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Lookingglass Theatre’s ‘Alice’ set for WTTW broadcast

“Lookingglass Alice” is a show where folding chairs fly out of picnic baskets, the White Knight rides a unicycle, characters bounce on massive balls and Alice has a tea party with an audience member.

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Paramount Theatre stages fun version of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ but it’s not quite golden

Aurora’s Paramount Theatre has staged a solid version of “Charlie,” with a few tweaks to the 1964 book, written by Roald Dahl, some of which will undoubtedly confuse diehard fans.

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Area stages serving up plenty of holiday cheer — and more — this season

‘Christmas Carol,’ ‘Cinderella,’ ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ just some of the theater productions to enjoy in the months ahead.

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‘Twelfth Night’ serves joy and laughter with a breezy Caribbean air

The comedy crackles in Chicago Shakespeare’s take on the bard’s zany love triangle

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‘Young Frankenstein’ will have you screaming with laughter at Mercury Theater Chicago

Mel Brooks’ musical comedy is a seasonally fitting giggle fest wrought with cheesy double-entendres and monstrous puns.

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For lucha libre diehards and newbies alike, Goodman Theatre’s multifaceted ‘Lucha Teotl’ is irresistible

The 100-minute odyssey through the Mexico-born sport/theater hybrid starring masked fighters with torrid backstories and bone-crunching moves, merges sport with theater with fabulous impact.

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‘The Who’s Tommy’ leads the pack at Equity Jeff Awards ceremony

The critically acclaimed, revamped production of the musical propelled the Goodman’s 12 wins at the awards recognizing excellence in Chicago Equity theater productions. Teatro Vista’s “Dream King” earned eight awards.

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Shattered Globe Theatre ensemble soars in emotionally charged ‘View from the Bridge’

In the end, there is no neat moral to be drawn from Arthur Miller’s splintering, messy tragedy. Moral or no, Shattered Globe gives it the immediacy of immigration issues that are playing out right here, right now.

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Laughter is the best medicine as family drama unfolds, secrets emerge in glorious ‘Nacirema Society’

Pearl Cleage’s exuberant drama, now at the Goodman Theatre, is a nuanced, fraught and incongruously hilarious exploration of class privilege, generational wealth and family betrayal.

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Marriott brings something new to ‘Gypsy’: a Mama Rose we can relate to

Lucia Spina’s performance can feel shockingly down to earth for a stage mother whose delusions of grandeur are her one constant.

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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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‘Rock of Ages’ remains a rollicking music temple to the gods of 1980s tunes, fashion, mores

This is a show that’s pure fun, blasting a sound worthy of turning up to 11.

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Pinball wizardry: ‘Tommy’ dazzles at every turn in breakneck reboot at Goodman Theatre

Now in a major “re-imagined” reboot, “Tommy” remains the pulsing roller coaster of a show it was when it premiered in 1992.

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Creatives shine new light on ‘The Who’s Tommy’ in Goodman Theatre world premiere

Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff have reimagined their classic stage musical for a new age.

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‘MJ’ musical, ‘The Who’s Tommy,’ ‘Hadestown’ among Chicago’s summer theater lineup

Comedy, drama, musicals — the local theater scene has something for everyone this summer.

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Race, gender, fatherhood collide amid one man’s journey to self-discovery in ‘Antonio’s Song’

Through spoken word and movement Antonio Edwards Suarez’s memoir play, co-written with Dael Orlandersmith, delivers a resonating portrait of one man’s real-life turmoil.

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Despite glorious voices, mighty ‘Big River’ musical gets conventional staging at Mercury Theater

Director Christopher Chase Carter has delivered a simplistic take on the story, that lacks any sort of irony, satire or self-awareness — an anathema to Mark Twain’s entire oeuvre.

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‘Damn Yankees’ comes up a winner in Marriott Theatre’s charming production

With a strong cast, athletic choreography and dynamic staging, this “Damn Yankees” has an OBP that would make Bill James blush.

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‘Life’s gone by’

Robert Falls steps down as artistic director of the Goodman Theatre with aptly chosen “The Cherry Orchard.”

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Goodman’s ‘The Cherry Orchard’ is superbly cast and staged in sublime production by Robert Falls

Anton Chekhov’s final work is both comedy and tragedy, both cruel and compassionate, and an emotional journey worth taking.

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Intimate portrait of Billie Holiday emerges in Mercury Theater’s multifaceted ‘Lady Day’

Running at the snug Mercury Theater’s Venus Cabaret space, “Lady Day” stands as a showcase for Holiday and the actress playing her, Alexis J. Roston.

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‘Toni Stone’ an engrossing look at a Negro League pioneer who followed her dream

Lydia R. Diamond’s play, now running at the Goodman Theatre, provides a compelling character study of a woman driven to achieve what she was told she couldn’t.

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‘the ripple, the wave that carried me home’ soars amid a tidal wave of emotion, outrage in Goodman’s searing production

Like water itself, there are depths in this story that defy cut-and-dried boundaries.

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‘Measure for Measure’: Transplant to Havana brings out the passions in Shakespeare’s ‘problem play’

Chicago Shakespeare Theater production highlights the story’s troubling power.

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‘Hello, Dolly!’ missing the old-fashioned razzle-dazzle that the musical demands

For all it strengths, including a fine cast, the production at Marriott Theatre hampered by in-the-round staging.

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