Review Round-Up

2008

September 26

Threepenney Opera- The Hypocrites
Dahiell Hamlet - City Lit Theatre
Dr. Egg and the Man with No Ear - Redmoon Theatre

September 12

Weekend- Timeline
The Boys of Syracuse - Drury Lane Oakbrook
Scenes from the Big Picture - Seanachia Theatre Company
Tell Me on a Sunday - Bailiwick Repertory

August 29

The Birthday Party- Signal Ensemble Theatre
Election Day - Theatre Seven
On an Average Day - Route 66 Theatre
Torch Song Trilogy - Hubris Productions

August 15

The Merchant of Venice- Bohemian Theatre Ensemble
CoEd Prison Sluts - Annoyance Theatre
Glengarry Glen Ross - redtwist theatre
Plaza Suite - Eclipse Theatre Co.

August 1

Lion in Winter - Writers Theatre
Get Ready - eta Creative Arts
Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night - Theo Ubique
Saints in Strange Places - Appetite Theatre

July 18

Funk It Up About Nothin' - Chicago Shakes
Hay Fever - Circle Theatre
The Kid from Brooklyn - The Danny Kaye Musical - Mercury Theater
Superior Donuts - Steppenwolf

June 20

The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Bailiwick Repertory
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story - Drury Lane Oakbrook
Jekyll & Hyde - Bohemian Theatre Ensemble
Nunsense - Marriott Theatre

June 6

A Taste of Honey - Shattered Globe
Be More Chill - Griffin Theatre
Juno and the Paycock - The Artistic Home
Laughter on teh 23rd Floor - Raven Theatre

May 23

Our Town - The Hypocrites
Enchanted April - Circle Theatre
Henry IV - Halcyon Theatre
Russian on the Side - Royal George Theatre

May 9

Intrigue with Faye - InFusion Theatre Company
Dead Man's Cell Phone - Steppenwolf Theatre
Mabeth - Greasy Joan & Co.

April 25

Los Desaparecidos - Babes with Blades
In a Dark Dark House - Profiles
Lust, Lies and Marriage - Piccolo Theatre
A Passage to India - Vitalist

April 11

The Beastly Bombing - Trap Door Theatre
Candles to the Sun - Eclipse
Ceres - Factory Theater
Silvia - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

March 28

The Attempters - House Theatre of Chicago
The Caretaker - Mary Arrchie Theatre
Carters Way - Steppenwolf
The House of Yes - Will Act for Food
Solo Tu - Teatro Luna

March 14

Heat Wave - Pegasus Players and Live Bait
As You Lilke It - Writers Theatre
Richard III - Strawdog
Skin in Flames - Stage Left

February 29

Breathing Corpses - Steep Theatre
Othello - Chicago Shakespeare
Pitching Penguins - Flaxen Theater
Talking It Over - Lifeline Theatre

February 15

Fatboy - A Red Orchid Theatre
Columbinus - Raven Theatre
Dolly West's Kitchen - Timeline Theatre
Missing Man - A Live Bait

February 1

White People - The Gift Theatre Company
Cloud Tectonics - Halcyon Theatre
How I Spent My Last Night on Earth - Griffin Theatre
Requiem for a Heavyweight - Shattered Globe Theatre

January 18

Good Boys anad True - Steppenwolf
bare - Bailiwick Repertory
Marrying Terry - Nightingale Group

2007

December 21

The Philadelphia Story - Remy Bumppo
Good Black - eta Creative Arts Foundation
Lord Butterschotch and the Curse of the Darkwater Phantom - Blindfaith
Turn of the Screw - Writers Theatre

December 7

A Prayer for My Daughter - Mary Arrchie
Lost Love - Hypatia
The Nutcracker - House Theatre
Tesla's Letters - Timeline

November 23

The Island of Dr. Moreau - Lifeline
Cabaret - Theatre Ubique
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress - Hubris Theatre
Mr. Fluxus - Neo-Futurists

November 9

Emma - Trap Door
The Magician - National Pastime
The Night of the Iguana - Raven Theatre
The Savannah Disputation - Writers Theatre

October 26

No Child - Lookingglass
The Crucible - Steppenwolf
Desire Under the Elms - The Hypocrites
MiLK - MPAACT

October 12

Some Girls - Profiles Theatre
Jitney - Pegasus Players
The Magnificents - The House Theatre of Chicago
Phantom - Porchlight Music Theatre

