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ONE CHICAGO
MAN'S OPINION


Reviews and Essays
on Theatre and Opera


Usually analytical, often disquisitional,
sometimes self-indulgent, rarely impartial



Written by Mark D. Ball
one.chicago.mans.opinion [at] gmail.com

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THE REVIEWS IN ANTICHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

70.  The Caretaker (GLENCOE, ILLINOIS, Writers' Theatre)     COMING FEB. 2012
69.  Orpheus Descending (CHICAGO, Shattered Globe Theatre)     COMING FEB. 2012
68.  Aida (CHICAGO, Lyric Opera, 2012)
67.  Opus (CHICAGO, Redtwist Theatre, 2012)
66.  Boris Godunov (CHICAGO, Lyric Opera, 2011)
65.  The Pitmen Painters (CHICAGO, TimeLine Theatre, 2011)
64.  Lulu (PARIS, Opéra national de Paris, 2011) La critique en français
63.  La Nuit des rois (Twelfth Night) (QUÉBEC, Le Théâtre du Trident, 2011) La critique en français
62.  The Lion in Winter (CHICAGO, Idle Muse Theatre, 2011)
61.  The Student Prince (EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, Light Opera Works, 2011)
60.  Lær's Last Prayer (CHICAGO, City Lit Theater, 2011)
59.  The Cherry Orchard (CHICAGO, Raven Theatre, 2011)
58.  The Front Page (CHICAGO, TimeLine Theatre, 2011)
57.  The Copperhead (CHICAGO, City Lit Theater, 2011)
56.  Shadowlands (CHICAGO, Provision Theater, 2011)
55.  As You Like It (CHICAGO, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 2011)
54.  Twelfth Night (LONDON, National Theatre Cottesloe, 2011)
53.  The Rivals (LONDON, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2011)
52.  Three Tall Women (CHICAGO, Court Theatre, 2011)
51.  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (CHICAGO, Raven Theatre, 2010)
50.  Rigoletto (MONTRÉAL, Opéra de Montréal, 2010) La critique en français
49.  The Real Inspector Hound (CHICAGO, Signal Ensemble Theatre, 2010)
48.  Godspell (CHICAGO, Provision Theater, 2010)
47.  A Streetcar Named Desire (GLENCOE, ILLINOIS, Writers' Theatre, 2010)
46.  La Traviata (ROME, I Virtuosi d'Opera di Roma, Chiesa di San Paolo Entro le Mura, 2010) La recensione in italiano

Three One-Act Plays by Tennessee Williams (ROME, English Theatre of Rome, Teatro d'Arciliuto, 2010):
45.  This Property Is Condemned
44.  Talk To Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen
43.  The Long Goodbye

42.  Three Decembers (CHICAGO, Chicago Opera Theater, 2010)
41.  Jason (CHICAGO, Chicago Opera Theater, 2010)
40.  Moses in Egypt (CHICAGO, Chicago Opera Theater, 2010)
39.  The Marriage of Figaro (CHICAGO, Lyric Opera, 2010)
38.  The Damnation of Faust (CHICAGO, Lyric Opera, 2010)
37 & 36.  Hughie and Krapp's Last Tape (CHICAGO, Goodman Theatre, 2010)
35.  The Merry Widow (CHICAGO, Lyric Opera, 2010)
34.  The Magic Flute (MONTRÉAL, Opéra de Montréal, 2009) La critique en français
33.  Death of a Salesman (CHICAGO, Raven Theater, 2009)
32.  The Flowers (CHICAGO, StageLeft Theatre, 2009)
31.  Tosca (CHICAGO, Lyric Opera, 2009)
30.  Waiting for Godot (CHICAGO, Redtwist Theatre, 2009)
29.  Uncle Vanya (CHICAGO, Chopin Theatre, 2009)

Three Plays in the Montréal Fringe Festival, 2009 (MONTRÉAL):
28.  Dracula in a Time of Climate Change (The Blacklist Committee for Unsafe Theatre)
27.  Lysistrata (Eyewitness Theatre Company)
26.  Based on True Feelings (RAM Theatre)

25.  Lucia di Lammermoor (MONTRÉAL, Opéra de Montréal, 2009)
24.  Hedda Gabler (CHICAGO, Raven Theatre, 2009)
23 & 22.  Cavalleria rusticana and I Pagliacci (CHICAGO, Lyric Opera, 2009)
21.  Desire Under the Elms (CHICAGO, Goodman Theatre, 2009)
20.  Madama Butterfly (CHICAGO, Lyric Opera, 2008)
19.  Brothers Karamazov (CHICAGO, Lookingglass Theatre, 2008)
18.  Caesar and Cleopatra (STRATFORD, ONTARIO, Festival Theatre, 2008)
17.  The Glass Menagerie (CHICAGO, Greenhouse Theater Center, 2008)
16.  Weekend (CHICAGO, TimeLine Theatre, 2008)
15.  The Birthday Party (CHICAGO, Chopin Theatre, 2008)
14.  Juno and the Paycock (CHICAGO, Live Bait Theater, 2008)
13.  A Taste of Honey (CHICAGO, Victory Gardens Theatre, 2008)
12.  The Master Builder (CHICAGO, The Building Stage, 2008)
11.  The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (CHICAGO, Gift Theatre, 2008)
10.  The Barber of Seville (CHICAGO, Lyric Opera, 2008)
9.  Richard III (CHICAGO, Strawdog Theatre, 2008)
8.  1776 (CHICAGO, Chopin Theatre, 2008)
7.  Hunchback (CHICAGO, Redmoon Theater, 2008)
6.  Rudolph, the Red-Hosed Reindeer (CHICAGO, Bailiwick Theater, 2007)
5.  The Night of the Iguana (CHICAGO, Raven Theatre, 2007)
4.  La Bohème (CHICAGO, Lyric Opera, 2007)
3.  Happy Endings Are Extra (CHICAGO, Bailiwick Theater, 2007)
2.  Macbeth (LONDON, Gielgud Theatre, 2007)
1.  The Lady from Dubuque (LONDON, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2007)