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Taste of TLT - February 8, 2012

Andersonville, Chicago, Lakeview, Magnificent Mile | Streeterville, Northwest SuburbsWBEZ believes there are "So Many Ways To Tell A Story", and they want you to help them. Join them at the Chicago Children's Museum. You'll all craft a tale, and then movement and sound artists will...

Taste of TLT - February 7, 2012

ChicagoHave a rousing lunch hour with a visit to Daley Plaza. The National Steppers Society will be performing "Under The Picasso" at noon in honor of Black History Month. If you want to learn the dance...

The Foreigner at Provision Theater

Have you ever overheard a conversation not meant for your ears and pretended you weren’t listening?  Imagine being mistaken for a foreigner who speaks no English, yet you do speak English and you...

Broadway in Chicago's Come Fly Away — Sinatra Gets Down and Dirty!

DowntownEver since my high-school boyfriend included "I've Got the World on a String" on a mix CD he made me, I've been a fan of Frank Sinatra's music. Something about it — the blare of the big band, the...

If You Take a Preschooler to a Play, She Might Want to See it Over and Over

Lincoln ParkThe Toddler has become The Preschooler. And with that change, some of her desires and activities have also changed. She has become obsessed with If You Give a Cat a Cupcake – the book by Laura...

La Cage aux Folles

LoopLess than two weeks.  That’s all you have left to see this amazing show.  I was invited to attend the opening night on December 20th.  Run, run and get your tickets before this show sells out, and...
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce ANN, with actress Holland Taylor

ANN: A Texas-Sized Tribute

ChicagoEmmy Award-winning actress, Holland Taylor, is making Chicago her home until December 4 at the Bank of America Theatre.  Taylor is playing and paying tribute to the former Governor of the Lone Star...
Rick Kogan

Chicago Live! Fall Season

LoopI went to The Chicago Theater’s Downstairs Stage to see Chicago Live! with host, Rick Kogan, the Chicago Journalism Hall of Famer, Chicago Tribune senior writer/columnist and Chicago’s Best Reporter...
Doyle & Debbie Show

The Doyle & Debbie Show at The Royal George Theater

Lincoln Park“Whine Whine Twang Twang”: country music with a smile at The Doyle & Debbie Show. I had the pleasure of seeing Doyle & Debbie at the live taping of Chicago Live! They set the tone when they...

Follies at Chicago Shakespeare Theater Navy Pier

Magnificent Mile | StreetervilleThe Chicago Shakespheare Theater's production of Stephen Sondheim and James Golman's landmark 1971 Broadway musical, Follies, has the distinction of running at the same time as the New York...

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