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It occurs to me, I haven't done a theater post in ages. This is a list of the shows I've seen since the last one, mostly for my reference. I might have Things To Say about some of them later, but right now it's just the list.
2010-2011 Season
Detroit (Steppenwolf - October 2010)
Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare - October 2010)
In the Heights (Richard Rodgers Theater, New York - October 2010)
A Little Night Music (Walter Kerr Theater, New York - October 2010)
The Pitmen Painters (Samuel J. Friedman Theater, New York - October 2010)
Way to Heaven (Repertorio Espanol, New York - October 2010)
Billy Elliott (Broadway in Chicago - November 2010)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Steppenwolf - January 2011)
As You Like It (Chicago Shakespeare - February 2011)
Sex with Strangers (Steppenwolf - March 2011)
Black Watch (Broadway Armory - March 2011)
The Cripple of Inishmaan (Chicago Shakespeare - March 2011)
The Hot L Baltimore (Steppenwolf - April 2011)
The Madness of George III (Chicago Shakespeare - May 2011)
Middletown (Steppenwolf - July 2011)
2011-2012 Season
Clybourne Park (Steppenwolf - October 2011)
Follies (Chicago Shakespeare - November 2011)
Equivocation (Arena Stage, Washington DC - November 2011)
Penelope (Steppenwolf - January 2012)
Elizabeth Rex (Chicago Shakespeare - January 2012)
Showboat (Lyric Opera - March 2012)
Time Stands Still (Steppenwolf - March 2012)
Aida (Lyrica Opera - March 2012)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Chicago Shakespeare - March 2012)
The March (Steppenwolf - May 2012)
The Iceman Cometh (Goodman - June 2012)
Timon of Athens (Chicago Shakespeare - June 2012)
(We blew off "Three Sisters" at Steppenwolf last summer--I just couldn't take another Chekhov play.)
2012-2013 Season
Good People (Steppenwolf - October 2012)
Cirque du Soleil - LOVE (Las Vegas - November 2012)
Jersey Boys (Las Vegas - November 2012)
Freud's Last Session (Mercury Theater - November 2012)
Sunday in the Park with George (Chicago Shakespeare - November 2012)
The School for Lies (Chicago Shakespeare - January 2013
The Motherfucker with the Hat (Steppenwolf - January 2013)
Top Five from this list:
The Pitmen Painters -- seriously, if you have a chance, go see it
Elizabeth Rex
The Iceman Cometh -- all four hours; sitting through it was like running a marathon
Black Watch
Clybourne Park
Looking through the list, though, there are no plays that I outright disliked, and most of them were damn good. We're very lucky to live in (well, near) such a fantastic theater city.
2010-2011 Season
Detroit (Steppenwolf - October 2010)
Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare - October 2010)
In the Heights (Richard Rodgers Theater, New York - October 2010)
A Little Night Music (Walter Kerr Theater, New York - October 2010)
The Pitmen Painters (Samuel J. Friedman Theater, New York - October 2010)
Way to Heaven (Repertorio Espanol, New York - October 2010)
Billy Elliott (Broadway in Chicago - November 2010)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Steppenwolf - January 2011)
As You Like It (Chicago Shakespeare - February 2011)
Sex with Strangers (Steppenwolf - March 2011)
Black Watch (Broadway Armory - March 2011)
The Cripple of Inishmaan (Chicago Shakespeare - March 2011)
The Hot L Baltimore (Steppenwolf - April 2011)
The Madness of George III (Chicago Shakespeare - May 2011)
Middletown (Steppenwolf - July 2011)
2011-2012 Season
Clybourne Park (Steppenwolf - October 2011)
Follies (Chicago Shakespeare - November 2011)
Equivocation (Arena Stage, Washington DC - November 2011)
Penelope (Steppenwolf - January 2012)
Elizabeth Rex (Chicago Shakespeare - January 2012)
Showboat (Lyric Opera - March 2012)
Time Stands Still (Steppenwolf - March 2012)
Aida (Lyrica Opera - March 2012)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Chicago Shakespeare - March 2012)
The March (Steppenwolf - May 2012)
The Iceman Cometh (Goodman - June 2012)
Timon of Athens (Chicago Shakespeare - June 2012)
(We blew off "Three Sisters" at Steppenwolf last summer--I just couldn't take another Chekhov play.)
2012-2013 Season
Good People (Steppenwolf - October 2012)
Cirque du Soleil - LOVE (Las Vegas - November 2012)
Jersey Boys (Las Vegas - November 2012)
Freud's Last Session (Mercury Theater - November 2012)
Sunday in the Park with George (Chicago Shakespeare - November 2012)
The School for Lies (Chicago Shakespeare - January 2013
The Motherfucker with the Hat (Steppenwolf - January 2013)
Top Five from this list:
The Pitmen Painters -- seriously, if you have a chance, go see it
Elizabeth Rex
The Iceman Cometh -- all four hours; sitting through it was like running a marathon
Black Watch
Clybourne Park
Looking through the list, though, there are no plays that I outright disliked, and most of them were damn good. We're very lucky to live in (well, near) such a fantastic theater city.