September 28

The Brother - Hancock Productions
The Hound of the Baskervilles - City Lit
Soiree Dada: Blinde Esel Hopse - WNEP

September 14

Paradise Lost - Timeline Theatre
The Fool (Returns to His Chair) - The Neo-Futurists
Three Sisters - The Gift Theatre
The Odd Couple - Drury Lane Oakbrook

August 31

Camino Real - Mom and Dad Productions
Envoy - Echo Theatre
Evolution - MOB Productions
Red Light Winter - Thunder and Lightening Ensemble

August 17

Zombies from Beyond - Backstage
Gross Indecency - Bohemian Theatre
Insignificance - Steep Theatre
2 by Pearl - Eclipse

August 3

August: Osage County - Steppenwolf Theatre
Married Alive! - Marriott Theatre
Pratfall of Civilization - Second City
Stoops - ETA Creative Arts Foundation

July 20

Les Liaisons Dangereuses – Actors Workshop Theatre
Jerry Springer - The Opera —
Bailiwick Repertory
Lookingglas Alice —
Lookingglass Theatre
Siskel and Ebert Save Chicago —
Factory Theatre

June 22
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui – Steep Theatre Company
The Life – Bohemian Theatre Ensemble
Othello – Writers’ Theatre Chicago
Those Sensuous Seductive ’70s – Black Ensemble Theater

June 8
EscapeLive Bait Theatre
The Bald SopranoThe Hypocrites
Crossing CaliforniaLifeline Theatre
Mad DancersPiven Theatre Workshop

May 25
Trouble the WaterMPAACT
The Constant WifeGriffin Theatre Co.
Living in the WindETA Creative Arts Foundation
Widowers’ HousesTimeLine Theatre Co.

May 11
Scotland RoadOracle Productions
AppleProfiles Theatre
HamletSignal Ensemble Theatre
Poker Night at the White HouseThe Neo-Futurists

April 27
The Puppetmaster of Lodz – Writers’ Theatre Chicago
A Lie of the Mind – Strawdog Theatre Company
Ragtime – Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago
Something’s Afoot – Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook

April 13
The Swan – Trap Door Productions
Blues for an Alabama Sky – Eclipse Theatre Company
Memphis Soul (The Music of Stax Records) – Black Ensemble Theater
The Sea Gull – Raven Theatre

March 30
Golden Child – Silk Road Theatre Project
Another Day in the Empire – Black Sheep Prods
The Girl in the Iron Mask – Babes With Blades
Thom Pain (based on nothing) – Theater Wit

March 16
Black Caesar – Pegasus Players
Bach at Leipzig – Writers’ Theatre Chicago
Edward II – Bohemian Theatre Ensemble
Grease – Marriott Theatre

March 2
The Piano Tuner – Lifeline Theatre
Betrayal – Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Landscape of the Body – The Artistic Home
Once Upon a Time (or the Secret Language of Birds) – Redmoon Theater

February 16
Blithe Spirit – The Gift Theatre Company
Blasted – A Red Orchid Theatre
Harmless – TimeLine Theatre Company
You Asked For It – The Neo-Futurists

February 2
The Sparrow – House Theatre of Chicago
Alice in Bed – Trap Door Theatre
The King and IDrury Lane Oakbrook
The PriceShattered Globe Theatre

January 19
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – The Hypocrites
All Night Strut – Marriott Theatre
Bohemian Nights – Chopin Theatre
Sonia Flew – Steppenwolf Theatre Co.

2006

December 22
American Buffalo – Raven Theatre
Heat – ETA Creative Arts Foundation
Meet Me In St. Louis – Circle Theatre
TransferenceOne Way Out Productions

December 8
500 Clown Christmas – 500 Clown
The Christmas Schooner – Bailiwick Repertory
The Real Thing – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
A Wonderful Life – Porchlight Music Theatre

November 24
Argonautika – Lookingglass Theatre
Boy Gets Girl – Eclipse Theatre Company
DragThe Neo-Futurists
Side by Side by SondheimTheo Ubique Theatre Company

November 10
Moby Dick – The Building Stage
Caravaggio – Silk Road Theatre Project
A Room With a View – Lifeline Theatre
Say You Love Satan – About Face

October 27
Dead End – Griffin Theatre Company
American Buffalo – Raven Theatre
In Times of War – Stage Left Theatre
The Pillowman – Steppenwolf Theatre Company

October 13
Marathon ‘33 – Strawdog Theatre Company
Clay – About Face Theatre
Hatfield & McCoy – House Theatre of Chicago
Raisin – Court Theatre

