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‘The Nose’ receives superb staging at Chicago Opera Theater

COT opened the much-belated Chicago premiere of Shostakovich’s opera Friday evening at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, with a smart, winning new production take makes clear the appeal of the work.

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‘Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas’ is pure holiday delight for the child in all of us

From start to finish, the 75-minute tale will have you deep in your feelings when you’re not chortling at the ridiculous creativity of it all.

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It takes a village of powerful, smart women to elevate POTUS in Steppenwolf’s witty Chicago premiere

Written in the aftermath of the Trump years, Selina Filinger’s play follows a lackadaisical president’s inner circle: a group of seven highly educated, capable, loyal women relegated to cleaning up after an incompetent man-child

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Lyric Opera’s ‘Daughter of the Regiment’ a romp rich with laughs and some of Donizetti’s best music

Dandy cast and nimble chorus keep up with the exacting, energetic staging.

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Goodman, Paramount theaters lead 2023 Jeff Awards nominations

The 55th anniversary edition of the Equity Jeff Awards presentation will take place in the fall.

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‘No Man’s Land’ as mystifying as ever in Steppenwolf staging

This is an abstract work, absurdist if you care to call it that, grounded in the realities of aging but equally informed by the instability of memories and dreams.

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Rosetta Tharpe, who helped turn gospel sounds into rock ’n’ roll, mentors newcomer in Northlight play

‘Marie & Rosetta’ depicts a pairing of singers whose made ‘intoxicating’ music together, playwright says.

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Words abundant but tone uneven in the sanctuary library of ‘A Distinct Society’

Characters seem to be explaining themselves to themselves in sluggish Writers Theatre production.

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Kate Arrington’s ‘Another Marriage’ brings Judy Greer to the Steppenwolf stage

Greer makes her Steppenwolf debut, starring in Arrington’s own debut as a playwright. Terry Kinney returns to the ensemble theater company he co-founded in 1974 to direct the world-premiere production.

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Family drama ‘Last Night and the Night Before’ gets the audience thinking, and rethinking

The truth about two star-crossed sisters emerges slowly in Steppenwolf’s intensely plotted production.

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‘Describe the Night’ traverses time and place, truth and fiction as storyline weaves a surreal tapestry

Writer Rajiv Joseph reveals a compelling mishmash in Steppenwolf Theatre Chicago premiere.

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Former Second City actor-writer Michael Lehrer, who had ALS, dies at 44

The performer, who continued to do comedy after developing the neurodegenerative disease, ‘died with dignity on his own terms,’ says his girlfriend and caretaker.

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Multigenerational worlds collide in moving, funny and powerful ‘Bald Sisters’ at Steppenwolf Theatre

As a play, “Bald Sisters” is a prime exemplar of the American kitchen-sink family drama and a classic Chicago-style show,

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Frenetically paced ‘Marys Seacole’ journeys across time and place for trailblazer’s fascinating story

No matter the century or the circumstance, woman-as-caregiver is a role as old as time itself. Mary Seacole played it with historic impact.

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‘1919’ a searing, unflinching portrait of Black Chicago’s past, present and future

Eve L. Ewing’s collection of poems is adapted for the stage by J. Nicole Brooks in a powerhouse production at Steppenwolf Theatre.

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Fabulously screwball ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ is an oldie, but such a goodie, at Court Theatre

Under Ron OJ Parson’s direction, the play moves as it needs to between a bit of realism, heavy doses of screwball goofiness, some outright farce and a good comic scare or two.

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True West review – Sam Shepard’s fraternal face-off gains new resonance

Steppenwolf’s staging at Galway International Arts festival has a smart political and racial awareness as it unpicks the American myth

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Exceptional cast makes the most of tentative approach to ‘Fences’ at American Blues Theater

In director Monty Cole’s staging, August Wilson’s 1950s-set drama swings for the fences with mixed results.

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In her new revue, Felicia P. Fields reminds us why the blues — and she — are cultural treasures

“Pearl’s Rollin’ With the Blues: A Night with Felicia P. Fields” is a sizzling showcase from the Tony Award-nominated actress.

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Tarell Alvin McCraney’s ‘Choir Boy’ an extraordinary coming-of-age tale filled with glorious voices

The Oscar-winning playwright takes a familiar genre and turns it into a 100-minute emotional rollercoaster.

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Changing times of the 1960s redefine the American Dream in ‘Two Trains Running’

By focusing on the more mundane and also bringing a broader historical perspective, playwright August Wilson captured how the hope of the young was met by the weariness of those who had seen it all before.

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