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Here are the nominations made in 38 categories for the The 55th Annual Equity Jeff Awards. The Jeff Awards will The post 2023 Jeff Equity Award Nominees appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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The Nutcracker is one of the most watched performances, and one that many people make a tradition of seeing year The post Where to See the Nutcracker appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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The Jeff Awards recognizes theater excellence and honors theater artists through two annual awards ceremonies for Equity and Non-Equity theater The post Jeff Awards 2023 appeared first on Thea...

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The city of Chicago has much to offer on the stage; community theatres abound here and there is something happening The post Chicago Theatre District Guide appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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There are many lists of “best” Chicago Christmas films. And what’s funny is that some of the same movies show The post Best Chicago Christmas Films appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) is a non-profit professional association for film critics working in print, online, on-air, etc. The post Chicago Film Critics Association appeared ...

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Many people want to know what to wear to the theatre. And you will find a lot of content, much The post What To Wear To The Theatre appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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Theater or Theatre? The English language is tricky because it’s a patchwork of words and phrases from multiple cultures. That The post Theater vs Theatre: What’s the Difference? appeared f...

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Let’s face it, there’s no way to list every single one of the best movies set in Chicago. Our collection The post Best Movies Set in Chicago appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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Movies and TV shows shot in, or based in Chicago are all over Netflix. If you can’t get enough of The post Chicago Movies & TV Shows on Netflix appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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Do you want to learn how to be a movie critic? Believe it or not, it’s easy to get started. The post How to Become a Movie Critic appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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There are thousands of film festivals worldwide, (The Guardian estimates there are some 500 major film festivals and many more The post The Chicago Critics Film Festival appeared first on Thea...

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Here are the winners and nominations made in 38 categories for the The 54th Annual Equity Jeff Awards. The 54TH The post 2022 JEFF EQUITY AWARDS NOMINEES/Winners appeared first on Theatre revi...

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Critical Mass is a recurring event bringing cyclists together to ride in a large group to raise awareness of cyclists, The post Chicago Critical Mass appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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Here are the winners in 30 categories of The 52nd Annual Equity Jeff Awards. The virtual Jeff Equity Awards Ceremony The post 2020 JEFF EQUITY AWARDS Winners appeared first on Theatre reviews ...

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Here are the nominations made in 29 categories for the The 52nd Annual Equity Jeff Awards. The virtual Jeff Equity The post 2020 JEFF EQUITY AWARDS NOMINEES appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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Here are the winners in 21 categories of the 47th Annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards. The Non-equity Jeff Awards Ceremony took The post 47th Non-Equity Jeff Award Winners appeared first on Theatre ...

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Here the 47th Annual Jeff awards nominees for theater excellence that includes 120 theater artists across 21 categories. PRODUCTION – The post 47th Non-Equity Jeff Award Nominees appeared fi...

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Here are the winners in 34 categories of The 51st Annual Equity Jeff Awards. The Jeff Equity Awards Ceremony took The post 2019 JEFF EQUITY AWARDS Winners appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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Here are the 192 nominations made in 34 categories for the The 51st Annual Equity Jeff Awards. The Jeff Equity The post 2019 JEFF EQUITY AWARDS NOMINEES appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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Here are 50th annual Equity Jeff award nominees and recipients. 2018 Equity Nominees & Recipients AWARD RECIPIENTS IN BOLD Production The post 50th Annual Equity Jeff Awards appeared first on ...

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Here is the list of the 46th Jeff awards. The Jeff Awards has honored outstanding Chicago area theatre artists annually The post 46th Annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards appeared first on Theatre re...

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Students and faculty of Metropolis School of the Performing Arts (SOPA) entertain audiences with Sensational Soundtracks: Movie Musicals of the The post Movie Musicals of the 21st Century appe...

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Jeannie Austin and her live band perform Tapestry: The Carole King Concert Experience at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre April 21, The post Tapestry: The Carole King Concert Experience appea...

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Corn Productions announces the world premiere of “History of the Internet” running Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 p.m. March The post History of the Internet appeared first on Thea...

