Theater
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Skylight’s ‘Carmina Burana’ Will Wow You
Mar 18th, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth
The most original and mesmerizing production I’ve seen this season.
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Carmina Burana Becomes Big Little Show
Mar 14th, 2019 by Jim Cryns
Carl Orff’s musical setting of medieval monks’ poems gets a dramatic staging with dancers.
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Mother Knows Best
Mar 11th, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth
Rep’s family play ‘Things I Know to Be True’ is uneven, but audience seems captivated.
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In Tandem’s Two Hander A Treat
Feb 27th, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth
In 'Velocity', aging mother and estranged son fight over her independence, with dramatic, witty results.
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‘Strange Snow’ Probes Vietnam War Wounds
Feb 26th, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth
Chamber Theatre production is uneven but packs a punch.
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See the Exotic Chinese Lady!
Feb 18th, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth
Rep’s 'The Chinese Lady' probes a 19th century carny show and white attitudes about immigrants.
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The Tangled Roots of Racism
Feb 4th, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth
Next Act’s “Blood at the Root” hits hard, but lacks subtlety and shading.
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Going Crazy for Louis Jordan
Jan 28th, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth
Skylight’s ‘Five Guys Named Moe’ is a dance party that’s more about music than story.
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Up a Lazy River
Jan 22nd, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth
Rep’s cabaret show “Mark Twain’s River of Song” meanders too easily into cliches.
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Science, Sexism and the Nobel Prize
Jan 21st, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth
Renaissance staging of Photograph 51 champions double helix discoverer Rosalind Franklin.
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Rep’s ‘Junk’ Is Fast-Paced Thriller
Jan 21st, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth
Big cast of juicy characters and dark, witty look at Wall Street junk bond deals of 1980s.
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Black Nativity Explodes With Song
Dec 11th, 2018 by Dominique Paul Noth
Bronzeville Arts Ensemble brings us the old story with modern musical trappings.