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TRIBUNE STAGE GUIDE: Reviews and photos for theater in Chicago and suburbs, including critic's picks from Chris Jones, Nina Metz and Kerry Reid.
Left, Sally Murphy and Stephen Louis Grush in "Sex with Strangers"
Shows are rated on a ★★★★ scale
"A Twist of Water" ★★★★ Reopening May 1 by Route 66 at Mercury Theatre
"Black Watch" ★★★★ Through April 10 at the Broadway Armory
"Blue Man Group" ★★★★ Open run at the Briar Street Theatre
"Circle Mirror Transformation" ★★★½ Through April 17 at the Victory Gardens Biograph
"The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?" ★★★½ Through May 8 at the Greenhouse Theater Center
"God of Carnage" ★★★ Through April 17 at the Goodman Theatre
"Heddatron" ★★★ In rotating repertory through April 24 as part of Steppenwolf's Garage Rep
"Million Dollar Quartet" ★ ★ ★½ Open run at the Apollo Theater
"Night and Her Stars" ★★★ Through April 24 at Gift Theatre
"reasons to be pretty" ★★½ Through April 10 at Profiles Theatre
"Sense & Sensibility" ★★★ Through April 17 at North Shore Center for Performing Arts
"Sex with Strangers" ★★★ Through May 15 at Steppenwolf Theatre
"Some Enchanted Evening" ★★★½ Through April 30 by Theo Ubique at The No Exit Cafe
"The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen" ★★★½ In rotating repertory through April 24 as part of Steppenwolf's Garage Rep
"Travels With My Aunt" ★★★ Through April 10 at Writers' Theatre
"Working" ★★★½ Open run at the Broadway Playhouse
"All in Love Is Fair" at Black Ensemble Theater
"The Hot L Baltimore" at Steppenwolf Theatre
"El Nogalar" at the Goodman Theatre
"Star Witness" by House Theatre at Chopin
"From Generation to Generation" at Stage 773
"Oprah! Live Your Best Laugh" and "Ephemera"
"Aida" at the Drury Lane Theatre
"Dixie's Tupperware Party" at the Royal George Cabaret
"Orlando" at the Court Theatre
"Faith Healer" at the Oak Park Performance Center
"MilkMilkLemonade" and "The Buzz That Is The Buzz"
"The Warriors" by New Colony at Second Stage
"A West (and North) Side Story" and "The 13th of Paris"
"The Cripple of Inishmaan" at Chicago Shakespeare
"First Ladies" at Trap Door Theatre
"Meet John Doe" at Stage 773
"Ethan Frome" at the Lookingglass Theatre
"Precious Little" at the Storefront Theater
"That Was Then" by Seanachai Theatre Company
"Samuel J. and K." by Steppenwolf for Young Adults
"The Man Who Came to Dinner" at Circle Theatre
"The Dream Journal of Doctor Jekyll" by The Mammals
"An Enemy of the People" and "The Homecoming"
"Magnetic North" and "Radio Golf"
"The Addams Family" at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
"American Idiot" at the St. James Theatre
"Avenue Q" at the Golden Theatre
"Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" at the Richard Rodgers
"Billy Elliot" at the Imperial Theatre
"The Book of Mormon" at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre
"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre
"Memphis" at the Shubert Theatre
"Million Dollar Quartet" at the Nederlander Theatre
"Next to Normal" at Booth Theatre
"Priscilla Queen of the Desert" at the Palace Theatre
"Rock of Ages" at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre
"Time Stands Still" at the Friedman Theatre
Nina Metz reviews 'Ghosts of Atwood'
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