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WildClaw Theatre Company, bringing the world of horror to the stage for 10 years in Chicago, proudly presents their first The post Future Echoes appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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2017 Northwestern Graduate, Chicago playwright Sharon Krome presents the World Premiere of her play, ThroatPunch in association with Nothing Without The post ThroatPunch appeared first on Thea...

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Join radio host and comedian Patti Vasquez as she shares her life as a busy mother of two in Lipstick The post Lipstick Mom appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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Executive and Artistic Director Keith Gerth and Associate Artistic Director Stephen Smith of the Oil Lamp Theater in Glenview announce The post Stage to Screen appeared first on Theatre review...

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Join comedian and author Bill Dyszel as he explores the modern day reliance on technology in The Internet Ate My The post The Internet Ate My Brain appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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Chicago Kids Company brings popular children’s tale The Ugly Duckling to life in a new bilingual musical at Metropolis Performing The post The Ugly Duckling appeared first on Theatre reviews...

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Heartache Tonight celebrates the classic rock music of the Eagles at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre March 29, 2018. From the The post Heartache Tonight appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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The Organic Theater Company presents a world premiere of “Why Do You Always Wear Black?” directed by Anna He Gelman. The post Why Do You Always Wear Black? appeared first on Theatre review...

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Virtuosity: Chamber Music with Picosa features celebrated masterworks side-by-side with newly discovered gems at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre March 25, The post Virtuosity: Chamber of Musi...

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In conjunction with its Project W initiative which makes bold steps for gender equity in classical music, Chicago Sinfonietta announces performances of Hear Me The post Hear Me Roar appear...

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¡Cubanismo! now celebrating its 20th anniversary, brings the sizzling touch of Havana and colorful Latin beats to the McAninch Arts The post Cubanismo appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre has scheduled local auditions for the upcoming production of Annie. Beef & Boards is casting The post Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre Auditions appeared first on Thea...

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The Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company will perform Patience; or, Bunthorne’s Bride, a classic satire of vanity, pretension and fads, at the The post Patience appeared first on Theatre revie...

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Creole Stomp celebrate the Mardi Gras season with a rollicking mix of contemporary blues, swamp pop, and traditional Cajun and The post Creole Stomp appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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HERSHEY FELDER PRESENTS the Midwest Premiere of Our Great Tchaikovsky, a new play-with-music featuring the compositions of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Directed by Trevor Hay with a The post...

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AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH THE IDES OF MARCH FEATURING JIM PETERIK: SONGS AND STORIES AT METROPOLIS Enjoy Jim Peterik’s catalog The post THE IDES OF MARCH appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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The Second City Training Center in Chicago proudly presents The Mary Scruggs Works By Women Festival 2018. Back for its The post The Mary Scruggs Works By Women Festival 2018 appeared first on...

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Cory Goodrich, in the role of M’Lynn, Landree Fleming, as Shelby, and Heidi Kettenring as Truvy, lead the cast of The post Steel Magnolias appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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(Evanston, IL) Fresh off the Chicago Reader recommended, The Trojan Women, Three Crows ends their season with OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD. The post Our Country’s Good appeared first on Theatre revi...

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Sean Masterson’s Timeless Magic is a magic show interwoven with the story of the souvenir coin that Sean’s great uncle The post Timeless Magic appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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Chicago, IL  – The iO Comedy Network is proudly premiering their first ever original series, Kill Me. The 5-episode series The post Kill Me Comedy Series appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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A new web series, “Super Narcoleptic Girl” (#SNG), announced today a live show and full screening of the 8-episode (28 The post Super Narcoleptic Girl appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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The 29th Annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival, co-produced by Curious Theatre Branch and Prop Thtr, opens Saturday, Jan. 13 and runs Wednesdays through Mondays until Sunday, February The po...

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TimeLine’s Chicago premiere production of BOY by Anna Ziegler, directed by Damon Kiely, running through March 18, 2018 at TimeLine The post Boy appeared first on Theatre reviews .

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The Agency Theater Collective is pleased to announce its spring production of the world premiere of I’m Falling In Love All The The post I’m Falling in Love All the Time appeared first o...

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Arlington Heights, Ill., October 5, 2017 – Ben Tedder returns to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre with Broadway’s longest running solo The post Defending the Caveman appeared first on The...

