TimeOut Chicago‘s Christopher Platt and Kris Vire present their top 10 Chicago theater picks of 2008:
| 1. | Caroline or Change (Court Theatre) by Tony Kushner Standouts: Charles Newell (director), Doug Peck (musical director); actors: Kate Fry, E.Faye Butler |
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| 2. | Our Town (The Hypocrites) by Thornton Wilder Standouts: David Cromer (director), actors: Jennifer Grace (as Emily), David Cromer (narrator) |
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| 3. | Speech and Debate (American Theatre Company) by Stephen Karam Standouts: PJ Paparelli (ATC Artistic Director); performances: Patrick Andrews, Jared McGuire, Sadieh Rifai |
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| 4. | Uncle Vanya (TUTA TheatreChicago) by Anton Chekhov Standouts: Zeljko Djukic (director), Yasen Peyankov and Peter Christensen (translators), Martin Andrew (designer) |
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| 5. | Miss Julie (The Hypocrites) by August Strindberg Standouts: Sean Graney (director); performances: Stacy Stoltz, Greg Hardigan |
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| 6. | Titus Andronicus (Court Theatre) by William Shakespeare Standouts: Charles Newell (director), ; performances: Timothy Edward Kane, Hollis Resnik |
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| 7. | Fake Lake (The Neo-Futurists) by Sharon Greene Standouts: Halena Kays (director), Welles Park pool, Mikhail Fiksel |
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| 8. | Breathing Corpses (Steep Theatre) by Laura Wade Standouts: Robin Witt (director), Marcus Stephen (set designer) |
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| 9. | Million Dollar Quartet (Goodman, Apollo Theater) Standouts: Levi Kreis (as Jerry Lee Lewis), Lance Guest (Johnny Cash), Rob Lyon (Carl Perkins), Eddie Clendening (Elvis Presley) |
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| 10. | As Told by the Vivian Girls (Dog & Pony Theatre) by Devin de Mayo Standouts: Devin de Mayo (director) |
To see the TimeOut Chicago description of each of these shows, click here.
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