September 29
Hamlet – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
The Exonerated – Raven Theatre
Long Day’s Journey Into Night – The Gift Theatre Company
Mother Courage and her Children – Vitalist Theatre

September 15
Roustabout – The Neo-Futurists
The General from America – TimeLine Theatre Company
Shakesploitation – New Millennium Theatre Company
Ten Little Indians (And Then There Were None) – Drury Lane Oakbrook

August 18
Spinning into Butter – Eclipse Theatre Company
Closer – MOB Productions
The House of Yes – Easy Street Players
Tales of the Lost Formicans – Circle Theatre

August 4
Unchanging Love – The Artistic Home
Once Upon a Time in New Jersey – Marriott Theatre
The Unmentionables – Steppenwolf Theatre Company

July 21
Julius Caesar – Oak Park Festival Theatre
Cirque Shanghai – Navy Pier
Seussical: The Musical – Chicago Shakespeare Theater
War! Now in its Fourth Smash Year – Second City

July 7
Don't Make Me Over – Black Ensemble Theater
Electronic Baby – Bobkat Productions
Flora, the Red Menace – Theo Unique Theatre Company
M. Proust – About Face

June 23
Side Show – Bohemian Theatre Ensemble
The Duchess of Malfi – Writers’ Theatre Chicago
Gaudy Night – Lifeline Theatre
Huddersfield – TUTA Theatre Chicago

June 9
Leaving Iowa – Royal George Theatre
Assassins – Open Eye Productions
The Boy Detective Fails – House Theatre
Sweet Smell of Success – Circle Theatre

May 26
The Clean House – Goodman Theatre
Fiorello! – TimeLine Theatre Company
Hecuba – Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The Old Curiosity Shop – Lookingglass

May 12
Waiting for Godot – Curious Theatre Branch
Book of Days – Raven Theatre
The Golden Truffle – Redmoon Theater
The Secret Garden – Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago

April 28
The Chosen—Mercury Theatre
Back of the Throat—Silk Road Theatre Project
Love Song—Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Tooth of Crime (Second Dance)—Strawdog Theatre Company

April 14
Urinetown—Mercury Theatre
Dealer’s Choice—Shattered Globe Theatre
Loose Knit—Actor’s Workshop Theatre
A Whistle in the Dark—Seanachai Theatre Company

March 31
The Fourth Sister - Trap Door Productions
Angels in America, part I - The Hypocrites
autobahn - Profiles Theatre
Two for the Show - Theater Wit

March 17
Still Life - Pegasus Players
Josephine Tonight - Theatre Building Chicago
Killers - Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.
St. Scarlet - American Theater Company

March 3
Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom -
TimeLine Theatre Company
A Child’s History of Bombing - The Neo-Futurists
Johnny Tremain - Lifeline Theatre
Somebody Foreign - City Lit Theatre Company

February 17
The Sea Horse - A Red Orchid Theatre
Dear World - Circle Theatre
Grace and Glorie - Raven Theatre
Tartuffe - Remy Bumppo Theatre Co.

February 3
girl 20 - Serendipity Theatre Company
The Coast of Chicago - Walkabout Theater Company
The House of Blue Leaves - Shattered Globe Theatre
Valentine Victorious - House Theatre of Chicago!

January 20
Iraqtile Dysfunction - Second City
The Fantasticks - Theo Ubique Theatre Company
Much Ado About Nothing - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Oliver! - Marriott Theatre

2005

December 23
Salt in a Wound - eta Creative Arts Foundation
after the quake - Steppenwolf
Aren't We All - Remy Bumppo
500 Clown (Sings) Christmas Carol(s) - 500 Clown

December 9
4.48 Psychosis - The Hypocrites
Hortensia and the Field of Dreams - Victory Gardens
Nathan the Wise - Chicago Festival of the Arts
Top Shelf - Factory Theatre

November 25
A Few Good Men - Raven Theatre
Crave - Side Project
Kimberly Akimbo - A Red Orchid Theatre
A Man for All Seasons - TimeLine Theatre Company

November 11
Ten Acrobats in an Amazing Leap of Faith -
Silk Road Theatre Project
Bark! - Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
The Glory of Living - Profiles Theatre
The Madwoman of Chaillot - The Artistic Home

October 28
Last of the Boys - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Echoes of Another Man - Stage Left Theatre
St. Colm's Inch - Chicago Dramatists
The Talisman Ring - Lifeline Theatre

