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Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jun 6, 2018
The Revolutionists
undermines its own powerful message with too much cutesiness
But Olympe de Gouges and the other women of the French Revolution are worth knowing.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Theater Review
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The Revolutionists
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Organic Theater Company
,
French Revolution
,
Lauren Gunderson
,
Bryan Wakefield
,
Reign of Terror
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Nov 22, 2017
Escape to Margaritaville
,
'Tis the Seasonal Depression
, and nine more new stage shows
A musical for Parrotheads and a comedy revue from GayCo are among this week's best bets.
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The Book of Will
,
Lauren Gunderson
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Shakespeare
,
The King's Men
,
the Bard
,
Jessica Thebus
,
Northlight Theatre
,
Bluebird Arts
,
Clever Little Lies
,
Joe DiPietro
,
Luda Lopatina Solomon
,
Jimmy Buffett
,
Escape to Margaritaville
,
jukebox musical
,
Cheeseburger in Paradise
,
Christopher Ashley
,
Paul Alexander Nolan
,
Alison Duff
,
Parrotheads
,
Walt Spangler
,
Lisa Howard
,
Eric Petersen
,
Paul Tazewell
,
I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn't Even Smile
,
Redtwist Theatre
,
Suzanne Heathcote
,
Adam Bitterman
,
Jacqueline Grandt
,
Kathleen Ruhl
,
Erin Murphy
,
Emma Maltby
,
Fear the Evil Dead
,
Lizzie
,
Lizzie Borden
,
Firebrand Theatre
,
Elizabeth Bussert
,
feminist musical theater
,
Invictus Theatre
,
Othello: The Moor of Venice
,
Callie Johnson
,
Charles Askenaizer
,
The Pearl Fishers
,
Lyric Opera
,
George Bizet
,
Marina Rebeka
,
Matthew Polenzani
,
Mariusz Kwiecien
,
Andrew Davis
,
Zandra Rhodes
,
Scrooge and the Ghostly Spirits
,
Citadel Theatre Company
,
Douglas Post
,
Scott Phelps
,
Frank Farrell
,
Tick, Tick . . . Boom
,
Jonathan Larson
,
Rent
,
Donald Kolakowski
,
Nic Eastlund
,
Molly LeCaptain
,
Cuckoo's Theater Project
,
Prop Thtr
,
'Tis the Seasonal Depression
,
GayCo Productions
,
Jeff Bouthiette
,
Christopher Thies Lotito
,
Katie Cutler
,
Evan M. Duggan
,
Wild Boar
,
Candace Chong
,
Silk Road Rising
,
Joanna C. Lee
,
Ken Smith
,
China Miéville
,
Anthony Churchill
,
China Miéville
,
Helen Young
Arts & Culture
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Performing Arts Feature
Apr 5, 2017
Born Yesterday
,
The Great and Terrible Wizard of Oz
, and seven more new theater and comedy reviews
A classic from Remy Bumppo and a revival from the House Theatre of Chicago are among this week's best bets.
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Garson Kanin
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Born Yesterday
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Eliza Stoughton
,
Greg Matthew Anderson
,
Sean M. Sullivan
,
David Darlow
,
Fatelessness
,
Melissa Lorraine
,
Imre Kertész
,
Theatre Y
,
Benjamin Holliday Wardell
,
Andràs Visky
,
Adam Boncz
,
Feminism and Other Things
,
Drinking and Writing Theater
,
Amelia Bethel
,
Lady Grace Murphy
,
the House Theatre of Chicago
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The Great and Terrible Wizard of Oz
,
Phillip Kapperich
,
AnJi White
,
Joe Steakley
,
L. Frank Baum
,
Christine Mayland Perkins
,
Tellin' Tales Theatre
,
Tekki Lomnicki
,
Steve Glickman
,
Judi Lee Goshen
,
Silent Sky
,
Lauren Gunderson
,
First Folio Theatre
,
Henrietta Leavitt
,
Melanie Keller
,
Cassandra Bissell
,
Christopher Kriz
,
Adventure Stage Chicago
,
Six Stories Tall
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Marco Ramirez
,
Wolfgang Stein
,
the Annoyance
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Anneliese Toft
,
Judi Lee Goshen
,
Tom Arvetis
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