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A listing of Reviews from all past shows.

The Clearing - Review - Mar 27, 2006

The Clearing - ReviewThe Clearing by Helen Edmundson that was inspired by the ethnic cleansing in Bosnia. With a nice assortment of traditional Irish folk music to set the mood on a fairytale set, Gift Theatre presents a romantic drama that is a balanced look at the revengeful practices of the English government toward the Irish after their defeat in the 1653.
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A Life in the Theatre - Review - Mar 27, 2006

A Life in the Theatre - ReviewMamet’s ode to the theatre is a nostalgic passing of the mantel. The Goodman Theatre has an excellent piece to anchor the Mamet Festival which runs for the next seven weeks. This two-hander backstage comic drama has a marvelous set that reverses the stage where we see the makeup table, the kitchen and the wings with the stage, curtain and the stage lights facing us giving us a glimpse into the actors real world.
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Two for the Show - Review - Mar 20, 2006

Two for the Show - ReviewTheater WIT has an ode to vaudeville, chuck full of cornball humor, goofy sight gags, funny rhymes with old time soft-shoe dances. This delightful and hilarious trip along the vaudeville circuit is very enjoyable.
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Autobahn - Review - Mar 20, 2006

Autobahn - ReviewProfiles Theatre has mounted an intelligent, comical show set in the confines of an automobile. Neil LaBute’s latest work cleverly uses the front seat of a car as a platform for personal confessionals. This is a collection of six short plays is a voyeuristic peek into each couple’s lives as they travel towards their inevitable destinations.
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Killers - Review - Mar 20, 2006

Killers - ReviewMary Arrchie Theatre Co presents a dark dramatic noir classic featuring five desperate, insane characters each struggling with their own demons. Killers, by John Olive, unfolds as a look back into the nasty world of 1950's pulp novels.
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The Fourth Sister - Review - Mar 20, 2006

The Fourth Sister - ReviewTrap Door Theatre's latest production is the Midwest Premiere of Polish playwright Janusz Glowacki. A surrealistic, dark comedy with hints of Chekhov that is fully farcical, bitingly satirical, and manically zany ... yet very satisfying.
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Angels in America - Review - Mar 13, 2006

Angels in America - ReviewHypocrites Theatre in association with Bailiwick Repertory. This brilliant, complex, benumbing political drama is a true epic as it scales time, space while including three storylines with several dozen characters.
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Hizzoner - Review - Mar 13, 2006

Hizzoner - ReviewProp Theatre aptly captures the real Mayor Richard J. Daley who was the last big city political boss (Mayor of Chicago 1955-76) who ran the last of the strong Democratic ‘machines’.
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Accelerando - Review - Mar 13, 2006

Accelerando - ReviewNew Leaf Theatre creates a stylistic multi-media romantic comedy with a refreshingly different take on the classic ‘boy-meets girl’ show
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The Laramie Project - Review - Mar 13, 2006

The Laramie Project - ReviewJanus Theatre Company presents the powerful, heart-wrenching saga of the horrible hate crime against Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming in 1998
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Thoroughly Modern Millie - Review - Mar 6, 2006

Thoroughly Modern Millie - ReviewThoroughly Modern Millie is a fun show full of outstanding dancing, energetic performances with lots of laughs. Considered as one of the lightest shows ever to win the Tony Award for Best Musical, Millie delights us with two and a half hours of songs, dances, and more laughs than anticipated.
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Nina Simone - Review - Mar 6, 2006

Nina Simone - ReviewNina Simone: The High Priestess Speaks is a quality, musically rich show that captures the personality and the distinct style of the complex self-named ‘High Priestess,’ Nina Simone .
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The Allergists Wife - Review - Mar 6, 2006

The Allergists Wife - ReviewApple Tree Theatre in Highland Park once more offers a cute choice, Charles Busch’s wacky boulevard comedy The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. This terrific comedy is part NYC shtick with hints of Woody Allen and Neil Simon and part fable that delivers its smart humor through a host of eccentric characters.
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Private Lives - Review - Mar 6, 2006

Private Lives - ReviewPrivate Lives is a terrific production combining outstanding work from the four actors with intelligent direction by Alison C. Vesely with Noel Coward’s sophisticated wit, fluid language and smart, quirky plot.
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The Night Heron Review - Feb 27, 2006

The Night Heron ReviewSteep Theatre finds plays that champion “Everyman” theatre. Their latest find is a gem from the gifted British playwright, Jez Butterworth. The Night Heron is a hybrid work full of ambiguity as it is part religious allegory, part murder mystery, and part psychological drama.
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