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Timely THE BILLBOARD Offers Multiple Viewpoints on Abortion — Review

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Emily McClanathan

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July 8, 2022

Natalie Y. Moore’s play is currently playing at the 16th Street Theater in Chicago. 

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WIFE OF A SALESMAN Is A Moving Portrait of Womanhood — Review

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Emily McClanathan

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March 13, 2022

Theatrely's review of Wife of a Salesman by Eleanor Burgess at the Writers Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Directed by Jo Bonney, the production stars Kate Fry and Amanda Drinkall.

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Darker OKLAHOMA! Goes Out On Tour — Review

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Emily McClanathan

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January 14, 2022

We sent one of our critics to review the new national tour of Oklahoma! while it visited Chicago to see how the Tony-winning Broadway revival fares on the road.

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Chicago
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PARADISE SQUARE In Chicago Has The Heart But Needs The Work — Review

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Emily McClanathan

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November 18, 2021

Paradise Square represents many firsts in the theater industry’s recovery from the pandemic shutdown. It’s the first production to reopen the Nederlander Theatre — a pillar of the Loop theater district — and the first pre-Broadway run of a major new work in Chicago. When it transfers to New York City’s Barrymore Theatre, where it’s slated to begin previews in February of next year, it will be among one of the first new musicals to open on Broadway. A review of the new pre-broadway tryout.

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