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Eight hot Chicago plays you should have seen come round again in Theater on the Lake fest

Jun 10, 2013 – 9:35 pm
There Is a Happiness That Morning Is produced by Theater Oobleck courtesy Chicago Park District

Preview: Theater director Halena Kays is exaggerating only slightly when she refers to the million plays you’d have to see if you hoped to catch every show in a Chicago season. That’s the beauty of Theater on the Lake, the summer reprise of eight top productions that opens June 12 with original casts reassembled. It’s a bonus round for theater-goers who simply ran out of nights.

‘The Quality of Life’ at Den Theatre: Four lives battered by death, struggling to find peace

Nov 21, 2012 – 6:26 pm
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Review: In the face of death, two couples with radically different world views are grappling with a shared reality and an age-old question: To be or not to be – alive or together. That’s the double push and pull of Jane Anderson’s witty, provocative and surprising play “The Quality of Life,” offered in a taut, fine-spun production at The Den Theatre. ★★★★