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Review: Broadway in Chicago Presents Stereophonic at the CIBC Theatre (Through February 8, 2026)
A band is in the studio recording a new album in 1976. There are two happy couples in the band. Everyone is drinking, snorting cocaine, and smoking weed. It’s all going great… at first. For a play about a band, there isn’t much music. Also, the pacing is very slow. There is a lot of… Read more
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Very Funny and Touching! Birds of North America at A Red Orchid Theatre (Through March 8, 2026)
A daughter visits her father every fall. Together, they bird watch from the deck and talk about life. They discuss careers, family, birds, and climate change. As the years pass, it gets warmer and warmer and the topics of conversation evolve. Anna Ouyang Moench (In Quietness, Severance) has written a very funny and touching play… Read more
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Very Creative! Otherworld Theatre Presents The World Premier of Prospera : A Sci-Fi Retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest at Theater Wit (Through February 8, 2026)
Humans are living on Roma Prime, an Earthlike planet orbiting a dying star. Many of them have moved to the Flotilla, a large group of starships that form a nation. One of these starships is forced to land on a foreign planet during a mission. A former member of this starship that was exiled already… Read more
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Very Funny and Topical! Broadway in Chicago and Timeline Theatre Company Present Eureka Day at the Broadway Playhouse (Through February 22, 2026)
There is a mumps outbreak at Eureka Day, an elementary school in Berkely, California. The Executive Committee is trying to decide if they want to change the policy about requiring vaccines. Two of the members have unvaccinated children. They are all trying to be politically correct while looking for the best solution. Jonathan Spector has… Read more
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