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Home » George Bernard Shaw

Tag: George Bernard Shaw

Posted inArts & Culture

Mrs. Warren’s Profession confronts our hypocrisies about sex work

by Dan Jakes March 3, 2020August 18, 2021

Elaine Carlson delivers a biting title performance for Promethean Theatre.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Suffrage Plays swaddles social commentary in satire

by Catey Sullivan November 6, 2019August 18, 2021

Three one-acts from the fight for women’s franchise provide a cutting history lesson with Artemisia.

Posted inArts & Culture

ShawChicago goes out the way it came in, with The Doctor’s Dilemma

by Albert Williams March 29, 2019August 18, 2021

The company ends its run with the same play with which it first debuted in 1994.

Posted inArts & Culture

After 25 years, the curtain falls on ShawChicago

by Kerry Reid March 6, 2019August 18, 2021

Citing dwindling subscriptions, the readers’ theater is packing up its music stands and calling it a day.

Posted inArts & Culture

ShawChicago turns a staged reading of Arms and the Man into a symphony

by Kerry Reid February 8, 2019August 18, 2021

It’s a perfect anti-romantic comedy, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Posted inArts & Culture

Even after a century, Arms and the Man can still bring the laughs

by Max Maller September 20, 2018August 18, 2021

City Lit Theater’s production highlights the genius of George Bernard Shaw.

Posted inArts & Culture

Shrew’d! attempts to make Taming of the Shrew palatable to a modern audience

by Jack Helbig July 19, 2018August 18, 2021

When in doubt, they sing it out.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Comedy of Errors, Marie Christine, and eight more new stage shows to see

by Chicago Reader November 2, 2017August 18, 2021

A cartoon-inspired staging of the Bard and a creole update of Medea are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inArts & Culture

Bachelorette, Hard Times, and 12 more stage shows to see now

by Chicago Reader October 18, 2017August 18, 2021

A “ferocious ensemble effort” and a pitch-perfect revival are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inArts & Culture

Choir Boy, Foxfinder, and 12 more stage shows to see now

by Chicago Reader October 12, 2017August 18, 2021

A play by Moonlight author Tarell Alvin McCraney and a paranoiac drama by British playwright Dawn Hall are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inArts & Culture

Lyric Opera’s Fair Lady is most fair indeed

by Jack Helbig May 3, 2017August 18, 2021

There’s no need to worry about Lyric Opera’s staging of Lerner and Loewe’s classic musical.

Posted inArts & Culture

Spamilton, The Wiz, and seven more stage shows to see now

by Chicago Reader March 9, 2017August 18, 2021

A Hamilton send-up from the creator of Forbidden Broadway and a vibrant revival from Kokandy Productions are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inArts & Culture

Beauty and the Beast, The Complete Deaths, and four more new theater reviews

by Chicago Reader December 3, 2016August 18, 2021

Short runs at the MCA and Chicago Shakespeare Theater are among this week’s notable shows.

Posted inArts & Culture

Parachute Men, You on the Moors Now, and eight more new theater reviews

by Chicago Reader September 22, 2016August 18, 2021

This week’s stage highlights include three losers who (hopefully) make good and four 19th-century fictional heroines battling their would-be betrotheds.

Posted inArts & Culture

Anon(ymous), Pygmalion, and seven more new theater reviews

by Chicago Reader June 30, 2016August 18, 2021

A haunting show from the Cuckoo’s Theater Project and George Bernard Shaw’s classic are among this week’s best bets.

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