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Two very different musicals now on stage in Chicago a revival of “West Side Story” at Lyric Opera, and a new work, “Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon,” at Lookingglass Theatre are in many ways driven by the issue of immigration.
“Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon” is a caper story where both protagonists are Asian Americans who desire not to fall into the “model minority” stereotype.
At Steel Beam Theatre, Victorial Montalbano discusses her search for her ideal man and at Lookingglass, artistic associate Michael C. Yee wrote and stars in a new country- and folk-infused musical.
Overachieving Chinese American siblings whose personal and professional lives are falling apart seek answers to their unhappiness in the broadly written, broadly directed and sometimes too broadly acted satire "Tiger Style!" at Writers Theatre in Glencoe.