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  • Review “The Smuggler” (Jackalope Theatre): Masterful Storytelling on Every Level!

    Sunday, January 19, 2025 Jackalope Theatre, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Jackalope Theatre presents the remount and limited engagement of THE SMUGGLER.  Andrew Burden Swanson is a master storyteller. Swanson plays Tim Finnegan, an unemployed Irish immigrant with a story… actually several stories… to tell. Swanson is transfixing as he weaves together a modern yarn with unexpected twists and turns. And he does it by seamlessly playing ...

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  • Review “Shucked” (Broadway in Chicago): Pretty Damn Punny!

    Thursday, January 9, 2025 Broadway in Chicago, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Broadway in Chicago presents the Tony Award-winning musical comedy, SHUCKED. Cob County is under a corn emergency. The wedding of childhood sweethearts, Maizy and Beau, is interrupted by crop failure. When the community’s fields of dreams is threatened, they must face survival by slim-pickings. And this kernel of truth exposes them to outside forces. The creative ...

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  • Review “Legally Blonde The Musical” (Music Theater Works): Omigod… So Fun!

    Tuesday, December 24, 2024 Music Theater Works, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Music Theater Works presents LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL. “Omigod. Omigod you guys” this show is super fun! In 2001, Reese Witherspoon made being blonde and wearing pink the fashionable alternative to stuffy law suits. Her iconic film became a comedy classic. Elle, a Malibu sorority girl, follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard. In her pursuit to get him ...

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  • Review “Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer” (Hell in a Handbag): Raunchy and Fun Holiday Tradition

    Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Hell in a Handbag Productions, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Hell in a Handbag Productions presents RUDOLPH THE RED-HOSED REINDEER, An Unauthorized Parody. The infamous “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” debuted in 1964. The animated TV special about a reindeer with a really shiny nose also introduced an elf wanting to be a dentist, an abominable snow monster and an entire island of misfit toys. The show ...

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  • Review “& Juliet” (Broadway in Chicago): Winsome Combo

    Thursday, December 5, 2024 Broadway in Chicago, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Broadway in Chicago presents & JULIET. “Romeo & Juliet” is iconic. Boy meets girl. They fall in love. Their families hate each other. They marry anyway. To escape the family feuds, Juliet fakes her death. Finding her lifeless, Romeo poisons himself. Juliet wakes to find his corpse. She then stabs herself to death. This legendary tale ...

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  • Review “Yippee Ki Yay” (Broadway in Chicago): Clever Tribute to a Christmas Cult-Classic

    Thursday, November 21, 2024 Broadway in Chicago Permalink 0

    Broadway in Chicago presents YIPPEE KI YAY The Parody Celebration of Die Hard. Bruce Willis’ iconic performance in “Die Hard” and “Die Hard II” created cult-classic Christmas movies. In both films, the terrorist plots utilized the holidays as an opportunity to attack. Willis played a NYC cop meeting up with his wife. His signature sarcasm turned ...

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  • Review “Little Shop of Horrors” (Music Theater Works): No Tricks, All Treat!

    Monday, October 28, 2024 Music Theater Works, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Music Theater Works presents LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. Down on Skid Row…. Folks are broke. Life’s a joke. And the local floral shop is doomed to close. Everything changes when an awkward clerk discovers an unusual plant. When he places it in the window, the growing flora instantly attracts the attention of the neighborhood, the media ...

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  • Review “Pericles” (Royal Shakespeare Company): A Rare Opportunity to Experience Both RSC and Pericles

    Sunday, October 27, 2024 Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Chicago Shakespeare Theater, in conjunction with the Royal Shakespeare Company, presents PERICLES. After a thirty year absence, RSC returns to Chicago with its production of a lesser known Shakespearean play. Pericles is a young ruler exploring other lands. In Act One, a shipwreck brings him to the shores of Pentapolis where he falls in love and ...

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  • Review “Dear Elizabeth” (Remy Bumppo): A Love Letter to a Writer’s Creative Process

    Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Remy Bumppo, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Remy Bumppo Theatre presents DEAR ELIZABETH. Playwright Sarah Ruhl has constructed a love letter to a writer’s creative process. Ruhl cleverly utilizes actual correspondence between Poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell to chronicle their relationship over three decades. Bishop and Lowell meet because of mutual admiration. Over time, this appreciation grows from respected colleagues to trusted ...

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  • Review “Noises Off” (Steppenwolf Theatre): Zany Escape from Our Ludicrous Reality

    Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Steppenwolf Theatre, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Steppenwolf Theatre presents NOISES OFF. Playwright Michael Frayn penned a madcap farce about theatre. A group of London actors work to put on a show. It gets intense on and offstage as their personal lives interfere with their job. It’s not just about forgetting lines. The players are threatening to walk out, to get drunk and ...

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