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After a series full of fireworks ended with a game packed full of twists and turns, the Gary SouthShore RailCats made ensured a sour return to the Hawkeye State for the Sioux City Explorers as the Gary SouthShore RailCats walked off for a 7-6 win in the finale.

**** Recommended **** "Hand to God" is a totally irreverent, foul-mouthed, bawdy, but absolutely hilarious comedy playing at the Copley Theatre through July 10th.  At the beginning, an understated yet profane puppet prologue; at the end, a scene of chaotic destruction and possible redemption, in the middle, a possessed puppet determined to take over the world – or at least this little corner of Texas!  Kudos to August Forman and his puppet, Tyrone, on a brilliant performance.  Depending on your perspective on religion and church hypocrisy, "Hand to God" will have you laughing or gasping in horror!  I chose laughter.  4 Spotlights

The Gary SouthShore RailCats took control in the first eight innings of Saturday’s contest against the Sioux City Explorers, but the visitors came through with their backs against the wall.  Five runs in their final turn at-bat stunned the hosts by turning a 3-1 lead into a 6-3 defeat. 

The 2021 Frontier League Champion Schaumburg Boomers scored seven runs in the top of the second, six with two outs, to notch an 8-4 win over the Washington Wild Things on Saturday night.

5 Stars! Very Highly Recommended!  The line outdoors should have been much longer on the opening night of Noël Coward’s comedy “Blithe Spirit” at the Skokie Theatre. But on a summer-like evening when there was so much competition for theatre dollars, many seats were left unfilled—when they shouldn’t have been! This was a stellar performance by the Eclectic Full Contact Theatre Company, featuring a brilliant and convincing cast who handled this classic farce sensationally! Witty, funny, and smart, this nearly three-hour play (including intermission) went by in the blink of an eye. What a delight it was! How we were all howling with laughter! And how great it was to laugh together with a live audience!

5 Stars! Very highly recommended!  Sheer brilliance dominates the Joffrey Ballet’s enactment of “Don Quixote” at Chicago’s Lyric Opera House. This classical ballet, choreographed by Yuri Possokhov, features the original French choreography by Marius Petitpa and the original music by Ludwig Minkus, dating from the Bolshoi Ballet of the late 19th century. Yet Possokhov has added his own touches, with a renewed focus on the title character Don Quixote (Miguel Angel Blanco) and his squire Sancho Panza (Derrick Agnoletti) through a series of dream sequences.

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TICKET ON SALE NOW! BROADWAY IN CHICAGO'S CADILLAC PALACE THEATRE | November 17, 2022 - January 14, 2023 | “An entrancing thing of beauty. No show has ever achieved such fluid and dignified integration of form and line. It has proven, to date, impossible to replicate.” - Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune