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My Kind of Town at Chicago's Timeline Theatre: A Look at Police Torture in Chicago.

“I have struck a city— a real city—and they call it Chicago. … I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.”— Rudyard Kipling, 1891. Chicago, Friday, May 25, 2012. John Conroy’s compelling drama My Kind of Town, under the masterful direction of Nick Bowling, at Chicago’s Timeline Theatre puts a... Read more »

By Carole Kuhrt Brewer,
May 25, 2012 at 2:33 pm

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A Little Night Music at Writers Theatre: A Night To Remember.

Chicago, Friday, May 18, 2012. “A Little Night Music,” the Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) Hugh Wheeler (book) musical that opened on Broadway nearly 40 years ago is delighting audiences at Glencoe’s Writers’ Theatre in a sparkling new revival, directed by William Brown. Set in turn of the century Sweden, “A Little Night Music” has... Read more »

By Carole Kuhrt Brewer,
May 18, 2012 at 10:38 am

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Freud's Last Session: A Dream Production at Chicago's Mercury Theatre.

Chicago, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. It isn’t often–however, more often in Chicago than many other places–that one is treated to such compelling theater as Freud’s Last Session, now playing at the Mercury Theatre. The story is a fictional account of a meeting–that may or may not have taken place–between legendary psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud (Mike... Read more »

By Carole Kuhrt Brewer,
May 16, 2012 at 9:51 am

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The Iceman Cometh to Chicago's Goodman Theatre: A Powerful Mounting of O'Neill's American Masterpiece.

It’s “the No Chance Saloon, Bedrock Bar, the End of the Line Café, the Bottom of the Sea Rathskeller…no one here has to worry about where they’re going next, because there is no farther they can go”–Playwright Eugene O’Neill. Chicago, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Sadness, loneliness and desperation permeate in Robert Falls’ major revival of The... Read more »

By Carole Kuhrt Brewer,
May 9, 2012 at 9:57 am

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Theater in Chicago: Non-Equity Jeff Award Nominations for Year Ending March 31, 2012.

Chicago, Wednesday, April 25, 2012. The Jeff Awards today announced 124 nominations in 25 categories for Non-Equity Jeff Awards for productions that opened between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2012. The Non-Equity Awards honor excellence in Chicago theatres not under a union contract. Jeff Awards judges covered opening nights of 154 productions offered by 71... Read more »

By Carole Kuhrt Brewer,
April 25, 2012 at 9:05 am

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The March at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre: An Amazing Feat.

The March. by E.L. Doctorow. adapted and directed by Frank Galati. Highly Recommended. Steppenwolf Theatre Mainstage. Through June 10, 2012. Chicago, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. When I first heard that Steppenwolf Theatre was mounting E.L. Doctorow’s novel The March–the War and Peace-like epic about 62,000 Union soldiers along with an assortment of black and white... Read more »

By Carole Kuhrt Brewer,
April 18, 2012 at 2:35 pm

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The Jersey Boys return to Chicago...And, Oh, What a Night it is at Chicago's Bank of America Theatre.

Chicago, Friday, April 13, 2012. The Jersey Boys are back in town after a nearly two year absence. This time around, they are part of a new touring production of the mega-hit Jersey Boys that tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. The new production that opened Wednesday at The Bank of America... Read more »

By Carole Kuhrt Brewer,
April 13, 2012 at 3:44 pm

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Chesapeake at Chicago's Greenhouse Theatre Offers A Dog's Eye View of Politics.

Chesapeake. by Lee Blessing. Directed by Shawn Douglass. Highly Recommended. Chicago, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. We all know that politics is a dog-eat-dog business but Remy Bumppo takes this to the extreme in their hilarious revival of Lee Blessings’ 1999 play, “Chesapeake”. The one-man show features Greg Matthew Anderson in the role of Kerr, a bisexual... Read more »

By Carole Kuhrt Brewer,
April 10, 2012 at 11:19 am

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Broadway in Chicago Announces 2012-2013 Subscription Series: Kinky Boots, I Love Lucy, War Horse and More.

Chicago, Monday, April 2, 2012. Broadway in Chicago has just announced their line-up for the 2012-2013 subscription series. I LOVE LUCY® LIVE ON STAGE. September 12 – Nov. 11, 2012. Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 East Chestnut). I LOVE LUCY® LIVE ON STAGE, the brand new hit musical stage show adapted from the... Read more »

By Carole Kuhrt Brewer,
April 2, 2012 at 1:29 pm

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FELA! Rocks Chicago at the Oriental Theatre...Say Yeah Yeah!

Chicago, Monday, April 2, 2012. If Afrobeat and political legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (Oct. 15, 1938 – Aug. 2, 1997) were alive today, he’d be 72 years old. Instead he is being immortalized in the blockbuster musical FELA! (pronounced FAY-lah) which opened last Wednesday at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre. FELA!, directed by Bill T. Jones, is a... Read more »

By Carole Kuhrt Brewer,
April 2, 2012 at 9:47 am

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