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BEST DANCE IN CHICAGO FOR 2023: TOP 10 REIMAGINED FAIRY TALES, NOTABLE SHOWS AND
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More than a handful of the year’s highlights leaned hard into storytelling,
including the Joffrey's "Little Mermaid" and "Frankenstein."
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BEST CHICAGO THEATER OF 2023: FROM ‘TOMMY’ TO A SOUL OPERA, OUR TOP 10 SHOWS
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This was an especially fine year for musicals but over the last 12 months, I’ve
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REVIEW: WARM ‘IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: LIVE IN CHICAGO!’ BY AMERICAN BLUES THEATER
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Now staged in its new theater on Lincoln Avenue, this holiday show based on the
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Some eight years after its London bow, the “Harry Potter” stage play is coming
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“A Christmas Carol” urges us to open our hearts to our fellow passengers through
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Any fan of Jim Henson shouldn’t miss this truly splendid addition to the
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REVIEW: ‘CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY’ AT THE PARAMOUNT HAS LOTS OF
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