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Role Playing: Actors Inside Their Characters
Abdullah Khan in 'Blood and Gifts' – Kareem Bandealy
Aggie in 'A Catered Affair' – Rebecca Finnegan
Ahab in 'Moby Dick' – Christopher Donahue
Alice in 'Still Alice' – Eva Barr
Alice in 'The Dance of Death' – Shannon Cochran
All seven characters in 'The Amish Project' – Sadieh Rifai
Anna in 'City of Dreadful Night' – Justine C. Turner
Anya Botvinnik in 'A Walk in the Woods' – Janet Ulrich Brooks
Arley in 'The March' – Ian Barford
Benjamin Stone in 'Follies' – Brent Barrett
Beth in 'Mud Blue Sky' – Natalie West
Bev/Kathy in 'Clybourne Park' – Kirsten Fitzgerald
Blanche DuBois in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' – Tracy Michelle Arnold
Bo Decker in 'Bus Stop' – Michael Stegall
Caroline in 'Luna Gale' – Mary Beth Fisher
Catherine in 'Proof' – Chaon Cross
Catherine Parr in 'The Last Wife' – AnJi White
Charlesetta in 'East Texas Hot Links' – Tyla Abercrumbie
Clown in 'Burning Bluebeard' – Dean Evans
Clytemnestra in 'Agamemnon' – Sandra Marquez
Davies in 'The Caretaker' – Bill Norris
Donel in 'The Opponent' – Kamal Angelo Bolden
Eddie Carbone in 'A View From the Bridge' – Ramón Camín
George in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' – Brian Parry
Gruach in 'Dunsinane' – Siobhan Redmond
Harry Hope in 'The Iceman Cometh' – Stephen Ouimette
Helen in 'The Cripple of Inishmaan' – Baize Buzan
Ian in 'The Herd' – Francis Guinan
Jimmy Porter in 'Look Back in Anger' – Joseph Wiens
John Starr in 'Charles Ives Take Me Home' – Dave Belden
Julia Child in 'To Master the Art' – Karen Woditsch
Julianna in 'The Other Place' – Lia D. Mortensen
Julio in 'The ________ With the Hat' – Gary Perez
Larry in 'The Dream of the Burning Boy' – Darrell W. Cox
Lincoln in 'The Heavens Are Hung in Black' – Lawrence Grimm
Marc Antony in 'Julius Caesar' – Dion Johnstone
Mark in 'Accidentally, Like a Martyr' – Steve Haggard
Masha in 'Three Sisters' – Lindsey Gavel
Mick in 'The Seedbed' – Adam Bitterman
Miriam in 'The Good Book' – Hollis Resnik
Mr. van Daan in 'The Diary of Anne Frank' – Lance Baker
Musa in 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo' – Anish Jethmalani
Oliver Kilbourn in 'The Pitmen Painters' – Dan Waller
Puck in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' – Cristina Panfilio
Queen Elizabeth in 'Elizabeth Rex' – Diane D'Aquila
Queen Katherine in 'Henry VIII' – Ora Jones
Richard Harkin in 'The Seafarer' – Brad Armacost
Richard in 'Richard III' – James Ridge
Sam in 'The Flick' – Danny McCarthy
Serafina in 'The Rose Tattoo' – Eileen Niccolai
Seta in 'Beast on the Moon' – Sophia Menendian
Sylvia in 'Broken Glass' – Jacqueline Grandt
Terry in 'If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet' – Shane Kenyon
Trinket Dugan in 'The Mutilated' – Mierka Girten
Victor Franz in 'The Price' – Chuck Spencer
West in 'Two Trains Running' – A.C. Smith
Witch in 'Into the Woods' – Hillary Marren
Closed Shows 2015-2016
★★ Bruise Easy at American Theater Co. thru Feb. 14
★★★ 2666 at Goodman Theatre thru March 20
★★★ King Lear produced by Belarus Free Theatre at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru Feb. 14
★★★ Mothers and Sons at Northlight Theatre thru Feb. 27
★★★ Posh at Steep Theatre extended thru March 26
★★★ Satchmo at the Waldorf at Court Theatre extended thru Feb. 14
★★★ The Realization of Emily Linder at Redtwist Theatre thru May 22
★★★★ Der Rosenkavalier at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru March 13
★★★★ Gem of the Ocean at Court Theatre thru Oct. 11
★★★★ Jerusalem at Profiles Theatre thru May 22
★★★★ Nabucco at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru Feb. 12
