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Home » The History Boys

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Posted inArts & Culture

The Scottsboro Boys, The Ghoul Exhibition, and nine more new theater reviews

by Chicago Reader February 15, 2017August 18, 2021

A Chicago premiere from Porchlight and a searing solo show on gun violence are among this week’s best bets.

Elizabeth Ledo and Janet Ulrich Brooks
Posted inArts & Culture

Biologists evolve in Timeline’s The How and the Why

by Tony Adler February 12, 2014August 18, 2021

The How and the Why survives on smarts and at least one great performance.

Posted inBlogs

Helen Mirren’s Phedre at Steppenwolf

by Albert Williams June 5, 2009August 19, 2021

The National Theatre’s production of Racine’s tragedy comes to Chicago–on screen.

Posted inBlogs

The History Boys extended

by Albert Williams May 11, 2009August 19, 2021

TimeLine has a hit with Alan Bennett’s drama.

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