La Havana Madrid, Teatro Vista @ The Den, extended through 30 JuneLast two weeks to see this thrice-remounted musical about Chicago's Latinx history, presented in the hottest performing arts multiplex in town. Arriba!
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Four Places, The Den, through June 30Aging children and parents struggle to reconcile past grievances, even though the matriarch ( Meg Thalken steals the show ) is the most toxic harridan since Violet Weston in August, Osage County. MSB
Queen of Mist, Firebrand at The Den, through July 6In 1901 Annie Edson Taylor shot Niagara Falls in a barrel and lived. Michael John LaChiusa's musically challenging storytelling is brilliantly realized by Firebrand and Barbara Robertson as Taylor. JA
For Services Rendered, Griffin at The Den, through July 6It's a rare chance to see W. Somerset Maugham's 1932 drama attacking British indifference to its WWI veterans and civilians whose futures the war altered. Particularly well acted by the women. JA
By Mary Shen Barnidge and Jonathan Abarbanel