October 14
Time and the Conways - Griffin Theatre Company
God of Hell - Next Theatre
The House of Bernarda Alba - Greasy Joan & Company
The Great and Terrible Wizard of Oz - House Theatre of Chicago

September 30
Soundtrack City Chicago - Viaduct Theatre
Death of a Salesman - The Hypocrites
Gypsy - Porchlight Music Theatre
Two by Friel - Irish Repertory

September 16
Safe - International Theatre of Chicago
Copenhagen - TimeLine Theatre Company

September 2
Sextet: An Evening of One-Acts - Eclipse Theatre Company
The Cryptogram - The Journeymen
Like a Dog on Linoleum - Baliwick Repertory

August 19
Denise Druczweski’s Inferno - Backstage Theatre Company
Beyond Therapy - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Comedy of Errors - Chicago Shakespeare
Morning’s At Seven - Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place

August 5
The Radiant Abyss - Profiles Theatre
Rogue's Oresteia - Rogue Theater Company
What's Wrong With Angry? - Circle Theatre

June 24
Symmetry - Victory Gardens
A Hatful of Rain - Raven Theatre
Hillbilly Antigone - Lookingglass Theatre
Thou Shalt Not - Circle Theatre

June 10
Great Expectations - Piven Theatre Workshop
Dave DaVinci Saves the Universe - House Theatre of Chicago
The Kentucky Cycle - Infamous Commonwealth Theatre
Stardust - Griffin Theatre Company

May 27
Suburban Motel - Famous Door
At Last: A Tribute to Etta James - Black Ensemble Theater
4 Murders - A Red Orchid Theatre
Martin Furey's Shot - TimeLine Theatre Co.

May 13
Living Out - American Theatre Company
Accidental Death of an Anarchist - Next Theatre
God's Country - Boxer Rebellion Theatre
The Nose - greasy joan & company
Toast of the Town - Factory Theatre

April 29
Romeo and Juliet - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Dead Wrong - National Pastime Theatre
Patriots - The Neo-Futurists
Rimers of Eldritch - Eclipse Theatre Company

April 15
Red Herring - Northlight Theatre
Natural Affection - The Artistic Home
The Subject Was Roses - Writers Theatre
Vincent in Brixton - The Journeymen

April 1
The Cabinet - Redmoon Theater
Leaving Iowa - Theatre Building Chicago
Reparation - Profiles Theatre
Swing! - Marriott Theatre

March 18
The Vow - Stage Left Theatre
Fire - Prop Thtr
Incident at Vichy - Steep Theatre Co.
The Sirens of Titan - Lifeline Theatre

March 4
Lavender Lizards & Lilac Landmines: Layla's Dream -
Congo Square Theatre Co.
Golf - Circle Theatre
Lookingglass Alice - Lookingglass Theatre
Pravda - TimeLine Theatre Company

February 18
Gagarin Way - A Red Orchid Theatre
The Balcony - Tinfish Productions
Closer Than Ever - Porchlight Music Theatre
The Last Two Minutes of the Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen - The Neo-Futurists

February 4
Of Mice and Men - Shattered Globe
Curse of the Crying Heart - House Theatre of Chicago
The Glass Menagerie - The Hypocrites
Inventing Van Gogh - Bailiwick Repertory

2004

December 24
Mojo - Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.
Cherry Orchard - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - A Crew of Patches
The Santaland Diaries - Theatre Wit
Save Me from Myself - The Mammals

December 10
Peer Gynt - The Artistic Home
Big Time - Eclipse Theatre Company
Sons of Liberty - Breadline Theatre Group
Terra Nova - Backstage Theatre Co.

November 26
This Happy Breed - TimeLine Theatre
Arrangement for Two Violas - Visions & Voices Theatre Co.
An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf -
Appetite Theatre Company
Middle-Aged White Guys - Open Eye Productions
Windmilled - The Neo-Futurists

November 12
A Long Way from Chicago - LifeLIne Theatre
The Garden of Delights - Trap Door Productions
1984 - Lookingglass Theatre
Puntila and His Man Matti - Strawdog Theatre Company

October 29
Equus - The Hypocrites
Seagull - Writers' Theatre Chicago
Burn This - New World Repertory Theatre
A Streetcar Named Desire - Raven Theatre
Spoon River Anthology - Theo Ubique Theatre Company

October 15
The Dresser - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
The Age of Cynicism or Karaoke Night at the Hog -
Chicago Dramatists

