Gift finds the real people beneath 'Vigils' blunt symbols by Kerry Reid

KERRY REID reviews "Vigils" at Gift Theatre ★★★ KERRY REID reviews "Vigils" at Gift Theatre ★★★ ... Any theater company can make you fall in love again w…

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Suburban theater for the week of March 15-21 by Kerry Reid

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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:50am on March 14, 2013☆⚑

Shakespeare's Coriolanus is a man most at home on a battlefield by Kerry Reid

KERRY REID reviews "Coriolanus" by the Hypocrites at the Chopin Theater ★★★ If the truculent titular warrior in Shakespeare's "Coriolanus" has a parallel in American poli…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 4:04pm on March 11, 2013☆⚑

Notebooks of puzzling allegory in 'Analog' by Kerry Reid

KERRY REID reviews "Analog" by the Neo-Futurists ★★½ The dance between self-revelation and self-indulgence has taken several forms over the years with the Neo-Futurists, but …

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Suburban theater for the week of March 8-14 by Kerry Reid

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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 4:06pm on March 7, 2013☆⚑

Adaptation of 'Peyton Place' isn't sure where it wants to be by Kerry Reid

THEATER REVIEW: "Peyton Place" at City Lit Theater ★★ KERRY REID reviews "Peyton Place" at City Lit Theater ★★ ... The seamy side of gossipy small towns in New Engla…

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Wordplay and secret missions to Dublin at Strawdog by Kerry Reid

THEATER REVIEW: "Improbable Frequency" by Strawdog Theatre Company ★★★ KERRY REID reviews "Improbable Frequency" by Strawdog Theatre Company ★★★

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Marital tension builds in 'Speaking in Tongues' by Kerry Reid

KERRY REID reviews "Speaking in Tongues" by InterroBang Theatre Project at Theater Wit ★★★ and "A Soldier's Play" at Raven Theatre ★★½ KERRY REID reviews "S…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:30pm on February 28, 2013☆⚑

Suburban theater for the week of March 1-7 by Kerry Reid

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Romeo and Juliet make the most of the moment by Kerry Reid

THEATER REVIEW: "Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★ KERRY REID reviews "Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet" at Chicago Shakespeare Th…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:52am on February 26, 2013☆⚑

Suburban theater for the week of Feb. 22-28 by Kerry Reid

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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 2:30pm on February 21, 2013☆⚑

Rich memories of a Colombian family in New York by Kerry Reid

KERRY REID reviews "Empanada for a Dream" at 16th Street Theater ★★★½ and "City of Dreadful Night" at Den Theatre ★★ KERRY REID reviews "Empanada for a Drea…

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Fakers have their fun but need to forge stronger links to story by Kerry Reid

In a 1997 essay on the art market, cultural critic Dave Hickey pointed out that "when you trade a piece of green paper with a picture on it, signed by a bureaucrat, for a piece of white pape…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 2:37pm on February 17, 2013☆⚑

Suburban theater for the week of Feb. 15-21 by Kerry Reid

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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 1:07pm on February 14, 2013☆⚑

'Jeeves' at First Folio runs as smooth as a vintage Rolls by Kerry Reid

THEATER REVIEW: "Jeeves Takes a Bow" at First Folio Theatre at Mayslake Peabody Estate ★★★ 1/2 The third time is a charmer for First Folio and P.G. Wodehouse, -- but this …

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:52am on February 8, 2013☆⚑

Worthy questions grow in 'Leaves, Trees, Forest' by Kerry Reid

KERRY REID reviews "Leaves, Trees, Forest" by MPAACT at Greenhouse ★★★ and "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" by Oracle Productions ★★ KERRY REID reviews "Leav…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:29pm on February 6, 2013☆⚑

Suburban theater for the week of Feb. 8-14 by Kerry Reid

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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:29pm on February 6, 2013☆⚑

Murky historical background for 1881 love story by Kerry Reid

THEATER REVIEW: "Southbridge" at Chicago Dramatists ★★½ KERRY REID reviews "Southbridge" at Chicago Dramatists ★★½

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Suburban theater for the week of Feb. 1-7 by Kerry Reid

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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:39pm on January 31, 2013☆⚑

Sophia Sinise, a new face with a familiar name at Steppenwolf by Kerry Reid

(BY KERRY REID) Sit down for coffee and conversation with Sophia Sinise (who goes by "Sophie" informally) and she seems like any other personable 24-year-old mulling over her career possibil…

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Midlife pressures, married life and how to survive them by Kerry Reid

THEATER REVIEW: "Happy Now?" by Shattered Globe at Stage 773 ★★½ KERRY REID reviews "Happy Now?" by Shattered Globe at Stage 773 ★★½

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 1:30pm on January 28, 2013☆⚑

Questions of motherhood, and class, in 'Chalk Circle' by Kerry Reid

KERRY REID reviews "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" by Promethean Theatre Ensemble ★★½ and "Sugarward" at Side Project ★★ "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" 

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:31am on January 24, 2013☆⚑

Suburban theater for the week of Jan. 25-31 by Kerry Reid

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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:30am on January 24, 2013☆⚑

Cupcakes and kindness at the center of 'Wee-Pie' by Kerry Reid

THEATER REVIEW: "American Wee-Pie" by Rivendell Theatre Ensemble ★★★ KERRY REID reviews "American Wee-Pie" by Rivendell Theatre Ensemble ★★★ ... Baking a…

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Suburban theater for the week of Jan. 18-24 by Kerry Reid

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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 1:36pm on January 17, 2013☆⚑