★★★★ Romeo and Juliet at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru March 19
★★★★ Sunset Baby at TimeLine Theatre thru April 10
★★★★ The Drawer Boy at Redtwist Theatre thru Feb. 28
★★★★ The Flick at Steppenwolf Theatre thru May 8
★★★★ The Marriage of Figaro at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru Oct. 24
★★★★ The Matchmaker at Goodman Theatre thru April 10
★★★★ The Mutilated at A Red Orchid Theatre extended thru March 13
★★★★★ 'Cinderella' at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru Oct. 30
★★★★★ Agamemnon at Court thru Dec. 6
★★★★★ Arcadia at Writers Theatre thru May 1
★★★★★ Cabaret presented by Broadway in Chicago at PrivateBank Theatre thru Feb. 21
★★★★★ Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf at Writers Theatre thru July 31
★★★★★ Long Day's Journey Into Night at Court Theatre thru April 10
★★★★★ Mary Page Marlowe at Steppenwolf Theatre thru June 5
★★★★★ Othello at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru April 10
★★★★★ The King and I at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru May 22
★★★★★ The Tempest at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru Nov. 8
★★★★★ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Redtwist Theatre extended thru Oct. 31
Closed Shows 2014-2015
★★ First Wives Club presented by Broadway in Chicago at the Oriental Theatre thru March 29
★★ That Hopey Changey Thing and ★★★★ Sorry at TimeLine Theatre thru April 19
★★ The Who & The What at Victory Gardens thru July 12
★★★ Airline Highway at Steppenwolf Theatre thru Feb.11
★★★ Carousel at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru May 3
★★★ Grand Concourse at Steppenwolf Theatre thru Aug. 30
★★★ Isaac's Eye at Writers Theatre extended thru Dec. 21
★★★ King Lear at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru Nov. 9
★★★ Pippin presented by Broadway in Chicago at the Cadillac Palace Theatre thru Aug. 9
★★★ Pride and Prejudice at American Players Theatre thru Sept. 26
★★★ Rapture, Blister, Burn at Goodman Theatre thru Feb. 22
★★★ Sondheim on Sondheim, produced by Porchlight Music Theatre at Stage 773 thru March 15
★★★ The Cryptogram at Profiles Theatre extended thru Dec. 6
★★★ The Humans at American Theater Company thru Feb. 1
★★★ The Whaleship Essex produced by Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit thru Oct. 11
★★★ Yankee Tavern produced by American Blues Theater at Greenhouse Theater Center thru March 22
★★★★ All Our Tragic produced by The Hypocrites at The Den extended thru Aug. 16
★★★★ Antigonick produced by Sideshow Theatre at Victory Gardens Theater thru April 5
★★★★ Balm in Gilead produced by Griffin Theatre at The Den Theatre thru April 19
★★★★ Beast on the Moon at Raven Theatre thru June 6
★★★★ Capriccio at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru Oct. 28
★★★★ Don Giovanni at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru Oct. 29
★★★★ Genius at Profiles Theatre thru May 3
★★★★ Goldfish, produced by Route 66 Theatre at the Greenhouse Theater Center thru July 12
★★★★ Good People at Redtwist Theatre, extended thru Aug. 23
★★★★ Ionesco Suite at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru Oct.19
★★★★ Martyr at Steep Theatre thru May 23
★★★★ Red at Redtwist Theatre, extended thru March 29
★★★★ Sense & Sensibility at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru June 14
★★★★ Tannhäuser at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru March 6
★★★★ The American Clock at Redtwist Theatre thru May 17
★★★★ The Night Alive at Steppenwolf Theatre thru Nov. 16
★★★★ The Passenger at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru March 15