Sweeney Todd - Porchlight Music Theatre
How to Explain Communism to Mental Patients -
Wing & Groove Theatre Company

October 1
A Clockwork Orange - Defiant Theatre
King Lear - Vitalist Theatre
The Merry Wives of Windsor - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
OZ the Urbantale - Why a Duck Theatrical Productions
W! - Theatre Wit

September 17
Camp Nimrod for Girls - Live Bait
Cave With Man - House Theater
Hannah and Martin - TimeLine Theatre
Poppin' and Lockdown 2 - Factory Theater

September 9
Matt & Ben - Jam Theatricals
Anatomy of Revenge - Bailiwick Repertory
Foolin' Around with Infinity - Phalanx Theatre
Takeout to the Ballgame - Stir-Friday Night!

August 20
500 Clown Macbeth - 500 Clown
Ain't Misbehavin' - Marriott Theatre
Brutality of Fact - Eclipse Theatre
A Midsummer Night's Dream - First Folio Shakespeare Festival

August 6
You Can't Take It With You - Open Eye Productions
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune - Steppenwolf
The Judas Kiss - Circle Theatre
Weddings of Mass Destruction - GayCo

July 23
Fuddy Meers - Strawdog Theatre Company
The Pyrates - Defiant Theatre
Romeo & Juliet - Oak Park Festival Theatre
Strong Poison - Lifeline Theatre

June 25
The House That Rocked - Black Ensemble Theater
The Doctor's Dilemma - Writer's Theatre Chicago
Street Scene - The Artistic Home

June 11
The People vs. Friar Laurence - Second City
How "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" Happened -
Hell in an Handbag Productions

March 28
Action Movie: The Play - Defiant
I Never Sang for my Father - Steppenwolf
Rocket Man - House

March 14
Frame 312 - Eclipse
[the] Violent Sex - Visions and Voices Theatre Co.
The Cradle Will Rock - TimeLine

April 16
Blackbird - Profiles Theatre
Fall to Earth - Steppenwolf Theatre
The Merchant of Venice - Strawdog Theatre
Trying - Victory Gardens Theatre

April 2
Speaking in Tongues - Famous Door
Crowns - Goodman Theatre
The Man Who Had All the Luck - Raven Theatre
Sin - Bailiwick Repertory Theatre

March 19
Killer Angels - Lifeline Theatre
American Dead - American Theater Company
Sturggling Truths - Prop Theatre

March 5
Our Layd of 121st Street - Steppenwolf
Paragon Springs - Timeline Theatre
Some Americans Abroad - Remy Bumppo Theatre

February 20
Camille/La Traviata - The Hypocrites
Great Men of Science Nos 21 & 22 - Lookingglass Theatre
Guys and Dolls - Court Theatre

Paramount Girl - Live Bait Theatre

February 6
Sex! - The Neo-Futurists
San Valentino and the Melancholy Kid - House Theatre
Sisterse from Belzoni - e.t.a Creative Arts Foundation

Tea - Silk Road Project

January 23
Here Comes a Regular - FActory Theatre
Cooking With Elvis - Sang Froid Theatre
Hairspray - Broadway in Chiago

A Human Interest Story - Walkabout Theatre
A Little Night Music - Chicago Shakespeare Thaetre

2003

December 5
Boston Marriage - Roadworks Prods.
Accidental Rapture - Visions and Voicec Theatre Co.
Broadway Bound - Pegasus Players

November 21
Job Opportunity - Incognito Inc.
Great Society - Famous Door
Misery - Pywacket Theatre

Nickle and Dimedr - Naked Eye Theatre

November 7
Let There Be Light - WNEP Theatre
Social Security - Raven Theatre
Skyscraper - Piven Theatre

Orange Flower Water - Steppenwolf Theatre

October 24
Lion in Winter - Rising Moon Theatre
Lion in Winter - Timeline
In the Solitude of Cotton Fields - A Red Orchid

The Maria Chronicles - Teatra Luna

October 10
Top Dog Underdog - Steppenwolf Theatre
Balm in Gilead - The Hypocrites
Dr. .Sex - Bailiwick Repertory

September 26
Death and Harry Houdini - House Theatre
En Mortem - Flush Puppy Prods.
The Underpants - Nobel Fool

September 12
A Clean Well-Lighted Space - Raven Theatre
Alcatraz - Serendipity Theatre Co.
Bind Tasting - Live Bait Theatre
Judgment at Nuremburg - Shattered Globe Theatre

August 29
Downsize - Walkabout Theatre
Menopause the Musical - Jeanie Linders
Ride Down Mt. Morgan - Equity Library Theatre

August 15
Homebody/Kabul - Steppenwolf
Lost in Yonkers - Eclipse

August 1
Abraham's Calling - Triarts
Forever Plaid - Marriot
Pinafore - Bailiwick Repertory Theatre

July 18
Lookingglass - Race
Bounce - Goodman
Noble Fool - Don't Drink the Water

June 20
Griffin Theatre - Fifth of July
Seanachai Theatre - Journey's End
The Hypocrites - Happy Days
Open Eye Prods. - Psycho Beach Party

June 6
Naked Eye Theatre - The Idiot Box
Roadworks - The Book of Liz
Writers Theatre Chicago - Crime and Punishment
Strawdog - Spring Awakening

May 23
Terrapin Theatre - the go
Timeline - Hannah and Martin
Running with Scissors - Lysistrata
Live Bait - Pura Vida
Steppenwolf - The Violet Hour

May 9
Court Theatre - The Romance Cycle
Next Theatre - Measure for Measure
Smash Theatre - Credeaux Canvas

April 25
Rivendell Theatre Enselmbe - Be Agressive
Piven Theatre - Avingdon Square
WNEP- Pretty Things
Profiles Theatre - Snakebit

April 11
Raven Theatre - Golden Boy
Collaboraction - The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Loved in the Former Soviet Union
Visions and Voices - The Devil's Sonata
Neo-Futurists - The Emmett Project

March 28
greay joan & co - Marisol
Artistic HomeEnsemble - After the Fall
Lifeline - Far from the Madding Crowd
Bailiwick Repertory - Hamlet Dreams
Writers Theatre Chicago - Rough Crossing

March 14
Mary Arrchie - When the Walls Have Ears
Black Ensemble Theater - Howlin' at the Moon
A Red Orchid - Mr. Kolpert
Congo Square and Steppenwolf - Wedding Band

February 28
Timeline Theatre Co. - Hauptmann
Open Eye Prods. - Cell Block Sirens of 1953
Famous Door - The Cider House Rules

February 14
Victory Gardens - Bourbon at the Border
Shattered Globe - Judgement at Nuremberg
Strawdog - Knives in Hens

January 31
Reverie Theatre Co. - The Cherry Orchard
Roadworks - Eloise and Ray
Hell in a Handbag Prods. - Poseidon! An Upsidedown Musical
Goodman - The Rose Tattoo

January 17
Irish Repertory - The Hunt for Red Willie
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre - Julius Caesar
The Hypocrites - Machinal

2002

December 20
Factory - Among the Dead
Victory Gardens - God and Country
Remy Bumppo - Holiday
Court Theatre - James Joyce's The Dead

December 6
Visions and Voices Theatre Co.- Vintage Red and the Dust of the Road
Red Orchid - Eric LaRue
Broutil & Frothingham Prods. - The Mousetrap
Stage Left - Prairie Lights

November 22
International Theatre of Chicago- Ocean Sea
Theatre Oobleck - Innocence and Other Vices
Eclipse - Landscape of the Body
Blair Thomas & Co. - The Puppet, the Poet and the Prisoner

November 8
Chicago Theatre Company - Cut Flowers
Neo Futurists - Drinking and Writing
Running with Scissors - Pan and Boon
Chicago Shakespeare - Sunday in the Park with George

October 25
Writers Theatre Chicago - Rocket to the Moon
Remy Bumppo - The Secred Rapture
Congo Square - A Soldier's Story
Light Opera Works - Soup Du Jour

October 11
Red Hen - Bloody Bess
Stage Left - Empty
Viaduct Theatre - Hellhound on My Trail

September 27
Chicago Center for the Performing Arts - Orson's Shadow
Strawdog Theatre - Julius Caesar
Porchlight Musical Theatre - Promises Promises
ATC - Quake

Open Eye Productions - Titanic

September 13
Baum House - The Hawkshaws
Organic Theatre - Five Rooms of Furniture
The Hypocrites - Henry 5
Drury Lane Oakbrook - On Golden Pond

Wing and Groove - Tartuffe

August 30
Flush Puppy Productions - Polaroid Stories
Hyperworld Theatre - A Devil Inside
Raven Theatre - Marvin's Room
Bailiwick Repertory - Southern Baptist Sissies

