Because where would New York theatre be without us?
Five great plays that opened in Chicago first
By Jenna Marotta
LOOKINGGLASS ALICE
adapted by David Catlin
LOOKINGGLASS
“Will, laudably, make some children curiouser and curiouser about fine theater and great literature.”
—Lawrence Van Gelder, The New York Times
$39Chicago 2005 | TICKET | $30New York 2007 |
6 | WEEKS OPEN | 2 |
OUR TOWN
by Thornton Wilder, directed by David Cromer
THE HYPOCRITES
“Stirs the imagination and the senses!”
—Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News
$20Chicago 2008 | TICKET | $69New York 2010 |
12 | WEEKS OPEN | 80 |
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
by Tracy Letts
STEPPENWOLF
“The most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years.”
—Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
$43Chicago 2007 | TICKET | $99.50New York 2007 |
8 | WEEKS OPEN | 76 |
THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY
by Kristoffer Diaz
VICTORY GARDENS
“A giddily adrenalized, primary-hued circus.”
—Davis Cote, Time Out New York
$34Chicago 2009 | TICKET | $43New York 2010 |
5 | WEEKS OPEN | 8 |
$26Chicago 2007 | TICKET | $135New York 2009 |
28 | WEEKS OPEN | 10 |
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This article appears in the December 2010 issue of Chicago Magazine.
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