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Zach Zimmerman
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Theater Review: WAR HORSE (National Tour)
AN IMPRESSIVE PUPPET, A SOMEWHAT FOGGY STORY War Horse is all about Joey, a 120 lb. puppet made of bent and stained cane and animated by three puppeteers. Their movements become the breathing of the horse; their voices become his neighs, whether they are pleasure or pain. Towering at 8 feet tall and just under…
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Chicago Theater Review: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE! LIVE AT THE BIOGRAPH! (American Blues Theatre)
IT’S A WONDERFUL SHOW After a long and trying day, I entered Victory Gardens a bit of Scrooge on Saturday night. So when Christmas-y sweater-wearing performers, their smiles stretching from rosy cheek to rosy cheek, began a holiday sing-along preshow’”a few rounds of “Jingle Bells” and “The 12 Days of Christmas”’”I was dismayed at the…
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Chicago Theatre Review: SUPERIOR DONUTS (Royal George Theatre)
THERE’S A HOLE IN DONUTS’ PROMISING STORY Arthur Przybyszewski, the gray bearded and ponytailed proprietor of a donut shop in Chicago, enters his store one morning to find it vandalized. Two policemen and the whistleblowing next-door neighbor are already there, witnesses to the trash, tossed chairs, and graffiti. Arthur enters without a word, examines the…
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Theater Review: 44 PLAYS FOR 44 PRESIDENTS (The Neo-Futurarium in Chicago)
PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIR OR LAME DUCK? Every four years, the American people come together to debate important issues, engage in democratic dialogue, and realize they agree on absolutely nothing. All they can agree on is the importance of who will be the next President. The Chief Executives, powerful and sometimes power-hungry men, are the subject of…
Theater Review: CHURCH HURT (Red Theater / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | November 5, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterTheater Review: THE COTTAGE (North Coast Repertory Theatre / Solana Beach)
by Milo Shapiro | November 3, 2026
in San Diego, TheaterTheater Review: DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS (Center REP / Walnut Creek)
by Chuck Louden | November 3, 2026
in San Francisco
(Bay Area), TheaterTheater Review: KING HEDLEY II (City Lit Theater / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | November 2, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterTheater Review: THE MINUTES (CV Rep / Cathedral City)
by Jason Mannino | November 2, 2026
in Palm Springs
(Coachella Valley), TheaterTheater Review: BETRAYAL (Marin Theatre / Mill Valley)
by Chuck Louden | November 2, 2026
in Theater, Theater-San Francisco / Bay AreaOff-Broadway Review: WAITING FOR LEFTY (Classic Stage Company)
by Alex Simmons | November 2, 2026
in New York, TheaterTheater Review: CARMELA FULL OF WISHES (Chicago Children’s Theatre)
by Croydon Fernandes | November 2, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterDance Preview: DANCE ME — THE MUSIC OF LEONARD COHEN (Ballets Jazz Montréal / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | November 1, 2026
in Chicago, Dance, Tours



