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  • Review “Oslo” (TimeLine Theatre): Prolific Peace Talks Disrupted by a 2019 Attention Span

    Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Broadway in Chicago, The Fourth Walsh, Timeline Theatre Permalink 0

    TimeLine Theatre, in conjunction with Broadway in Chicago, presents the Chicago Premiere of OSLO. Playwright J.T. Rogers won the Tony for Best Play in 2017. Rogers chronicles the 1992-1993 secret peace talks. Norwegian diplomats facilitate discussions between Israel and the PLO. The tug and pull negotiations are illustrated through a series of meetings. Over conversations, cocktails ...

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  • EXTENDED thru 11/11 “Caroline, Or Change” (Firebrand Theatre): Sensational!

    Thursday, September 27, 2018 Firebrand Theatre, The Fourth Walsh, Timeline Theatre Permalink 0

    Firebrand Theatre, in partnership with TimeLine Theatre Company, launches its 2018-19 season with a revival of the Tony Award-nominated Best Musical CAROLINE, OR CHANGE. This musical is a powerful tribute to the 1960s civil rights movement. We see race relations up close and personal. Caroline (played by the superb Rashada Dawan) is a black maid for a Jewish ...

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  • EXTENDED Thru 12/2 “A Shayna Maidel” (TimeLine Theatre): A Family Divided Unites

    Wednesday, September 5, 2018 The Fourth Walsh, Timeline Theatre Permalink 0

    TimeLine Theatre presents A SHAYNA MAIDEL. The translation for ‘shayna maidel’ is ‘pretty girl.’ The phrase has a sweet simplicity not traditionally associated with something as horrific as the holocaust. Well, that’s Playwright Barbara Lebow’s point. Her story doesn’t focus on the atrocities of the attempt to exterminate the Jewish people. Instead, Lebow narrows in on ...

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  • Review “To Catch a Fish” (Timeline Theatre): Baited, Hooked and Reeled In!

    Friday, May 4, 2018 The Fourth Walsh, Timeline Theatre Permalink 0

    Timeline Theatre presents the world premiere of TO CATCH A FISH. Playwright Brett Neveu knows how to filet a fish tale. He cuts and exposes guts immediately. Neveu drops us into a conversation between Geno Walker (Terry) and Jay Worthington (Ike). An aggressive Worthington is trying to impress and dominate over an enthralled Walker. The combination of Worthington's ...

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  • My Top Ten Unforgettable 2015 Plays

    Thursday, December 31, 2015 A Red Orchid Theatre, Broadway in Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Cirque du Soleil, Hell in a Handbag Productions, Lifeline Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, Signal Ensemble Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, The Fourth Walsh, The House Theatre of Chicago, Timeline Theatre Permalink 0

     It is my great fortune to live in a town that is bursting with so much theatrical talent.  About seven years ago, I stumbled into reviewing the Chicago theatre scene. Every show enhances my understanding of theatre and life.  I enjoy most every production for some aspect.  The stinkers have been a single digit percentage ...

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  • Review “The Hopey Changey Thing” and “Sorry” (Timeline Theatre): I LOVE these Apples!

    Monday, January 26, 2015 The Fourth Walsh, Timeline Theatre Permalink 0

    TimeLine Theatre presents The Apple Family Plays; THAT HOPEY CHANGEY THING and SORRY. Playwright Richard Nelson has penned a series of 4 plays about the Apple Family.  Each play centers around the family’s personal connections to an event of national significance.  Timeline has chosen to do #1 and #3 in Nelson’s saga. Both of these plays ...

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  • “My Name is Asher Lev” (Timeline Theatre): Thought-Provoking Tribute

    Friday, August 29, 2014 The Fourth Walsh, Timeline Theatre Permalink 0

      Timeline Theatre presents the Chicago Premiere of MY NAME IS ASHER LEV. Art?!  At what cost to the artist?!  Award-winning novelist Chaim Potok explored a painter’s obsessive turmoil. A conservative Jewish boy must express his artistry despite its opposition to his religion, community, and parents.  Playwright Aaron Posner boils down the essences of Potok’s novel into ...

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  • Review “Juno” (TimeLine Theatre): Tis Grand(y) Altogether

    Saturday, May 10, 2014 The Fourth Walsh, Timeline Theatre Permalink 0

    Timeline Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of JUNO. This is only the second musical produced in Timeline’s history.  Knowing the critics shut down the 1959 Broadway premiere after 16 performances, JUNO is a gutsy choice for Timeline.  The company is new to musicals.  The musical is new to Chicago.  The story, based on the play Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey, ...

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  • Review “The How and The Why” (Timeline Theatre): Fierce Female Foursome

    Thursday, May 8, 2014 The Fourth Walsh, Timeline Theatre Permalink 0

    TimeLine Theatre presents THE HOW AND THE WHY. Playwright Sara Treem masterfully intertwines the female reproductive system around a meeting of the minds.  Two evolutionary biologists meet for the first time.  They each have questions that only the other one knows the answers to.  Treem lets the story unfold naturally.  The professional banter turns personal as the ...

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