The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a delightful, mesmerizing production created by Jonathan Rockefeller that’s been traveling the globe for the last five years. Chicago Children’s Theatre first brought this charming show, based on four classic children’s books by Eric Carle, to local audiences in 2019. (In addition to the title story, the show also brings […]
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Too many Marys
Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury had too many things in mind when she wrote this play about Mary Seacole, a real-life Jamaican-born healer who improbably served in the 19th-century Crimean War. Drury wanted to tell the story of this indomitable woman who wouldn’t take no for an answer, even from the equally implacable Florence Nightingale. She […]
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Mlima’s Tale traces the illegal ivory trade
The tragedy of a single elephant’s death has universal implications in Griffin’s production.
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Maybe a Big Mouth Billy Bass would liven up The River
But all we’ve got is a murky early effort from Tony winner Jez Butterworth.
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Eclipse Theatre rescues The Dark at the Top of the Stairs from being just another curio
The production deals with a number of social issues without allowing them to upstage the story.