★★★★ The Rose Tattoo produced by Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit thru Feb. 28
★★★★ Three Sisters produced by The Hypocrites at The Den Theatre thru June 6
★★★★★ A Streetcar Named Desire at American Players Theatre thru Sept. 5
★★★★★ Accidentally, Like a Martyr at A Red Orchid Theatre, extended thru March 15
★★★★★ An Iliad at American Players Theatre thru Oct. 18
★★★★★ Dunsinane, produced by National Theatre of Scotland at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru March 22
★★★★★ Moby Dick at Lookingglass Theatre thru Aug. 28
★★★★★ Porgy and Bess at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru Dec. 20
★★★★★ Side Man, produced by American Blues Theater at Greenhouse Theater Center thru May 24
★★★★★ Smokefall at Goodman Theatre thru Oct. 26
★★★★★ Sweeney Todd produced by Porchlight Music Theatre at Stage 773, extended thru Nov. 16
★★★★★ The Diary of Anne Frank at Writers Theatre extended thru Aug. 16
★★★★★ The Good Book at Court Theatre thru April 19
★★★★★ The Herd at Steppenwolf Theatre, extended thru June 14
★★★★★ The Other Place by Sharr White at Profiles Theatre thru April 5
★★★★★ Two Trains Running at Goodman Theatre, extended thru April 19
★★★★★ Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Goodman Theatre extended thru Aug. 2.
Closed Shows 2013-2014
★ Juno at TimeLine Theatre thru July 27
★ Lay Me Down Softly produced by Seanachaí Theatre at The Den thru May 25
★ The Great God Pan at Next Theatre thru May 11
★★ Good Boys and True at Raven Theatre thru May 3
★★ In the Garden: A Darwinian Love Story at Lookingglass Theatre thru June 15
★★ Queenie Pie at Chicago Opera Theater thru March 23
★★★ A Tale of Two Cities at Lifeline Theatre thru April 13
★★★ Ain't Misbehavin' at Porchlight Music Theatre thru March 9
★★★ Ain't Misbehavin' by Porchlight at 773 thru March 9
★★★ Buyer & Cellar at Broadway Theatre thru June 15
★★★ Death and the Maiden at Victory Gardens thru July 20
★★★ Gidion's Knot at Profiles Theatre thru March 9
★★★ Happy at Redtwist Theatre thru March 16
★★★ Henry V at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru June 15
★★★ Maskarade by Vox3 Collective at Vittum Theatre thru Jan. 25
★★★ Otello at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru Nov. 2
★★★ Our Country's Good produced by Shattered Globe Theatre at Theatre Wit thru Feb. 22
★★★ Solstice at A Red Orchid Theatre thru Feb. 23
★★★ The How and the Why at TimeLine Theatre thru April 6
★★★ Tristan & Yseult produced by Kneehigh theater company at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru April 13
★★★★ A Raisin in the Sun at TimeLine thru Nov. 17
★★★★ Assassins by Kokandy Productions at Theater Wit thru July 20
★★★★ Brigadoon at Goodman Theatre thru Aug. 17
★★★★ Charles Ives Take Me Home at Strawdog Theatre thru June 21
★★★★ Detroit '67 at Northlight thru Dec. 15
★★★★ Golden Boy produced by Griffin Theatre at Theatre Wit thru April 6
★★★★ Grounded produced by American Blues Theater at Greenhouse Theater Center thru July 13
★★★★ If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet at Steep Theatre thru June 7
★★★★ Look Back in Anger at Redtwist Theatre extended thru June 28
★★★★ Madama Butterfly at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru Jan. 26
★★★★ Motortown at Steep thru Nov.23
★★★★ Mud Blue Sky at A Red Orchid Theatre thru June 29
★★★★ Other People's Money produced by Shattered Globe at Theater Wit thru Oct. 19
★★★★ Peter and the Starcatcher at Bank of America Theatre thru April 13
★★★★ Playboy of the Western World at Raven Theatre thru April 5
★★★★ Pullman Porter Blues at Goodman Theatre thru Oct. 27
★★★★ Romeo and Juliet at American Players Theatre thru Oct. 4