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Third Eye Theatre Ensemble Announces Chicago Premiere of Daniel Crozier’s With Blood, With Ink. October 20th – November 5th Fridays The post Premiere of With Blood, With Ink appeared first...

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ENCORE PERFORMANCE OF SCREW IT: DOIN’ TIME ON THE LINE AT THE MCKAW THEATER Chicago, IL, August 14 – Local The post Screw It: Doin’ Time on the Line at The McKaw Theater appeared first o...

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Suburban West Actors’ Guild presents an original, new musical set in Chicago during the 1893 World’s Fair. CHICAGO, IL – The post Love Affairs And Wedding Bells appeared first on Theatre...

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Odd’s Bodkins and Corn Productions are proud to present their First Annual production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Directed by Susie The post Macbeth at The Convervatory appeared firs...

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Oil Lamp Theater Announces Upcoming Production of Par for the Corpse by Jack Sharkey Directed by Keith Gerth October 12 The post Oil Lamp Theater Announces Par for the Corpse appeared first on...

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford led cast recording of Sunday in the Park with George is set for release which The post Sunday in the Park with George Set for Release appeared first on Th...

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The Audience is terrific theatre. Two hours of riveting acting with many telling scenes told with wit, humor and stinging retorts. Nick Bowling's staging in-the-round with an all-white set give a...

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During the 2016-17 season, Jeff Awards judges attended opening nights of 159 Equity productions offered by 42 producing organizations, and from these openings, 123 productions were “Jeff Recomm...

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I could probably state what the story was from the many press notes but I approach a new show as if I was an audience member. By the way, I asked an audience member both at the intermission and a...

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The ambitious, driven ultimate stage mother, Mama Rose is one of the great characters in all of American Broadway musicals. Any production of Gypsy depends on who plays Mama Rose. Mary Robin Roth...

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Somehow the creatives at Red Theater Chicago delivered a comical yet physically demanding satirical parody of wrestling and a unique take on the American Dream, From the players warming up the au...

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This outstanding world premier musical, based on an Oscar-winning short film, tells a coming of age story of a 13 year old struggling with his sexual identity. While it is set in 1981 and times...

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The inability of most of the audience to hear the speeches, kills this show adding another tragedy to this horrific account of genocide. It got so bad, I was thinkg about shouting out "Lauder, La...

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What makes this drama sizzle are two main factors. One, the strong yet subtlely nuanced performance by Heather Chrisler. She makes us feel how trapped his is. And the brilliant staging and enseml...

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This is a scary, funny cautionary tale that is both a work of art and a functioning musical. The twelve players, lead by the hammy MC, Kevin Webb, who weirds-out us yet sets the tone for the 65 m...

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The first great rock musical, it has some of the most rousing and soulful songs ever written for the stage, including "Let the Sun Shine In," "Good Morning Starshine," "Aquarius," and the memora...

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But the real star here is the ensemble of dancers who manically translate Echoles' varied choreography into a sweeping rhymthic movements worthy of appreciation. I always thought that the Black E...

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Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre announces open call auditions will take place in October for roles in several of its The post Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre Auditions appeared first on Theatre revi...

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It seems that playwright Lisa Kron tries to write several plays here. The result is a long-winded bore! For 2 and a half hours we are stuck with Ellen reciting the liberal political agenda withou...

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But to make this fine music come to life director Wheeldon has cast two fabulous "triple-threat" prformers to tackle the Kelly-Caron roles from the film. Jerry Mulligan is played by McGee Maddox ...

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This is a really fun and fabulous show and really you should move it, move it and get there. Children or no children—all ages will enjoy. I laughed a lot and even danced a bit! My 10 year old E...

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They're Playing Our Song is essentially a two-character show. Vernon and Sonia are the sole characters on stage; each character has a three-person Greek chorus acting as their inner voices. The B...

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LUZIA is stunningly adorned with use of water falls and a pool. Of Course there is breathtaking acrobatics with mesmerizing traditional and modern circus disciplines. The post LUZIA : Cirque Du...

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The Tin Woman is a work inspired by a true story, it's a heartwarming comedy that is a smartly crafted blend of family drama, humor and hope. Joy (Erin Noel Grennan - the playwright's sister) has...

