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Stage Left offers a tongue-in-cheek look at the man who gave his name to Streeterville in The Distrikt of Lake Michigun.

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Hannah and Halmoni Save the World at Filament Theatre is a sweet intergenerational story about family and communication.

The songs and lives of the Kinks take center stage at Chicago Shakespeare in the biomusical Sunny Afternoon.

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