August 16
House Theatre - The Terrible Tragedy of Peter Pan
TriArts - Freedomland
Mary Arrchie - Hot L Baltimore
Broadway in Chicago - Movin' Out

August 2
Factory Theatre - Eagle Ridge, Eagle Landing
Trapdoor Theatre - The History of the Devil
T
inFish Theatre - My Sister in This House
Steppenwolf Theatre - Purple Heart

Will Act for Food - Vieux Carre

July 19
eta Creative Arts - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre - The Bomb-itty of Errors
Goodman Theatre - Galileo Galilei
SummerNite - The Servant of Two Masters

June 21
Porchlight Theatre - A New Brain
Roadworks - The American Plan
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble - Indulgences in the Louisville Harem
Pegasus Players - Sunday in the Park with George

June 7
Circle Theatre - Stripped
Court Theatre - My Fair Lady
OTG Productions - A Ritual of Faith
Black Ensemble Theater - Sweet Mama Stringbean

May 24
Redmon Theatre - Salao - The Worst Kind of Unlucky
Timeline Theatre - Death and the Maiden
Goodman - Hollywood Arms
Congo Square - Playboy of the West Indies
Quote of the Week: Jonathan Abarbanel is surprised

May 10
Nobel Fool - Mirandolina
Terrapin Theatre - Brimstone & Treacle
Next Theatre - Cherry Docs
About Face - Xena Live: Episode 2

April 26
greasy joan & co -The Comedy of Errors
Famous Door - The Lonesome West
Bailiwick Repertory - The
Most Fabulous Story Ever Tol
Chicago Shakespeare - TheTempest

April 12
Seanachai Theatre - Dylan
Bailiwick Repertory -
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told
Profiled Theatre - Some Voices
European Rep - Woyzeck

March 29
Collaboraction - To Kill a Mockingbird
Stage Left -
Mrs. Mackenzie's Beginner's Guide to the Blues
Chicago Theatre Company - The Rabit Foot
Royal George - Uncle Broadway

March 15
Boxer Rebellion - Firebugs
Life Bait - Death on a Pink Carpet
Court Theatre - Hamlet

March 1
Lookingglass - La Luna Muda
The Neo-Futurists - 43 Plays for 43 Presidents
Piven Theatre - Rosa Lublin

February 15
Trap Door Theatre - Quills
MPAACT - Kosi Dasa
Shattered Globe - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

February 1
Stockyards Theatre Project - Rape of Nanking
Goodman Theatre - Drowning Crow
European Rep - Go Away-Go Away

January 18
Naked Eye Theatre - Waving Goodbye
A Red Orchid - Grey Zone

2001

December 21
Northlight Theatre - Over the Tavern
Bailiwick Rep - Naked Boys Singing
Remy Bumppo - Top Girls
City Lit Theatre - Uncle Fred in the Springtime

November 23
Mary Arrchie Theatre - From Both Hips
Griffin Theatre Company - Ah Wilderness!
Pegasus Players - Bronzeville
Porchlight Theatre - A Little Night Music

November 9
Lifeline Theatre - Return of the King
About Face - Undone
TimeLine Theatre - The Crucible
European Rep - The Tempest

October 26
Chicago Dramatists - The Liquid Moon
Profiles Theatre - Dogs Barking
American Theater Company - A Lie of the Mind
Writers' Theatre Chicago - A Pheonix Too Frequent

October 12
Strawdog Theatre - Ivona, Princess of Burgundia
Stage Left - Chagrin Falls
Boxer Rebellion Ensemble - Charlie Sexboots

September 28
Famous Door - Hushabye Mountain
The Hypocrites - Arcadia
Free Associates - My Cousin Rachel

August 31
Eclipse Theatre - Childe Byron
A Red Orchid - Bug
Swing for the Fences - Life and Limb
Marriott Theatre - Miss Saigon

August 17
Harridan Productions - Four Women of Thebes
Serendipity Theatre Company - The Day Maggie Blew Off Her Head
Live Bait - Fillet of Solo

August 3
Factory Theatre - White Trash Wedding and a Funeral
Tinfish - Dining Room
Open Eye Productions - Tomfoolery
Circle Theatre - Sanctuary

July 20
Festival Theatre - The Taming of the Shrew
Free Associates - Alfred Hitchcock Resents
Bailiwick Rep & Ulysses Theatre - Corpus Christi
Lifeline Theatre - Cooking with Lard

