Review: LADY X: THE MUSICAL at Hell in a Handbag Productions

Review: LADY X: THE MUSICAL at Hell in a Handbag Productions

Hell in a Handbag Productions begins its 15th season with a bang. LADY X: THE MUSICAL is a campy noir musical. Coupled with a few cocktails, it is the perfect antidote to escape this dumpster fire world.

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Goodman Has Its AH, WILDERNESS! Cast and Creatives

Goodman Has Its AH, WILDERNESS! Cast and Creatives

Goodman Theatre has announced the cast and creatives for their summer production of Eugene O’Neill’s AH, WILDERNESS!.

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Music Theater Works Has Its CANDIDE Cast and Creatives

Music Theater Works Has Its CANDIDE Cast and Creatives

Pictured: Cecilia Iole Music Theater Works (formerly Light Opera Works) has announced the cast and creative team for their first show of the 2017 season, Leonard Bernstein’s CANDIDE. Directed by Artistic Director Rudy Hogenmiller and conducted by music director Roger L. Bingaman, the production features  Gary Alexander (Voltaire/Pangloss), Ben Barker...

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Drury Lane’s CHICAGO Has That Razzle Dazzle

Drury Lane’s CHICAGO Has That Razzle Dazzle

Every town loves a good murder story that is twisted in half-truths, exploited by the media, and smothered in provacative scandal.

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Solid Supporting Cast Can’t Save Drawn Out NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES

Solid Supporting Cast Can’t Save Drawn Out NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES

Pictured (l-r): Joshua J. Volkers, Rudy Galvan, Tamarus Harvell, Raphael Diaz, Matthew Garry, Juwan Lockett, Luke Daigle. Photo by Dean La Prairie.  Review: NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES at Raven Theatre By Jude Hansen NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES is an incredibly tedious production fraught with some really puzzling directorial choices. Starting with the use...

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Spiel Chicago Episode Eighteen: Halcyon Theatre and THE RIVER BRIDE

Spiel Chicago Episode Eighteen: Halcyon Theatre and THE RIVER BRIDE

SPIEL CHICAGO is a bi-weekly podcast that explores the progressive and thoughtful work of women in Chicago theater.

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Lyric Opera’s MY FAIR LADY Will Have Audiences Dancing All Night

Lyric Opera’s MY FAIR LADY Will Have Audiences Dancing All Night

In Richard E. Grant’s smug and daffy Higgins and Lisa O’Hare’s spitfire and ever resilient Eliza, this MY FAIR LADY gives us a pair that could not be more well-matched.

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Stakes Aren’t High Enough for No Stakes’ CABARET

Stakes Aren’t High Enough for No Stakes’ CABARET

The No Stakes Theatre Project lives up to its namesake with its current production of CABARET. I don’t need to summarize this show for you. You know it. And in 2017, you wouldn’t think a musical about the rise of Nazi Germany would be relevant. But here we are.

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Cast of RENT to Host Benefit for Legacy Project Chicago 

Cast of RENT to Host Benefit for Legacy Project Chicago 

Broadway In Chicago and the RENT 20th Anniversary Tour have announced A SEASON OF LOVE BENEFIT CONCERT.

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Akvavit Has Its HITLER ON THE ROOF Cast and Creatives

Akvavit Has Its HITLER ON THE ROOF Cast and Creatives

Akvavit Theatre has announced the cast and production team for the or the U.S. premiere of Rhea Leman’s black comedy HITLER ON THE ROOF, a play for two clowns.

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