Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony/Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus/June 22

944 (“Great”)/Chicago Symphony Orchestra/February 9 797, Clyne’s Night Ferry, Schubert’s Symphony No. Honneger’s Pacific 231, Bates’ Alternative Energy, Franck’s Symphony in D Minor/Chicago Symphony Orchestra/February 3 Illegal Use of Hands/American Blues Theater/September 6

One Night Only (A Different Kind of Reality Show)/Black Ensemble Theater/October 7 The Admirable Crichton/American Players Theatre/August 19Ī Christmas Carol/Goodman Theatre/November 25 Twelfth Night/American Players Theatre/August 17 Rent/About Face Theatre and American Theater Co./May 12 Nickel History: A Nation of Heat/16th Street Theater at Steppenwolf Garage/July 20 Sweet Bird of Youth/Goodman Theatre/September 23

The Book of Mormon/Broadway In Chicago/December 20Ī Steady Rain/Chicago Commercial Collective/July 12 The School for Lies/Chicago Shakespeare/December 12 This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s/Museum of Contemporary Art/June 1 Spring Series/Hubbard Street Dance/March 15 Sunday in the Park with George/Chicago Shakespeare/October 3 I Am Going to Change the World/Chicago Dramatists/June 2 Golden Anniversary Choral Spectacular/Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus/June 29 James Joyce’s The Dead/Court Theatre/November 17 Rashid Johnson: Message to our Folks/Museum of Contemporary Art/June 1 Skylight/American Players Theatre/August 18ĭisgraced/American Theater Company/January 30 If I published a review, it is linked.Įastland: A New Musical/Lookingglass/June 16Įpic French Masterpieces/Paris Opera Ballet/June 30Ĭarmina Burana/Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus at Millennium Park/September 21 If I’ve written about them, links are provided. Note, the company I keep is not a factor, though it often redeems the lesser of such evenings. Wherein I attempt to rank every show I’ve seen this year, a running list as the year unfolds, regardless of genre (theater, music, dance, art).

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