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Chicago Tribune

'Boleros for the Disenchanted' at the Goodman is Rivera's tribute to mothers everywhere

'Fiddler' by design

Chicago Sun-Times

Dual roles create a singular sensation
Love, marriage, machismo, immigration, generational shifts, thwarted dreams, sickness, aging and death. These are all crucial ingredients in "Boleros for the Disenchanted," the profound romantic comedy by Jose Rivera now in a gorgeously rendered production at the Goodman Theatre. Yet this simple list of themes cannot begin to suggest the depth of feeling and insight that give this play its undeniable emotional power and heat.

Tony, Tina pause for '66'
After 16 years of heading to the altar, Tony and Tina are taking a honeymoon. But they'll be back. "Tony n' Tina's Wedding," the long-running show at Pipers Alley Theater, will close July 18 and resume performances in November. Running Aug. 17-Oct. 4 will be Route 66 Theater's production of "High Fidelity," the musical based on the Nick Hornby novel and film.

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Wilder Times
Kirby Bennett of Girl Friday Productions answers a handful of questions about the company's biennial production, Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of Our Teeth": ...

Encore Michigan

A FEW MINUTES WITH: Eric Parker of The Full Monty at the Barn Theatre

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Skylight's future might depend on the guy it dumped
The Skylight Opera Theatre continues to stagger under the weight of the public relations disaster in the wake of the firing of artistic director Bill Theisen on June 16. The social media, letter writing and e-mail campaigns to reverse that decision have maintained momentum.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lack of action means 'Heroes' can focus on character

Dallas Morning News

'The Neverending Story' at Dallas Children's Theater

Dallas Morning News Arts Blog

That's Broadway: where to eat around Broadway
It's finally summertime. Summer means vacations and vacations mean tourism.

The Boxer: One night only before it goes to New York
Matt and Kim Lyle moved to Chicago nearly a year ago, but they've stayed active with two new shows from Matt's hand at area theaters. Now they are reprising their hit The Boxer for one ...

Nickel tickets at Theatre Three
Since the current show in Theatre Three's basement, Woody Guthrie's American Song, is set mostly in the Depression, it's appropriate that the organization is offering people who ...

A little strip center with heart.
...My special strip center, my familiar, is that section on Mockingbird Lane near the Palomar Hotel.......the strip center occupied by Premiere Video and Pocket Sandwich Theater.

TheaterJones

Brother, Can You Spare a Nickel?
Woody Guthrie sang about the down-and-out. Now Theatre Three wants those who are down to have a reason to go out.

Denver Post

Arvada Center dominates with 12 Henry Awards
The Colorado Theatre Guild's fourth annual celebration of the best in Denver-area theater turned into mostly a coronation of the Arvada Center's record-obliterating "Les Miserables" on Monday night at the Space Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex.