Current shows we think are hot!
Camille/La Traviata, Hypocrites at The Storefront, through March 27. Leave your botox-faced Attitude outside and haul out your hankies. Director Sean Graney tugs every heartstring in a classic about a Bad Girl redeemed by the love of a Good Man. (Barnidge)
Guys And Dolls, Court Theatre, through March 28. Damon Runyon's faux tough-guy argot never sounded better than in this minimalist interpretation of an American musical so democratic, even the band gets into the act. (Barnidge)
Our Lady of 121st Street, Steppenwolf, through March 28. This blackly comic depiction of a group of former students reuniting for a nun's funeral features a crackerjack ensemble and a cast of some of the best talent Chicago has to offer. (Reed)
Pulp, About Face at Victory Gardens, through April 4. Author Patricia Kane's affectionate parody of 1950's luird lesbian fiction is part musical-comedy, part hard-boiled pulp and all tongue-in-cheek; a 90-minute romp with an inspired cast and director. See it! (Abarbanel)
By Abarbanel, Barnidge and Reed