July 6
The Bomb-itty of Errors
Black Ensemble - Dynamite Divas
Pegasus Players - Muscle
Lifeline Theatre - Cooking with Lard

June 22
Mary Arrchie Theatre - A Bright Room Called Day
Victory Gardens - Fossils
Tinfish - Kaspar
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble - The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13

June 8
Broutil & Frothingham Productions - Artist Descending a Staircase
ETA Creative Arts Foundation - When the Water Turns Clear
Goodman Theatre - Wit

May 25
The Hypocrites - Ajax
The Journeymen - Lilies
Stage Left - The Memorandum


May 11
Steppenwolf Theatre - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - NY, London & Chicago
Quote of the Week: Justin Hayford on Bailiwick's Jeff Stryker Does Hard Time

April 27
A Red Orchid Theatre - George Dandin
Shattered Globe - Invitation to a March
European Rep - Princess Turandot
Quote of the Week: Michael Feingold on Steppenwolf's NY production of Cuckoo's Nest

April 13
Chicago Dramatists - Drawing War
Defiant Theatre - Cleansed
Porchlight Theatre - Passion

March 30
Bailiwick Repertory - Bonnie & Clyde
Griffin Theatre Company - The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
WNEP Theatre Foundation - Statuette

March 16
Prop Thtr - Saint Joan of the Stockyards
Chicago Theatre Company - Billy
Boxer Rebellion Ensemble - The Resurrectionists

March 2
Naked Eye Theatre - Cannibals
Next Theatre - A Doll's House
Lookingglass Theatre - Nelsen Algren: For Keeps and A Single Day

February 16
About Face Theatre - Latterday Plays
Shattered Globe - Coyote on a Fence
Seanachai Theatre - The Pagans

February 2
European Repertory - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Live Bait - Love Child
Remy Bumppo - Man and Superman
Tinfish Productions - Screwtape

January 19
Corn Productions - God’s Mistake
Second City e.t.c. - Better Late Than Nader

2000

December 22
Greasy Joan & Division 13 Productions - MacBett
Writers' Theatre Chicago - Booth
Porchlight - Into the Woods
Steppenwolf - The Weir


December 8
Stage Left - Dimly Perceived Threates to the System
Court Theatre - In the Penal Colony
Eclipse Theatre - Another Part of the Forest
Pegasus Players - Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
Victory Gardens - Hello Dali, From the Sublime to the Surreal
American Theatre Company - Working

November 24
Live Bait - Nelson & Simone
Shattered Globe - The Batting Cage
Circle Theatre - Hedda Gabbler
Defiant Theatre - MacBeth

November 10
Famous Door - Early and Often
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre - The Herbal Bed
Timeline Theatre Company - Not About Nightingales
About Face - Whitman

October 27
Lifeline Theatre - The Silver Chair
Northlight Theatre - An Experiment with an Airpump
Ulysses Theatre Company - The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde
City Lit & Genesius Theatre Company - The Turn of the Screw

October 13
The Neo-Futurists - Curious Beautiful
Steppenwolf Theatre - The Ballad of Little Jo
Circle Theatre - Cosi


September 29
Aardvark Theatre - The Last Barbeque
Victory Gardens - And Neither Have I Wings to Fly
Collaboraction Theatre Company - Refuge
Writers' Theatre Chicago - Spite for Spite

September 1
WNEP Theatre Foundation - Tallahasse
Drury Lane Oakbrook - Arsenic and Old Lace
Emerald City Children's Theatre - Green Eggs and Ham
Prologue Theatre - The Melody Lingers On
Apollo Theatre Center - The Odd Couple

July 21
Second City - Hamlet, The Musical
Lifeline Theatre - Pistols for Two
Goodman Theatre - Zoot Suit

July 7
Defiant Theatre - Godbaby
Marriott Lincolnshire - Pump Boys & Dinettes
Roadworks Productions - [sic]
SummerNite - The Snow Palace
Theatre Corps - Stick Knife Here

June 23
Piven Theatre Workshop - The Illusion
The Hypocrites - Jack, or the Submission and The Future is in Eggs
A Red Orchid Theatre - Mr. Bundy
Bailiwick Repertory - Naked Will
Wing & Groove - Tales of the Lost Formicans


June 9
City Lit - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Victory Gardens - Cahoots
Lookingglass & About Face - Eleven Rooms of Proust
Running with Scissors - The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon
Trap Door - The Pitch Fork Disney

 

 


 

 

 

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