang seasons finishes strong with a brutal black comedy about post-9/11 paranoia.
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Natural Affection at the Athenaeum Theatre and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
The film Beirut and more goings-on the week of 4/23-4/26.
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Natural Affection hints at cracks in America’s postwar idyll
Eclipse Theatre kicks off its season-long tribute to William Inge with one of his lesser works.
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No Blue Memories, Significant Other, and seven more stage shows to see now
There’s a raft of recommended new plays this week.
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Something Rotten, The Project(s), and eight more new stage shows to see now
A touring Broadway hit and a youth revival from American Theater Company are among this week’s best bets.
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Dreamgirls, Dead Man Walking, The Few, and ten more new theater reviews
Porchlight’s Dreamgirls, Piven Theatre’s Dead Man Walking, and Steep Theatre’s The Few are among this week’s theater highlights.
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Hellman fest on its way
Off-Loop theaters team up to celebrate Lillian Hellman’s work.