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WINTER GUIDE 2011: A top-10 list of my most anticipated shows of the new year.
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS: Because I'd rather make them for others than myself, suggestions for Chicago theater.
"ON THE FRINGE" WINTER GUIDE: Nina Metz and Kerry Reid on the most promising off-Loop shows.
MARY SCRUGGS, 1964~2011: Read the obituary of the Second City writer and teacher, plus
YOUR COMMENTS.
"DETROIT" is the latest Steppenwolf show to make the jump to Broadway.
SKETCHFEST: The 10th annual Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival is through Jan. 16. Read reviews by Chris Jones and Nina Metz from opening weekend. |
SLIDESHOW
SKETCHUBATOR: Kevin Pang on the not-for-public show.
Shows are rated on a ★★★★ scale
"Aftermath" ★★★½ Through Jan. 23 at Signal Ensemble Theatre
"Cats" ★★★ Through Feb. 20 by Theo Ubique in the No Exit Café
"Jailbait" ★★★ Through Feb. 27 by Profiles at the Second Stage
"Million Dollar Quartet" ★ ★ ★½ Through May 29 at the Apollo Theater
"Monty Python's Spamalot" ★★★★ Through March 6 at Drury Lane Theatre, Oakbrook Terrace
"The Pirates of Penzance" ★★★½ Through Jan. 30 by the Hypocrites at Chopin Theatre
"Travels With My Aunt" ★★★ Through March 27 at Writers' Theatre
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" ★★★½ Through Feb. 13 by Steppenwolf Theatre Company
"Wicked" ★★★★ Through Jan 23 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre
"The Elephant Man" by BoHo at Theater Wit
"An Unscripted Romance" and Michael Pizza and The Katydids
"Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune"
and "Muerte del Maestro"
"Lobby Hero" and "Tour Guides"
"Tearing Down the Walls" by eta Creative Arts
"Cash" by XIII Pocket at Stage 773
"Local Wonders" by Full Sky at Chicago Dramatists
"Boojum! Nonsense, Truth, and Lewis Carroll"
and "Cherry Smoke"
"Bri-Ko: All Silent, All Funny" at Stage 773
"Cats" by Theo Ubique at the No Exit Café
"The Lonesome West" at the Gift Theatre
"Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies" at Second City
"The Addams Family" at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
"American Idiot" at the St. James Theatre
"Avenue Q" at the Golden Theatre
"Billy Elliot" at the Imperial Theatre
"In the Heights" at the Richard Rodgers Theatre
"Memphis" at the Shubert Theatre
"Million Dollar Quartet" at the Nederlander Theatre
"Next to Normal" at Booth Theatre
"Rock of Ages" at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre
"Time Stands Still" at the Friedman Theatre
A delightful Rosalind makes for Shakespeare done 'As You Like It' on Navy Pier
'Spider-Man' opening postponed yet again
'Dixie's Tupperware Party' to begin at Royal George on March 18
A last Goodman word from Spalding Gray: 'And Everything Is Going Fine'
Whoopi Goldberg to celebrate Black History Month ... Guess where?
Laurie Anderson's meditations in 'Delusion' are well-suited for a dark and wintry night
Mary Scruggs of Second City dies at age 46
'Tomorrow Morning' is headed off-Broadway
Steppenwolf Theatre's 'Detroit' is headed to Broadway
Jon Michael Hill joins the cast of Steppenwolf's 'Hot L Baltimore'
"August: Osage County"
"Billy Elliot the Musical"
"Million Dollar Quartet"
"Shrek the Musical"
"The Addams Family"
16th Street Theatre
500 Clown
A Red Orchid Theatre
About Face Theatre
Actors Theatre Company
Albany Park Theatre Project
American Blues Theater
American Musical Theatre Project
American Players Theatre
American Theater Company
Annoyance Theatre
Apple Tree Theatre
Arie Crown Theatre
Artistic Home
Athenaeum Theatre
BackStage Theatre Company
Bailiwick Chicago
Black Ensemble Theatre
Blair Thomas & Co.
Bohemian Theatre Ensemble
Broadway
Broadway in Chicago
Broadway Playhouse
Building Stage
Chicago Children's Theatre
Chicago Dramatists
Chicago Muse
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Circle Theatre
Cirque du Soleil
City Lit Theater
Collaboraction
Congo Square Theatre Company
Court Theatre
Dog & Pony Theatre Company
Drury Lane Theatre
Eclipse Theatre
Elephant Eye Theatricals
eta Creative Arts
Factory Theater
First Folio Theatre
Gift Theatre
Goodman Theatre
Greenhouse Theater Center
Griffin Theatre
Harris Theater
Hell in a Handbag Productions
Hoover-Leppen Theater
House Theatre of Chicago
Hypocrites
i.O. Theater
Infamous Commonwealth
Joseph Jefferson Awards
Just For Laughs
Lifeline Theatre
Light Opera Works
Live Bait Theater
Lookingglass Theatre Company
Marriott Theatre
Mary Arrchie Theatre
Mercury Theatre
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Neo-Futurists
New Colony
Next Theatre
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
Northlight Theatre
Obituaries
Pegasus Players
Piven Theatre Workshop
Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago
Profiles Theatre
Provision Theatre
Raven Theatre
Ravinia Festival
Redmoon Theater
Redtwist Theatre
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
Rosemont Theatre
Route 66 Theatre Company
Royal George Theatre
Second City
Shattered Globe
Side Project
Sideshow Theatre Company
Signal Ensemble Theatre
Silk Road Theatre Project
Stage 773
Stage Left Theatre
Steep Theatre
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Strangeloop
Stratford Festival
Strawdog Theatre
Teatro Vista
Teatro ZinZanni
Theater Oobleck
Theater Wit
Theatre at the Center
Theatre Building Chicago
Theatre Seven
Theatre-Hikes
Theo Ubique Theatre Company
TimeLine Theatre
Tony Awards
Trap Door Theatre
TUTA Theatre
Uptown Theatre
Victory Gardens
Writers' Theatre
XIII Pocket
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