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What the show depicts are unhappy folks, with Charlotte in the lead, each struggling to find happiness bu embarking on a strange modern-day odyssey to thwart theipast demons. We never get to like...

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All of the above, the character, six in all, depict Diane's struggles and her Harlem associates. Wandachristine, in one of the strongest tour de force performances I have ever witnessed, efective...

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This set-up is more than simply a dazzling Broadway musical and a buddy comedy. It is a hhilarious spoof on classical theatre, Shakespeare, and is an amazing tribute to the history of Broaday mus...

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It is 1978 and the American Nazi Party is trying to march in Skokie, IL, a Chicago suburb with a large Jewish population including many Holocaust survivors. Issac meets Jewish Defense League and ...

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Besides being an authentic burlesque show with period perfect songs and raunchy humor, The Nance has a love story with NYC newcomer Ned (the winning Royen Kent) as the romantic lover of Chauncey....

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All this wit and playwrighting skill allows Miss McMillan, herself a beautiful and wondrously expressive actor, a myriad of emotions to share, without ever inviting pity or sympathy. One actually...

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As the action unfolds, all the elements of classic farce are in play. Stolen letters, mistaken identity, misunderstanding, false proposals, jealousy become a tug-of-war that results in silly, ove...

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Scrofano and Reeger -- married thespians -- are outstanding in their roles and received a standing ovation. They follow in the footsteps of another married pair of actors: Hume Cronin and Jessi...

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The Bridges of Madison County is the story of a Italian war bride, Francesca, who is saved from raveged Italy by an americal GI who marries her and takes he back to his farm in rural Iowa. France...

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We meet the Miller family - four children, the mother and father with an aunt and an uncle all surviving living together in an upper middle class Connecticut house. It is the 4th of July, 1906 in...

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Kurt Weill's score has odes to his German operetta roots with a flavor of American motiffs such as marches, anthems and military themes. He even has a 'Cowboy song'! We hear sweet ballads, cute t...

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This wacky comedy is a near-farce with over-the-top characters that are lovable and unpredictable. Once many of the players slow down and speak a tad slower with stronger articulation, this smart...

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Each of the youngsters is deliciously and yet endearingly flawed: perfectionist overachiever Marcy Park (Shana Dagny), athletic, hormone-driven Chip Tolentino (Mark Yacullo), and very touchy, s...

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Sitting at the back of No Exit Café, hearing the play of the piano within the dim room as the singers breathed life into sentiments older than myself, I caught a glimpse of an old world that was...

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Moby Dick is a harrowing and intoxicating adventure that explores revenge, obession, sea adventure and destiny. This Lookingglass production is, in my view, the finest show that Lookingglass has ...

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Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first production based on a true story opened on Broadway in March, 1951 with Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner, racked up 1,246 performances in the initial run and Br...

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Things are looking pretty swell for King Ubu after the revolution, but once he begins extorting taxes from his citizens and killing off all contenders to his authority, Baseboard flees to Russia ...

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In direct-address to the audience, Emilie introduces the notable figures in her life, narrates some events, and introduces other events as scenes in which she and the others act out the “drama....

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While much of the general arguments and insults sure make the older Butley's look (and act immature), the young liberals come off as semi-heros as the battle over the yard emerges. It is well kno...

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The press release describes this production as “An irreverent comedy that imagines Shakespeare’s ‘lost years’”—the years for which we lack historical record of his life and activities...

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Tony award winning score by Stephan Flaherty has a fine mixture of ragtime, vaudeville and early jazz together with lofty ballads, a touch of gospel, Eastern European Jewish flavors, a hint of Jo...

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“At the Table”, Michael Perlman’s drama of scintillating conversation between diverse friends during a weekend in the country, took home the most honors on Monday, June 5, during the 44th ...

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Candide is an art piece that isproduced due to its stunning music and terrific singing. Opera houses and schools love this show. The present froduction at Cahn Audirotiumis fabulous! True, it is ...

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Parade premiered on Broadway in 1998, and this was Jason Robert Brown’s first Broadway production which also won him the 1999 Tony Award for Best Score. The show was nominated for nine Tony awa...

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