★★★★ Russian Transport at Steppenwolf Theatre thru May 11
★★★★ The Importance of Being Earnest at American Players Theatre thru Sept. 27
★★★★ The Last Ship presented by Broadway in Chicago at Bank of America Theatre thru July 13
★★★★ The Merry Wives of Windsor at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru Jan. 19
★★★★ The Mountaintop at Court Theatre thru Oct. 13
★★★★ To Master the Art at Broadway Playhouse thru Oct. 20
★★★★ Venus in Fur at Goodman Theatre thru April 13
★★★★ Vieux Carré at Raven Theatre thru June 28
★★★★★ A View From the Bridge produced by Teatro Vista at Victory Gardens thru May 18
★★★★★ American Buffalo at American Players Theatre thru Nov. 8
★★★★★ Gypsy at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru March 23
★★★★★ Into the Woods produced by The Hypocrites at Mercury Theatre thru April 5
★★★★★ Luna Gale at Goodman Theatre thru Feb. 23
★★★★★ Rusalka at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru March 16
★★★★★ Seminar produced by Haven Theatre at Theatre Wit thru April 13
★★★★★ Seven Guitars at Court Theatre thru Feb. 16
★★★★★ Smokefall at Goodman thru Nov. 3
★★★★★ The Barber of Seville at Lyric Opera thru Feb. 28
★★★★★ The Dance of Death at Writers Theatre extended thru Aug. 3
★★★★★ The Seafarer produced by Seanachai Theatre at The Den extended thru Feb. 8
★★★★★ Water by the Spoonful at Court Theatre thru April 6
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Closed Shows 2011-2012
A Behanding in Spokane (3 stars) at Profiles thru Dec. 4
A Catered Affair (4 stars) by Porchlight Music Theatre at Stage 773 thru April 1
A Christmas Story, The Musical! (5 stars) at Chicago Theatre thru Dec. 30
A Little Night Music (4 stars) at Writers' Theatre thru Aug. 12
A Midsummer Night's Dream (5 stars) at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru April 8
A Walk in the Woods (4 stars) at Timeline thru Nov. 20
Aida (3 stars) at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru Mar. 25
Aida (4 stars – new cast) at Lyric Opera thru Mar. 25
AMERICAN PLAYERS: "Richard III" by Shakespeare (4 stars) thru Sept. 28
Ameriville (3 stars) at Victory Gardens thru Feb. 26
An Iliad (4 stars) at Court Theatre thru Dec. 11
Angels in America (5 stars) at Court Theatre thru June 3
Ann (4 stars) at Bank of America Theatre thru Dec. 4
Ariadne auf Naxos (4 stars) at Lyric Opera thru Dec. 11
Burning Bluebeard (4 stars) at Neo-Futurists thru Dec. 30
Bus Stop (3 stars) at Raven Theatre thru Dec. 11
Camino Real (3 stars) at Goodman Theatre thru April 8
Chesapeake (3 stars) produced by Remy Bumppo at Greenhouse Theatre thru April 29
Cirque du Soleil's Dralion (4 stars) at United Center thru July 1
Clybourne Park (5 stars) at Steppenwolf thru Nov. 13
Disgraced (5 stars) at American Theater Co. thru Mar. 11
Doyle & Debbie Show (4 stars); Royal George thru May 27
Elizabeth Rex (5 stars), Chicago Shakespeare thru Jan. 22
Fish Men (3 stars) produced by Teatro Vista at Goodman Theatre thru May 6
Follies (5 stars) at Chi. Shakespeare Theater thru Nov. 13
Freud's Last Session (3 stars) at Mercury Theater thru June 3
Her Naked Skin (4 stars) by Shattered Globe Theatre at Stage 773 thru June 3
Hesperia (4 stars) at Writers' Theatre thru Mar. 18
Hunger (4 stars) at Lifeline Theatre thru Mar. 25
In a Forest, Dark and Deep (4 stars) at Profiles Theatre thru June 3
It's A Wonderful Life: The Radio Play (4 stars) at American Theater Co. thru Dec. 30
Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein (3 Stars), Royal George thru Dec. 30
Melancholy Play (2 stars) by Sarah Ruhl, Grey Ghost Theatre thru May 13
Memphis (5 stars) at the Cadillac Palace thru Dec. 4
Moscow, Cheryomuski (4 stars) at Chicago Opera Theater thru April 25.
Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting (3 stars) thru Feb. 19
My Kind of Town (4 stars) at TimeLine Theatre thru July 29
Penelope (3 stars) at Steppenwolf thru Feb. 5.
Pride and Prejudice (4 stars) at Lifeline thru July 8
Race (4 stars) by Mamet at the Goodman thru Feb. 19
Red (5 stars) at the Goodman Theatre thru Oct. 30
Rent (4 stars) at American Theater Co. with About Face Theatre thru July 1
Rick Bayless in Cascabel (4 stars) at Lookingglass thru April 29
Rinaldo (4 stars) at Lyric Opera thru Mar. 24
Show Boat (5 stars) at the Lyric Opera thru Mar. 17
STRATFORD: "Cymbeline" by Shakespeare (4 stars) thru Sept. 30
Ten Chimneys (3 stars) at Northlight thru April 15
Teseo (4 stars) at Chicago Opera Theater thru May 2
The Amish Project (5 Stars) at ATC thru Oct. 30
The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead (4 stars) at Writers' Theatre thru July 29
The Butcher of Baraboo (2 stars) at A Red Orchid thru May 20
The Caretaker (4 stars) at Writers' Theatre thru Mar. 25
The Cripple of Inishmaan (4 stars) at Redtwist Theatre thru July 1
The Duchess of Malfi (3 stars) at Strawdog Theatre thru May 26
The Girl in the Yellow Dress (4 stars) at Next thru Feb. 26
The Great Fire (2 stars) at Lookingglass thru Nov. 20
The Iceman Cometh (5 stars) at Goodman thru June 17
The Magic Flute (3 stars) at the Lyric Opera thru Jan. 22
The March (4 stars) at Steppenwolf thru June 10
The Petrified Forest (4 stars) at Strawdog Theatre thru Mar. 31
The Pitmen Painters (4 stars) at TimeLine thru Dec. 18
The Price (3 stars) at Raven Theatre thru April 14
The Real Thing (5 stars) at Writers' Theatre thru Dec. 4
The Taming of the Shrew (4 stars) in Short Shakespeare! at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru April 7
Tigers Be Still (2 stars) at Theater Wit thru June 3
Time Stands Still (4 stars) at Steppenwolf thru May 13
Timon of Athens (4 stars) at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru June 10
We Are Proud to Present (4 stars) at Victory Gardens thru April 29
Closed Shows 2012-2013
★ Making Noise Quietly at Steep Theatre thru Nov. 10
★ The Gifts of the Magi, produced by Porchlight Music Theatre at Stage 773 thru Dec. 23
★★ By the Way, Meet Vera Stark at Goodman Theatre thru June 2
★★ Jekyll & Hyde at the Cadillac Palace Theatre thru March 24
★★ The Woman in White at Lifeline thru Oct. 28
★★★ 33 Variations at Stage 773 by TimeLine thru Oct. 21
★★★ A Body of Water at Redtwist Theatre thru April 7
★★★ A Soldier's Play at Raven Theatre thru March 30
★★★ Agnes of God at American Theater Co. thru Nov. 4
★★★ Big Fish at Oriental Theatre thru May 5
★★★ Broken Glass at Redtwist thru Nov. 18
★★★ La bohème at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru March 28
★★★ Purple Heart at Redtwist Theatre thru Jan. 27
★★★ QED at Collaboraction Theatre, co-produced by theatre4humanity thru Dec. 9
★★★ Rigoletto at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru March 30
★★★ The City & The City at Lifeline Threatre thru April 7
★★★ The Fall of the House of Usher at Chicago Opera Theater thru Mar. 1
★★★ The Magic Flute at Chicago Opera Theater thru Sept. 23
