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Little Fish
Kokandy Productions stages the Chicago premiere of Michael John LaChiusa’s esoteric 2003 musical about a hesitant young woman in the big pond of NYC
Something Rotten!
The musical spoof about down-and-out Elizabethan playwrights inventing musical theater in the shadow of Shakespeare arrives at the Oriental on tour
How to Be a Rock Critic
A solo play about the rock critic Lester Bangs constructs a portrait of his outsize personality, but doesn't answer the question posed by its title
Hir
What you think you know—about gender, family dynamics or Steppenwolf—is up for debate in Taylor Mac’s charming and challenging work
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Ragtime
Griffin reinvents Ragtime in a “chamber musical” revival that’s brimming with invention and heart
Ah, Wilderness!
The Goodman takes O’Neill’s aberrantly warm family comedy down from the shelf for an affable revival
At the Table
A blazing young ensemble brings its best to the table in this prickly portrait of friends and enmities
Hir
What you think you know—about gender, family dynamics or Steppenwolf—is up for debate in Taylor Mac’s charming and challenging work
Moby Dick
A powerful, thrilling and acrobatic new adaptation that, like Ahab, just can’t quite capture the whale
Aladdin
Disney unleashes its lavish magic as the Broadway musical kicks off its national tour in Chicago
