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Chicago Stage Style celebrates the best of Chicago's vibrant theatre and performing arts community through up to date news, insightful reviews by industry professionals, and useful photo links to all of the city's most important performances and venues. Chicago has long been renowned for its innovations in the arts and architecture. While it has earned its nickname as the Second City, within the past several decades it has also become one of the most vital and important theatre cities in America. From Tony Award winning regional theatres to adventurous and edgy storefronts, see why Chicago is Second to None!
Theatre & Performing Arts News
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January 23, 2012 Scott and Ellen Phelps re-kindle a real-life love affair on stage in Citadel Theatre's Midwest Premiere of "Sirens". This and more arts coverage to warm the winter hearts. |
January 16, 2012 Chicago's ever-daring Dream Theatre takes a fresh and provocative look at Never Land in their latest world premiere. BoHo, Hubbard Street, Next and others. |
January 6, 2012 From top to bottom, Chicago Stage Style critics Lawrence Bommer, Joe Stead and Tyler Tidmore take a look back at the best and worst of the 2011 theatre season. |
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January 2, 2012 Chicago Stage Style founder Joe Stead is featured on Talk Theatre in Chicago's podcast. Joe recounts his career as a theatre critic and the advent of the Internet theatre site. |
December 23, 2011 The Second City sets the stage for Chicago's newest comedy venue, The Up Comedy Club. Sally Jo Osborne meets with Kelly Leonard, the man behind the laughter. |
December 12, 2011 Chicago Shakespeare and Redmoon team up for an original and intimate re-telling of "The Tempest," while Steep and other companies look to the new year. |
What's in a Rating?
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Stage Style evaluates every performance we review on a scale
of one to four. Since theatre and art are always subjective,
these ratings are simply the critical impressions of our
reviewers. They can be taken as a measurement of artistic
achievement or as a consumer guide. With all the entertainment
options you have to pick and choose, which ones most merit your time
and investment? We have assigned a unique rating system to each
production reviewed on this site. Four drama masks are an
indication of outstanding achievement that is highly
recommended. Three masks indicate a producton with many worthy
attributes and is recommended. Two masks indicate a mix of
pro's and con's and is somewhat recommended. One mask indicates
a very disappointing production that we do not recommend to our readers.