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Brent Barrett, sporting pirate hat and sneer, gets his Hook into the fantasy of ‘Peter Pan’

Jan 26, 2013 – 1:27 pm
Brent Barrett as Captain Hook in Peter Pan on tour at Cadillac Palace Theatre Broadway in Chicago 2013

Preview: Brent Barrett calls his latest stage fling, as Captain Hook in the national touring company of “Peter Pan,” a 180-degree turn from his most recent starring role in Chicago – the wealthy but world-weary Ben in Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies” at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. The “Peter Pan” run, with veteran Cathy Rigby in the title role, has been a blast, he says, a Broadway broadside: the furthest thing from walking the plank.

Your drama is waiting: Chicago Theatre Week offers citywide smorgasbord at savory prices

Jan 6, 2013 – 1:33 pm
Chicago Theatre Week 2013

Report: Tickets will be $15 and $30.

She loves Lucy: Sirena Irwin splits red hairs in perfecting stage portrait of TV comedienne

Jan 3, 2013 – 4:33 pm
Sirena Irwin as Lucy Ricardo in I Love Lucy Live on Stage credit Ed Krieger

Interview: There aren’t many people who could get away with the argument that watching old “I Love Lucy” re-runs is homework, but Sirena Irwin is one. She plays comedy’s favorite redhead in “I Love Lucy Live on Stage” in a return engagement at the Broadway Playhouse through March 3.

Broadway in Chicago, riding high, sets stage for ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ in a spring season splash

Jan 1, 2013 – 4:38 pm
Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox in the national tour production of Jekyll and Hyde

B’way bound ‘Big Fish’ starts here

In the pre-dawn of rock ‘n’ roll, ‘Memphis’ bundles daring hearts in a jumping love story

Nov 25, 2011 – 9:47 am
Bryan Fenkart as Huey in Memphis National Tour Featured Image credit Paul Kolnik

Burning hot at the Cadillac. 5 stars!

Holland Taylor’s one-woman show ‘Ann’ gets down with the grit and humor of a Texas star

Nov 18, 2011 – 5:48 pm
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At Bank of America Theatre. 4 stars!