★★★★ A Christmas Carol at Goodman Theatre thru Dec. 29
★★★★ Boy Gets Girl at Raven Theatre thru March 2
★★★★ Brighton Beach Memoirs at Raven Theatre thru July 14
★★★★ City of Dreadful Night at The Den Theatre thru March 16
★★★★ Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru March 3
★★★★ Doubt at American Theater Co. thru Nov. 4
★★★★ Elektra at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru Oct. 30
★★★★ Faith Healer at The Den Theatre thru Feb. 3
★★★★ Good People at Steppenwolf thru Nov. 11
★★★★ Hänsel & Gretel at the Lyric Opera thru Jan. 19
★★★★ Head of Passes at Steppenwolf thru June 9
★★★★ Hellcab at Profiles Theatre through Feb. 24
★★★★ Henry VIII at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru June 16
★★★★ In the Company of Men at Profiles Theatre thru July 28
★★★★ Iphigenia 2.0 at Next Theatre thru Oct. 14
★★★★ James Joyce's The Dead, a musical, at Court Theatre thru Dec. 9
★★★★ Julius Caesar at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru March 24
★★★★ Maria de Buenos Aires at Chicago Opera Theater thru April 28
★★★★ Measure for Measure at Goodman Theatre thru April 14
★★★★ Molly Sweeney at American Players Theatre thru Sept. 21
★★★★ Othello: The Remix at Chicago Shakespeare Theater through July 27
★★★★ Pal Joey produced by Porchlight Music Theatre at Stage 773 thru May 26
★★★★ Pedro Páramo at Goodman Theatre thru March 31
★★★★ Simon Boccanegra at the Lyric Opera of Chicago thru Nov.9
★★★★ Skylight at the Court Theatre thru Feb. 10
★★★★ Still Alice at Lookingglass Theatre thru May 19
★★★★ Sweet and Sad at Profiles Theatre thru Oct. 7
★★★★ Sweet Bird of Youth at the Goodman thru Oct. 28
★★★★ The Book of Mormon at Bank of America Theatre thru Oct. 6
★★★★ The Dream of the Burning Boy at Profiles thru April 28
★★★★ The Letters at Writers' Theatre thru March 17
★★★★ The Liar at Writers' Theatre thru July 28
★★★★ The Misanthrope at Court Theatre thru June 9
★★★★ The Opponent at A Red Orchid thru Dec. 15
★★★★ The Quality of Life at The Den Theatre thru Dec. 1
★★★★ The Whale at Victory Gardens thru May 5
★★★★ Two Gentlemen of Verona at American Players Theatre thru Oct. 6
★★★★ Wasteland at TimeLine thru Dec. 30
★★★★★ Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo at Lookingglass thru March 17
★★★★★ Big Lake Big City, world premiere, at Lookingglass Theatre through Aug. 25
★★★★★ Blood and Gifts at TimeLine Theatre thru July 28
★★★★★ Hamlet at American Players Theatre thru Oct. 4
★★★★★ Hamlet at Writers' Theatre thru Nov. 11
★★★★★ Jitney at Court Theatre thru Oct. 14
★★★★★ Krapp's Last Tape by Shattered Globe at Stage 773 thru May 12
★★★★★ Metamorphoses at Lookingglass thru Jan. 6
★★★★★ Oklahoma! at Lyric Opera of Chicago thru May 19
★★★★★ Proof at Court Theatre thru April 14
★★★★★ Sunday in the Park with George at Chicago Shakespeare Theater thru Nov. 11
★★★★★ The ______ With the Hat at Steppenwolf thru March 3
★★★★★ The Glass Menagerie produced by Mary-Arrchie Theatre at Theater Wit thru Aug. 25
★★★★★ The Happiest Song Plays Last at Goodman Theatre thru May 12
A Christmas Carol (4 stars) at the Goodman thru Dec. 31
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