Monday, 14 February 2022

Mary Zimmerman's THE NOTEBOOKS OF Leonardo da Vinci

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      This is a season of revivals for the Goodman Theatre. First, an excellent production of August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN; now THE ...
Tuesday, 8 February 2022

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  August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN at the Goodman Theatre     GEM OF THE OCEAN, which had its premiere at the Goodman in 1903 and has re...
Monday, 31 January 2022

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QUEEN OF THE NIGHT by Travis Tate at Victory Gardens Theatre.      Tennessee Williams made his macho father a picture on the wall in his aut...
Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Sondheim's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG by the Porchlight Theatre, Chicago

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     As is sometimes the case with Sondheim musicals, the best of the always problematic MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG is in the score. The talky bo...
Sunday, 17 December 2017

BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL--Touring Company

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     I didn't see BEAUTIFUL in New York so was curious about the show when the national tour landed in Chicago. I love Carole King's...
Sunday, 19 November 2017

HARD TIMES FOR THESE TIMES at Lookingglass Theatre

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     I remember having to read Charles Dickens' HARD TIMES as a college freshman. I have never been a Dickens fan. His coincidence-fille...
Sunday, 12 November 2017

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Circle in the Square

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     I tend to get notes from press representatives when I review a show in previews although I firmly believe a show is fair game when it c...