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#PicksInSix Review - Love is in the air and @ParamountAurora's revival of "South Pacific" will have you washing the memorable score out of your hair long after the curtain falls. Now playing through June 14. https://t.co/MpGw6I0JPe

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#PicksInSix Review - Kaitlyn Linsner reviews Chicago Repertory Ballet's "Beyond the Blue Line," the company's 2026 Spring Series performance at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. https://t.co/O7XDDH2SGg

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#PicksInSix Review - Broadway in South Bend's "Clue" lit up the Morris Performing Arts Center over the weekend featuring a talented ensemble who are crisscrossing the country in the second national tour. Review in comments. https://t.co/4UDwDbcLVV

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#PicksInSix Review - The Dunes Summer Theatre kicks off their 75th Season with Ira Levin's "DEATHTRAP." Read the review and see the show through June 14 at the theater on Shady Lane in Michigan City, Indiana. https://t.co/xsPXk4l99a

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#PicksInSix Review - Ronald Keaton highly recommends @aredorchid's World Premiere of "The Targeted" playing now through June 14 at Chopin Theatre. https://t.co/yOR4DPtfVN

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#PicksInSix Review - The Chicago premiere of York Walker's “Covenant” at Goodman Theatre "pulls no punches in exploring the paper-thin line between religious zealotism and possession by any other name." Sarah Frances Fiorello reviews. Through May 31. https://t.co/yxLe9z8UnP

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#PicksInSix Gold Review - TimeLine Theatre Company's stunning new venue at 5035 North Broadway in Uptown debuts the equally stunning Chicago Premiere of Amy Herzog's "An Enemy of the People" directed by Ron OJ Parson. Through June 14. https://t.co/2MUteF8oN4

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#PicksInSix Review - The life and times of "The Great Gatsby" playing now @broadwaychicago's Cadillac Palace through May 3. https://t.co/k2Xsq42FVY

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#PicksInSix Review - Jason Simon gives a towering performance as Falstaff in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" now playing through May 3 on Navy Pier. https://t.co/92etzQX3VL

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#PicksInSix Gold Review - The stunning revival of August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" directed by Chuck Smith and associate director Harry Lennix is now playing at @GoodmanTheatre. Read the review and see the show now extended through May 3. https://t.co/NLWgL6Ip9D

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#PicksInSix Review-From the minds of David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar to yours, "Theater of the Mind," a Goodman Theatre produced immersive experience has come to Chicago. Read Sarah Frances Fiorello's highly recommended review and take a friend to see David. https://t.co/bIp3f2tXRo

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#PicksInSix Review - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre's "The Drowsy Chaperone" is directed by L. Walter Stearns. Ronald Keaton says it's "a joy to watch." Read his highly recommended review and see the show through April 19. https://t.co/89d273FPDi

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#PicksInSix Review - "Dear Evan Hansen" is now playing Paramount Theatre in Aurora. Read Kaitlyn Linsner's review and see the show through March 22. https://t.co/3nMEnqau7I

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#PicksInSix Review - Sarah Frances Fiorello reviews August Strindberg's "Miss Julie," directed by Associate Artistic Director Dr. Gabrielle Randle-Bent, now playing at Court Theatre through March 8. https://t.co/nr4RF8yV6G

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#PicksInSix Review - The Royal Shakespeare Company's "Hamnet" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater is every bit as thrilling as one would expect from this world-class partnership. Now playing through March 8 in The Yard at Navy Pier. https://t.co/I9eab71iqE

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#PicksInSix Review - "Let there be no doubt that the play belongs to Lola ... and Gwendolyn Whiteside is at the top of her game." Read Ronald Keaton's review and see American Blues Theater's "Come Back Little Sheba" now playing through March 22. https://t.co/Rwob7trpoH

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#PicksInSix Review - Ronald Keaton recommends Remy Bumppo Theatre Company's revival of "Hedda Gabler" now playing at Theater Wit. Read the review and see the show through March 8. https://t.co/LcptDI2MzG

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#PicksInSix Gold Review - Goodman Theatre's "Holiday" may be the best production of a promising young season in Chicago. Now playing through March 1st.
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#PicksInSix Review - Traditional Irish music is in the air at Porchlight Music Theatre's spirited production of Frank McCourt's wistful "The Irish... and How They Got That Way" directed by David Girolmo, now playing through March 15. https://t.co/SbK5WUHT16

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#PicksInSix Review - Jeff Perry shines in one of the most eccentric, unique comic performances imaginable in Steppenwolf's production of August Strindberg's "The Dance of Death." Read Ronald Keaton's review and see the show through March 22. https://t.co/52D1uFsPLf