New plays by Tracy Letts and Ike Holter and a lavish Lyric Opera ‘King & I’ are among the month’s highlights

by Kris Vire | 1 April 2016

April Theatre Picks

Mary Page Marlowe at Steppenwolf

Carlyle at The Goodman

Hilary and Clinton at Victory Gardens

Sender at A Red Orchid

The King and I at Civic Opera House

Othello: The Remix at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Hazel at Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace

Even Longer and Farther Away at The Den Theatre

In Chelsea Marcantel’s new play, a man hiking the Appalachian Trail to honor his late father’s memory finds unexpected new information about his family along the way. Thrisa Hodits directs the premiere for the New Colony.

In The Time of the Butterflies at Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre

Dreamgirls at Stage 773

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